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891. IOR/R/15/2/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/15
Title:
File B/4 Flag flying by Wonckhaus, Gray Paul and other Companies
Scope & Content:
The letters, memoranda and other items in the file relate to requests made by steamship companies in Bahrain, to the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, to erect flagstaffs and fly flags on their office buildings, primarily for the purpose of communicating signals to steamships e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1906-15 May 1917
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

892. IOR/R/15/2/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/17
Title:
File B/6 Shell Trade: Exporters of Shells
Scope & Content:
The letters and office notes in the file relate to the oyster shell export market in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the British Vice-Consul at Bushire, Herbert Chick, and the Political Agent in Bahrain, Captain Francis Beville Prideaux. In a letter dated 27 April 1907, Ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1907-8 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

893. IOR/R/15/2/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/18
Title:
File B/13 Eastern Bank
Scope & Content:
The letters, memoranda and other notes in the file relate to the establishment of a branch of the Eastern Bank in Bahrain. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (chiefly Captain Percy Gordon Loch, who occupied the position from November 1916 to February 1918, and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1916-8 Jun 1921
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

894. IOR/R/15/2/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/19
Title:
Shaikh Ali bin Ahmad
Scope & Content:
The file relates to Sheikh Ali bin Ahmed Al Khalifah (also referred to as Ali bin Ahmad), nephew of the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Esa bin Ali Al Khalifa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah]. The file includes correspondence from the Government of India, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 May 1905-15 Jan 1917
Extent:
1 file (313 folios)

895. IOR/R/15/2/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/20
Title:
Correspondence re the Establishment of a Wireless Telegraph Station in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the establishment and operation of the wireless telegraph station (later also radio station) in Bahrain [frequently referred to in the papers as Bahrein]. The papers include correspondence from the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Gove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1902-19 Feb 1917
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

896. IOR/R/15/2/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/21
Title:
Customs Duty on Goods Landed at Bahrain in Transit to the Mainland
Scope & Content:
The volume records a dispute between the Ruler of Nejd [Najd] and dependencies and the Ruler of Bahrain [occasionally also referred to in the papers as Bahrein] over the imposition by the Ruler of Bahrain of a charge of 5% customs duty (previously 2.5%) on goods destined for Nejd and Hassa [Hasa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1920-3 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (137 folios)

897. IOR/R/15/2/22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/22
Title:
Sheikh Hamad's Visit to India
Scope & Content:
The file relates to a proposed visit by Sheikh Hamad bin Isa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], eldest son of of the Ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain], Sheikh Isa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] to India 'for recreation, and also for seeing civilization and material progress'. The papers consist ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1920-11 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

898. IOR/R/15/2/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/24
Title:
File No. E/1. Hindu Merchants at Qatif
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Assistant Political Agent, and later the British Political Agent, at Bahrain and the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as with British officials in Constantinople, Basra and India. There is also correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
9 Sep 1900-20 Aug 1913
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

899. IOR/R/15/2/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/25
Title:
File E.2. Turkish Activities on the Mainland Adjacent to Bahrain: (i) Qatar; (ii) Zakhnuniya Island; (iii) Hawar
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Yūsuf bin Aḥamad Kanoo [Kānū]; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar. In addition,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1909-8 Jan 1912
Extent:
1 volume (88 folios)

900. IOR/R/15/2/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/26
Title:
File No. E/3. QATAR - Shaikhs Jasim & Ahmad al Thani & death of Shaikh Jasim in 1913
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain and the Foreign Department of the Government of India, as well as with Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, Shaikh Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī. The first part of the file cover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1900-5 May 1920
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)

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