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Language Arabic Name Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, 1926-1957

61. IOR/R/15/2/925-937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/925-937
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Information Files
Scope & Content:
The thirteen surviving Information Files contain correspondence, reports and guidance relating to the following topics: British intelligence gathering in the Middle East, 1939-1943; the monitoring of anti-British news reporting in Arabic newspapers and radio broadcasts in the Gulf States, 1934-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
13 files (266 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/2/1189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1189
Title:
File 5/7 ORGANISATION AND FUNCTION OF SALIFAH COURT.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) concerning the Salifah Court, Bahrain, which handled judicial cases relating to the pearl diving trade in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns the o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1927-26 Jan 1929
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/2/1200-1312

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1200-1312
Title:
File 6: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain State files of the Political Agency, Bahrain cover a range of matters connected to the running of the state in Bahrain, such as education, public works, road building, policing, marine regulations, customs, agriculture, personnel, municipal matters, state finances, public health, dri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, and Urdu
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
113 files (10,236 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340
Title:
File 9: Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
The Arms and Ammunition subject files contain records concerning the request and issuing of No Objection Certificates, licenses and permits for the import, export and possession of arms, ammunitions, and other potentially lethal weapons such as explosives, marine flares, knives and daggers, and r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1938-1950
Extent:
7 files (769 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/2/1381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1381
Title:
‘File 12/11 Piracy. (1) Alleged piracy in Muscat territory of boom belonging to Ibrahim bin Juma Doi, merchant of Muharraq Bahrain (2) Jolliboat No. 1495 BN belonging to Mohamed bin Amin of Muharraq reported missing since 2 June 1935’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to at least two alleged or suspected cases of piracy. The first case in the file (case number 2 in the file title) comprises a letter from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1935-24 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/2/1384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1384
Title:
‘File 12/14 Shipping. Miscellaneous accidents between dhows and steamers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence concerning three cases involving dhows, as follows: correspondence relating to a collision between a Bahrain-registered dhow and an Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tug at Khorramshahr in November 1943. Much of the follow-up correspondence concerns the seizure by the I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1943-23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

67. IOR/R/15/2/1391-1409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1391-1409
Title:
File 13: British Protection and Nationality
Scope & Content:
The 19 surviving files about nationality contain numerous, individual applications dealt with by the British Agency, Bahrain, for the following services: the registration of British and British Indian subjects and British protected persons as Bahrain residents, 1926-1951; the registration of bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1951
Extent:
19 files (3,318 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/2/1410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1410
Title:
File 14/1 Correspondence regarding calls of mail steamers at Bahrain and general correspondence regarding postal matters
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail service, shipping, postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area, and restriction of telecommunications and mail services to other countries durin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1938-23 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/2/1415

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1415
Title:
File 14/3 I Establishment; pay and allowances, correspondence re
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding staff, pay and allowances at the Post Office in Bahrain. The main subjects are: request for increase of pay from the Post Master at Bahrain, due to the high cost of living and the increased workload; allowance to the Post Office employees ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1926-26 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/2/1425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1425
Title:
File 14/10 Bahrain: Post Office building
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the lease of the Post Office and Sub-Postmaster's house in Manamah. The file includes copies of the 1944 rental agreement, between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi (folios 20, 21, 26...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1940-2 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (165 folios)