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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/811
Title:: File 31/13 MUBARAK BIN NASIR AL KHALIFA OF SAUDI ARABIA.
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence concerning the request of Mubarak bin Nasir Al Khalifa (based in Saudi Arabia) for financial assistance from Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain. The request was declined. The correspondents are Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Agent, Kuwait; Corne...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Nov 1948-2 Jan 1949
Extent:: 1 file (8 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/812
Title:: File 31/14 Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa's assault on Father Anselm.
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence about an assault on a priest by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Khalifah [Shaikh ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] in 1949 following a traffic incident. Correspondents include the following: Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent, Bahrain; Reverend Father Anslem, Churc...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 May 1949-23 Jun 1949
Extent:: 1 file (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/814
Title:: File 32/2 (4/2) Liquor Control
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the importation, consumption and licensing of alcohol (mainly referred to as liquor in file) in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) regard...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 19 May 1932-19 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (166 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/814-830
Title:: File 32: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:: The Bahrain State sub-sub-series contains files that are primarily related to internal matters in Bahrain and the administration of the Bahraini state. Topics discussed include liquor control in the country (IOR/R/15/2/814), the Bahrain Police Force (IOR/R/15/2/815-816 and 827), the establishm...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1932-1950
Extent:: 17 files (1015 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/815
Title:: File 32/3 (4/4) Bahrain Police
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence (primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and the Political Agency in Bahrain) regarding attempts to reform and expand Bahrain's police force. The file contains a detailed report written by R I Hallows, Assistant Political in ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 17 Sep 1934-12 Feb 1945
Extent:: 1 file (207 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/817
Title:: File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding the establishment of a cinema in Bahrain. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain concerning the desirability of opening a cinema in the country and the logisti...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 Apr 1934-22 Jan 1949
Extent:: 1 file (100 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/822
Title:: File 32/17 (4/5) Law and Order
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding the maintenance of law and order in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence in the file relates to the murder of a woman in Hedd (al-Hidd). This correspondence discusses whether or not the culprits of the murder (who were relatives of the woman killed) sho...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 20 Jul 1935-9 Aug 1943
Extent:: 1 file (32 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/826
Title:: File 32/23 Increase in Civil List Payments
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding the desire of Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah (the Ruler of Bahrain) to increase the amount of civil list payments made annually to him and other members of the ruling family. Much of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Jul 1946-25 Mar 1950
Extent:: 1 file (73 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/831-837
Title:: File 33 Electricity
Scope & Content:: This Sub-sub-series contains seven files related to electricity supply in Bahrain as well as other related infrastructure issues. The majority of the files (IOR/R/15/2/831-832 and 834-836) concern negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and other entities (including the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1934-1950
Extent:: 7 files (292 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/834
Title:: File 33/4 (4/22) New Electricity Supply Scheme for Bahrain
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding an upgrade of the Government of Bahrain's electricity supply. The correspondence discusses the logistics of implementing the upgrade as well as broader discussions regarding Bahrain's inadequate power supply at the time. A detailed note on Bahrain's ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 22 Aug 1945-25 Nov 1948
Extent:: 1 file (100 folios)

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