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1201. IOR/R/15/2/890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/890
Title:
File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Agency at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore. The correspondents are: Ruler of Qatar, Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1949-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

1202. IOR/R/15/2/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/891
Title:
File 39/24 Seabed concession, Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mostly in English and Arabic, between the Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī (from August 1949 Shaikh ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī); the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1947-17 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

1203. IOR/R/15/2/896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/896
Title:
‘File 41/1 Licences for Arms carried by Nakhudas’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to licences for arms carried by the nakhudas of boats on the Arab coast of the Gulf. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Rulers of Abu Dhabi, Kalba, Qatar, Ra’s al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn. The file includes: a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1936-26 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

1204. IOR/R/15/2/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/897
Title:
‘File 41/2 Arms traffic’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

1205. IOR/R/15/2/898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/898
Title:
‘File 41/3 Theft of ammunition from Jida store’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the storage and security arrangements for small arms ammunition (SAA) held by the Government of Bahrain, prompted by the theft of 18,000 rounds of ammunition from a store on Jida [Jiddah] Island, in October 1945. The principal correspondents in the f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1945-11 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

1206. IOR/R/15/2/899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/899
Title:
File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain and India, and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The early correspondence relates to setting up suitable arrangements to fill Belgrave’s role in Bahrain while he took six months leave in the summ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

1207. IOR/R/15/2/900

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/900
Title:
File 42/2 (6/2) C.C.L. De Grenier, Directors of Customs; G.W.R. Smith
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, Director of Customs in Bahrain (1924-1943). The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1932-19 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

1208. IOR/R/15/2/923

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/923
Title:
'P.A's Private file (Major T. Hickinbotham C.I.E., O.B.E.)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains Arabic language correspondence between Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent in Bahrain, and numerous Bahraini figures, including members of the ruling family (such as Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain) and several prominent merchants. The correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1943-14 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

1209. IOR/R/15/2/924

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/924
Title:
'Reports of K'
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to 'K' an individual whose name was at the time known only to the Political Agent (Percy Gordon Loch) and Head Munshi (Saiyid 'Abdul Razzaq) at Bahrain and who provided information and intelligence on affairs in the Persian Gulf, particularly attempts by American ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1934-25 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

1210. IOR/R/15/2/929

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/929
Title:
‘File 4/8 (2/4a) Article regarding Bahrain-U.K. Treaty; Dismissal of Ali bin Hussain, Secretary to the Manama Municipality’
Scope & Content:
The file contains an exchange of confidential correspondence, following Arab press reports of a new friendship treaty between the Sheikhs of Bahrain and the British Government. The correspondence is mainly between Meredith Worth (Officiating Political Agent, Bahrain), Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1934-19 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

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