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1. IOR/R/15/2/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/15
Title:
File B/4 Flag flying by Wonckhaus, Gray Paul and other Companies
Scope & Content:
The letters, memoranda and other items in the file relate to requests made by steamship companies in Bahrain, to the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, to erect flagstaffs and fly flags on their office buildings, primarily for the purpose of communicating signals to steamships e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1906-15 May 1917
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1369
Title:
‘File 12/2 Accident between S.S. “Bandra” and a Dhow on the 12th August 1929, in the Bahrain Harbour.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, statements and other papers related to a collision which took place on 12 August 1929, twelve miles off the coast of Bahrain, between a steamer, the SS Bandra, operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN), and a dhow, working on the pearl banks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1929-13 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1374
Title:
‘File 12/6 Marine Note of Protest’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the raising of notes of protest by various parties, in response to damage sustained to vessels at sea, or loss of cargo from vessels while at sea. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Master of the SS Begum, O G Rowland Jones; the Chief Local...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-14 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1593

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1593
Title:
‘16/85 Compensation Cases. Labour employed by local firms.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers (some in Arabic) relating to compensation payments for the death of, or injuries sustained by, crew members of vessels while at Ra’s al Mish‘āb (spelt at Ras El Mishaab and Ras-el-Mishab in the file) in Saudi Arabia. The papers document the following: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1950-8 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)