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511. IOR/R/15/2/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/110
Title:
File 5/18 Lesser Members of Al Khalifah Family
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Baghdad and Bushire, as well as with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah and other members of the Āl Khalīfah family. These correspondence concern the personalities and activities of various members of the Āl Khalīfah family,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1923-2 Nov 1930
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

512. IOR/R/15/2/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/112
Title:
File 5/22 Sheikh Khalaf
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Francis Henry Humphrys, High Commissioner of Iraq; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; and King Fayṣal of Iraq. These correspondence concern the person...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1928-1 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

513. IOR/R/15/2/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/114
Title:
File 5/24 Khalid bin Mohamed Al Faraj
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Agent at Kuwait; Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Ṭāhir, Editor of the Cairo-based al-Shūrá newspaper; and Khālid bin Muḥammad al-Faraj. These corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1927-17 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

514. IOR/R/15/2/118-120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/118-120
Title:
File 7 Military and Marine
Scope & Content:
The Military and Marine files contain details of military affairs, especially concerning the Royal Air Force, affecting Bahrain and the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
3 files (478 folios)

515. IOR/R/15/2/119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/119
Title:
File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the India Office and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

516. IOR/R/15/2/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/121
Title:
File 8/2 Public petitions etc. Letters to Major Daly (P.A.) thanking him for his interest in Bahrain affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains a number of petitions (or 'madbatas') written by Bahraini merchants and other Bahrain inhabitants of native, Persian, Nejdi and Indian origin, praising the actions of the Bahrain Political Agent, Major Clive Daly. The original petitions in Arabic and Persian are included, along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
7 Jul 1921-3 Jul 1924
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)

517. IOR/R/15/2/121-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/121-126
Title:
File 8 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous files cover a variety of topics arising in Bahrain during the 1920s; the response to political reforms carried out by the Political Agent Major Clive Daly in the early 1920s; challenges facing Bahrain's pearling industry, specifically declining profitability and pressures for it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
6 files and volumes (560 folios)

518. IOR/R/15/2/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/122
Title:
File 8/3 Pearling industry
Scope & Content:
The contents of the volume relate to Bahrain's pearl diving economy, and fall under two major concerns: 1) The industry's declining profitability, and the impact this has had upon pearl divers. A large portion of the file is occupied by handwritten balance sheets (all undated) of saibs (pullers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1912-18 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

519. IOR/R/15/2/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/123
Title:
File 8/4 Bahrain customs
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence on a range of issues related to the running and organisation of the Bahrain customs house. They cover allegations of mismanagement and embezzlement by customs house officials before British-instigated reforms, made by an anonymous 'well wisher of the British Emp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1921-12 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 volume (111 folios)

520. IOR/R/15/2/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/124
Title:
File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Oct 1922-10 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 volume (184 folios)

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