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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1689
Title:: File 22/1 I Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The file comprises correspondence and other papers sent to and from the Bahrain Political Agency, relating to the set-up and subsequent day-to-day running of a weather observatory in Bahrain. The file begins with a letter from the head meteorologist of the India Meteorological Department in Kara...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1927-28 Apr 1938
Extent:: 1 file (307 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1693
Title:: File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agent (Colonel Barrett, from November 1927 to April 1929), representatives of the Hindu community in Manama, and the Khalifa ruling family. The correspondence refers to the ownership and use of freshwater pools (referred to as chauch...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:: 12 Nov 1928-6 May 1929
Extent:: 1 file (14 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1694
Title:: Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between the British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū]. These papers concern various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 Aug 1929-13 Dec 1938
Extent:: 1 file (69 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1695
Title:: File 28/5 Visits of Tankers and other Ships to Sitrah
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on shipments of oil and movements of tankers and ships in and out of Sitra...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Feb 1934-11 Oct 1936
Extent:: 1 file (258 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1715
Title:: File 28/12 Enquiry by the Manager. The Bahrain Petroleum Company re: Local Laws
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) manager, requesting information from the Political Agent on the Bahrain land regulations. There are two notices in Arabic and English and a document on 'Land Registration' (folios 10-15).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 22 Jan 1934-21 Feb 1934
Extent:: 1 file (19 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1718
Title:: File 28/14 II Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Ltd, Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives and recruiting agent, the Adviser to the Governement of Bahrain, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Protector of Emigrants at Bombay on the emplo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 13 Jan 1939-9 Dec 1944
Extent:: 1 file (366 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1733
Title:: File 28/33 Report of Deaths of BAPCO Labour under circumstances other than accidents in the Company
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representative and the Political Agent at Bahrain on the deaths of BAPCO labour at and outside work. There are some letters in Arabic.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 23 Aug 1944-13 Sep 1947
Extent:: 1 file (78 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1748
Title:: File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and documents related to passport and visa regulations in the various Shaikhdoms of the Gulf, primarily in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The majority of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency in...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Dec 1929-16 Oct 1934
Extent:: 1 file (292 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1749
Title:: File 29/7 II Passport and Visa Regulations
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and copies of relevant documents regarding travel regulations in the Persian Gulf, particularly discussions regarding landing and visa rules for entry in to Bahrain. All of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, notably the British Consul...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 9 Jan 1935-4 Sep 1937
Extent:: 1 file (366 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1755
Title:: File 29/28 British Industrial Fair
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence, promotional material and other documents related to the British Industries Fair (BIF) in London and other similar events in London, including a mechanical handling conference (1948) and an engineering and marine exhibition (1949). The file contains a number of...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 13 Sep 1934-24 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (256 folios)

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