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211. IOR/R/15/2/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/165
Title:
File 1/A/42 Palestine disturbances.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the publication of the report of the Palestine Royal Commission, and British Government White Papers on Palestine, 1937-39; the reaction to them in Bahrain (and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf); the response of the King of Saudi Arabia [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1936-3 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (290 folios)

212. IOR/R/15/2/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/162
Title:
File 1/A/39 I GUN RUNNING and PIRACY
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns gun-running and piracy in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Hugh Weightman); the Residency Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1934-4 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 volume (331 folios)

213. IOR/R/15/2/411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/411
Title:
File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume date mostly from 1933-1934. The volume contains copies of correspondence between the Political Resident at Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India in London about oil concession in Qatar and the negotiations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Shei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916-1934
Extent:
1 volume (252 folios)

214. IOR/R/15/2/508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/508
Title:
‘File 13/2 VIII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the implementation of civil air agreements, and the use of air facilities, at Britain’s aerodromes along the Arab coast (chiefly Bahrain (Muharraq), but also at Sharjah, Kuwait, and Qatar) in the period directly following the Second World War. The principal correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1946-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

215. IOR/R/15/2/614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/614
Title:
‘File 21/13 DETENTION OF MUSCAT SUBJECT BY AMIR OF ZAKRIT'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the abduction and enslavement of a young man from Muscat, who was found working at Petroleum Concessions Limited’s (PCL) oilfields in Qatar, and attempts by the Political Agent and others, including Saleh Al Mana [Ṣāliḥ Āl Māni‘], a representative of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1948-27 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

216. IOR/R/15/2/722

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/722
Title:
‘File 28/30 War. Hostilities in Iran’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers produced in response to Britain’s involvement in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, which began on 25 August 1941. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1941-29 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

217. IOR/R/15/2/726

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/726
Title:
‘File 28/34-(i) War Emergency Legislation’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the drawing up of: a) an Emergency Order in Council, with Defence Regulations, and b) proclamations by the Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar, for issue in the event of war with Germany. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1939-23 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

218. IOR/R/15/2/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/759
Title:
‘File 28/71 Navicert = routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of the Navicert system in the Persian Gulf, which was intended to regulate and control shipping in and out of the Persian Gulf during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1941-29 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

219. IOR/R/15/2/767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/767
Title:
‘File 29/18i I Food Supplies – TEA & COFFEE’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact on the population and economy of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast sheikhdoms, of Government of India export licensing restrictions for the supply of tea and to a lesser extent, coffee, sugar, dates and cotton piece goods, to the Persian G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
08 Mar 1940-16 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (372 folios)

220. IOR/R/15/2/261

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/261
Title:
‘File 7/1 II Land purchased by H.M.G. at (a) Muharraq. (b) Qudhaibiyah. (c) Jufair for R.A.F. (d) Royal Navy’
Scope & Content:
The volume, which is a continuation of ‘File 7/1 I RAF and naval bases in Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/2/260) comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the acquisition in 1934 of land at Manama and Muharraq by the British Government, for air and naval facilities. The principal correspondents i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1934-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 volume (139 folios)