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1. IOR/R/15/2/169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/169
Title:
File 1/A/48 I Control of Prices of standard foodstuffs in Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the control of prices of foodstuffs and other commodities in Bahrain, the suppression of hoarding, and the regulation of imports and exports by the Food Controller, Bahrain, against the background of wartime conditions caused by the outbreak of the Second World War (1939-45). ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1939-1 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (281 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/766
Title:
‘File 29/3i Food Supplies – Food Control and Rationing & GENERAL’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about food rationing and price controls in Bahrain during the Second World War (1939-1945). The supply and distribution of staple foods such as rice, wheat, barley, flour, sugar, tea and coffee to the population of Bahrain are discussed and to a lesser extent, other...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1942-28 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/772

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/772
Title:
'File 29/19 FOOD SUPPLIES EXPORT CONTROL'
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about Indian tea and sugar exports to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah under the quota system and the export licensing restrictions imposed by the Government of India during the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities wer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1943-5 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1130
Title:
File 4/5 Dollar Exchange Compensation - Correspondence re -
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the calculation of Dollar Exchange Compensation, a salary allowance for employees of the Government of India serving in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) that had originally been granted in 1918 on account of a significant rise in the cost of living and the adverse exchange rate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1926-17 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (243 folios)