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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/785
Title:: ‘File 29/25 DATES QUOTA – 1944-’45 FOR BAHRAIN AND TRUCIAL COAST’
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence about a British Ministry of Food scheme in 1944 for ensuring a controlled supply of Iraqi dates at reasonable prices to the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms during the Second World War (1939-1945), because local date crops were insufficient and imported dates were subject...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 10 May 1944-24 Jan 1950
Extent:: 1 file (92 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/791
Title:: File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence about the supply of foodstuffs, cotton and leather goods, soap and other manufactured articles, from India to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, under Government of India wartime export licensing restrictions and import...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 16 May 1945-1 Oct 1946
Extent:: 1 file (149 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/794
Title:: File 29/33 PRICE CONTROL
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence about fixing profit rates on several goods including wheat, dates, sugar, rice, spare parts, watches and typewriters, as well as the relaxation of price controls on commodities usually classified as luxury goods, such as cigarettes, toiletries and medicines. Most...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 3 Oct 1945-26 May 1948
Extent:: 1 file (74 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/804
Title:: File 31/6 (4/7 II) EDUCATION OF YOUNGER MEMBERS OF AL KHALIFAH
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence concerning the education of the younger members of the Al Khalifah Ruling Family. Topics discussed include arrangements for judicial training in Palestine and the practicalities of starting a degree course at either Stanford University in the United States of Amer...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 28 Feb 1944-1 Aug 1950
Extent:: 1 file (157 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/805
Title:: File 31/7 HEALTH OF THE RULER OF BAHRAIN
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence, mainly between British officials in the Persian Gulf, discussing the failing health of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah, the Ruler of Bahrain, and arrangements for him to spend time in India for recuperation. The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Tren...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 27 Oct 1936-20 Feb 1942
Extent:: 1 file (112 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/806
Title:: File 31/8 File No:- 1-B/7(a) Major Head: Administration. Sub: Head:- General. Subject:- Land Tenure in Bahrain. Sub file. MUNICIPAL MEAT MARKET & SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence about land tenure in Manamah, specifically over the municipal meat market and slaughterhouse. The majority of the correspondence is between the Captain Everard Huddleston Gastrell, Political Agent, Bahrain, and the President, Manama municipality, as well as Shaik...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 13 Sep 1933-28 Oct 1933
Extent:: 1 file (40 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/807
Title:: File 31/8 1 b/7. AL KHALIFAH PROPERTY IN BAHRAIN. (Municipal Meat Market and Slaughter House)
Scope & Content:: The file begins with a letter and note from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to the British Political Agent, Bahrain, explaining the issue concerning disputes over landownership in Bahrain based on the practice of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa of giving out scrap...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 19 Nov 1931-7 Jun 1941
Extent:: 1 file (207 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/810
Title:: File 31/11 (6/21) SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFAH
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence about Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al Khalifah, mainly from the 1930s. The main topic is the work of Shaikh Salman in the Bahrain Court and the payment of a small extra subsidy when Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government, was on leave in England. The m...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 18 Feb 1934-3 Sep 1945
Extent:: 1 file (29 folios)

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/15/2/815
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)

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