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1. IOR/R/15/2/1372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1372
Title:
‘File 12/5 Wrecks of sailing boats and vessels in the sea and salvages’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, statements made by nakhudas, bills and receipts, all related to incidents in which native vessels were wrecked or damaged in the Persian Gulf (and chiefly in the waters around Bahrain) usually as a result either of storms or collision with another vessel. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
17 Nov 1929-12 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (282 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1373
Title:
‘File 12/5 II Accidents involving country craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to incidents involving local cargo vessels, frequently referred to as country craft, travelling through the Persian Gulf, usually between ports in Iraq, Iran and India. The incidents referred to include the sinking and running aground o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1945-4 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1396
Title:
‘File 13/14 I General repatriation deposits – re’
Scope & Content:
The file contains numerous letters to the Political Agent, Bahrain from local employers, requesting the refund of Repatriation Guarantee Money Deposits they had paid in respect of their Indian workers. These monies were refundable, once the Indian staff hired to work in homes and businesses in B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1940-2 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (376 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1397
Title:
‘File 13/4 II General Repatriation Deposits. Correspondence – Re.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains numerous letters to the Political Agent, Bahrain from local employers, requesting the refund of Repatriation Guarantee Money Deposits they had paid in respect of their Indian and Pakistani workers. These monies were refundable, once the Indian and Pakistani staff hired to work ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1947-8 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (511 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1540

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1540
Title:
‘File 16/35 Miscellaneous. Removal of corpses from Bahrain for re-burial at Karbala and other places.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers, including death and cremation certifications, relating to the removal of cremated and uncremated human remains at Bahrain, to other places. The principal correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Bahrain; representatives of the Government of Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1930-12 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1893
Title:
File D/2 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Basrah
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of correspondence between the British Consul, Basra, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, regarding Bahraini citizens residing in Iraq. Most of the file is concerned with requests for the Political Agent's assistance, made by the Consul on behalf of various Bahraini citiz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1935-18 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1894

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1894
Title:
File D/3 Correspondence with Aden regarding Miscellaneous Matters
Scope & Content:
This file concerns an Aden-born twenty-five year old woman, Mariam bint Ahmed, and requests – made both by her brothers in Aden and by her Bahraini husband's son in Bahrain – for her to be repatriated to Aden. Mariam bint Ahmed's divorce, her former husband's death, and her unwillingness to retu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 May 1933-16 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)