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1421. IOR/R/15/2/634

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/634
Title:
‘File 24/3 SAYID MUHAMMAD TAHIR AL DABBAGH & ABDUL RA’OUF SABBAN, HEDJAZI AGITATORS’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter of complaint from Mr Ismail Ghaznavi (also spelt Ghuznavi) of Amritsar, India, and is addressed to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, in December 1927. This letter and the ensuing correspondence, mainly between British officials in India an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1927-18 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

1422. IOR/R/15/2/643

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/643
Title:
File 26/1 Medical. Requests from Shaikhs for visits by medical officers
Scope & Content:
The file contains requests for medical visits by Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar, and Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi; correspondence with doctors of the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain and between the Political Agent in the Persian Gulf and Yusuf Bin Ahm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1934-8 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

1423. IOR/R/15/2/643 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/643 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 26 Medical
Scope & Content:
The file forming the 'Medical' subject file was produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file dates from 1934-1935. The 'Medical' subject file contains correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire and local rulers. The topics covered are: reques...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1935
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

1424. IOR/R/15/2/644

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/644
Title:
File 26/2 Bahrain Government Honours ("Order of the Al Khalifah")
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to the establishment of a new decoration of honour by the ruling family of Bahrain known as the 'Order of the Al Khalifah', and the acceptance of the gift of insignia from Pope Pius XII by Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1940-4 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

1425. IOR/R/15/2/644 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/644 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 26 Administration (Political)
Scope & Content:
There is only one surviving file. This file relates to the establishment of a new decoration of honour by the ruling family of Bahrain, known as the Order of the Al Khalifah.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1940-1941
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

1426. IOR/R/15/2/645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/645
Title:
'27/1 SALUTES AND EXCHANGES OF CALLS BETWEEN H.M.'s SERVICES AND ARAB RULERS.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in this file discusses the etiquette of gun salutes and exchange of calls in the Gulf. Topics include: the raising of the number of gun salutes for the Ruler of Kuwait and the Ruler of Bahrain from seven guns to eleven guns; a letter in Arabic (with English translation) from Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1931-8 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

1427. IOR/R/15/2/645-650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/645-650
Title:
File 27 Etiquette
Scope & Content:
The Etiquette files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, contain files from the 1930s and 1940s concerning: gun salutes for British officials and members of the various Arab ruling families in the Gulf; social etiquette (such as terms of address, relative seniority of British officials and seating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
6 files (564 folios)

1428. IOR/R/15/2/650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/650
Title:
FLYING OF FLAGS BY COMPANIES AND PRIVATE PERSONS IN BAHRAIN.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the request from African and Eastern (Near East) Limited to Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent, Bahrain, to fly the shipping company's house flag over their office when there is a ship in port. The Political Agent inquired to the Political Resident Persian Gulf, who ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1948-1 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

1429. IOR/R/15/2/651-765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651-765
Title:
File 28 [Second World] War
Scope & Content:
The Second World War subject files cover a wide range of topics affecting Bahrain in the time leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of, the Second World War. The files may be broadly arranged under the following categories: oil production at Bahrain, managed by the Bahrain Petroleum Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1930-1950
Extent:
115 files (13,409 folios)

1430. IOR/R/15/2/654

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/654
Title:
‘File 28/1 C Ammunition for Bahrain Government’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a consignment of 100,000 rounds of ammunition given to the Government of Bahrain as a gift by the Government of India. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the Political Resident in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1939-18 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

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