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1421. IOR/R/15/2/1545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1545
Title:
‘File 16/37 A II Anti Locust Measures’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to locust-control campaigns taking place on the Arabian peninsula and in southern Persia [Iran] between May 1943 and September 1944. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’ (IOR/R/15/2/1544). The pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1943-24 Apr 1952
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

1422. IOR/R/15/2/1548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1548
Title:
‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1930-19 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

1423. IOR/R/15/2/1549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1549
Title:
‘File 16/41 Miscellaneous. Horses belonging to late Sir Hugh Biscoe – Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning two horses given to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1932. The majority of the correspondence takes place between staff a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1932-10 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

1424. IOR/R/15/2/1550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1550
Title:
‘File 16/42 Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, some of a demi-official nature, relating to visitors and guests at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Most of the correspondence is routine, and relates to enquires and arrangements for the arrival and departure of visitors, and in some cases the provision of accommodation and faci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1933-8 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (270 folios)

1425. IOR/R/15/2/1552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1552
Title:
‘File 16/43-I Miscellaneous. (i) Holidays observed by the Political Agency, Bahrain. (ii) Notes re: Daily Working Hours’
Scope & Content:
Notices, office notes and some correspondence relating to the public holidays observed by, and working hours of, the Political Agency. The notices in the file, signed by or on behalf of the Political Agent, were circulated to Bahrain Government representatives, administrative officials, and vari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1934-1 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (238 folios)

1426. IOR/R/15/2/1554

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1554
Title:
‘File 16/44 Holidays observed by the Bahrain Government and other local offices. and their working hours and other changes in their personnel’
Scope & Content:
Notices and memoranda from various institutions and commercial concerns in Bahrain, informing the Political Agency of office closures (in observance of Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu festivals, bank holidays, and other occasions such as the King’s birthday) or changes to working hours. Not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1934-28 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (412 folios)

1427. IOR/R/15/2/1563

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1563
Title:
‘File 16/52 Correspondence regarding building of Catholic Church in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence (in English and Arabic) exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) dated 1939, relating to the latter’s agreement to provide a piece of land at the edge of Manama town for the construction of a Cat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1939-27 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

1428. IOR/R/15/2/1568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1568
Title:
File 16/57 I Routine correspondence with British agencies and consulates other than Bushire
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain, and other British offices in the Persian Gulf, including those at Kuwait, Muscat, Sharjah, and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The routine correspondence covers: the ordering, exchange and de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1944-10 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (279 folios)

1429. IOR/R/15/2/1573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1573
Title:
‘File 16/61 Complaints from the Public’
Scope & Content:
Letters and other papers relating to complaints made to the Political Agency in Bahrain: complaints from individuals over ration cards issued by the Manama Municipality, and missing ration cards or numbers; commercial and contractual complaints between employees and employers, in relation to wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1945-18 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

1430. IOR/R/15/2/1578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1578
Title:
‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to gifts of ammunition cartridges made by British political officials to members of the ruling family of Bahrain, including the ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah. Included in the papers are letters of thanks from the recipients of these gifts, often in both Engli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

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