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261. IOR/R/15/1/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/205
Title:
‘File 5/161 IV Manumission of slaves at Bahrain: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to fifty-one manumission cases, heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most cases are straightforward, in that the Political Resident approved the Bahrain Political Agent’s recommendation that the slave in question be given a manumission certificate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1930-1 May 1934
Extent:

1 volume (354 folios)

262. IOR/R/15/1/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/206
Title:
‘File 5/161 V Manumission of slaves at Bahrain: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to manumission applications made by slaves at the Political Agency at Bahrain. A total of seventy-six individual cases for manumission are dealt with in the file. Cases generally follow a set pattern, beginning with the slave’s manumission statement, fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1934-28 May 1938
Extent:

One volume (440 folios)

263. IOR/R/15/1/240

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/240
Title:
14/7 (XVIII) and (XX) Arab Coast. Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain, and Sharjah. Topics include: The visit of Lady Willingdon to Sharjah. A raid by Manasir tribe and murder of the Amir of Khan village. Diving on the Trucial Coast and measures to improve the living conditions of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1933-29 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

264. IOR/R/15/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/9
Title:
File A/13 Correspondence between Shaikh `Isa and Turkish officials
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident, concerning letters received by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, from Turkish authorities, and chiefly from the Wali [governor] of Busreh [Basra]. Some items of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1909-24 May 1914
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

265. IOR/R/15/2/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/126
Title:
File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agency and others (including the Political Residency and the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Belgrave) discussing the publication in newspapers and journals of texts that were critical of Britain's policy in the Mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1921-19 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

266. IOR/R/15/2/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/276
Title:
‘File 7/11 Flights of unidentified aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams and other papers relating to unidentified aircraft either seen or heard over the Arab coast during the Second World War, and the emergency landing of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Abu Dhabi in May 1944. Correspondence is sent and received by a host of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1940-30 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

267. IOR/R/15/2/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/283
Title:
‘File 7/18 RAF Levies (Sharjah & Dubai)’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the employment of askari guards (local soldiers) employed as security personnel in the Royal Air Force Levy Corps at the RAF base at Sharjah, and in particular to the discipline of these askaris, and incidents of theft from the RAF base allegedly involving askaris. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1943-6 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

268. IOR/R/15/2/432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/432
Title:
File 10/10 III Bahrain Additional Area
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1949-5 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

269. IOR/R/15/2/453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/453
Title:
File 10/27 Drilling for water by BAPCO
Scope & Content:
The file mainly contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the use of water resource...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1946-12 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (170 folios)

270. IOR/R/15/2/487

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/487
Title:
File 12/3 Visit of Persian Warships to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the movements of Persian warships in the Gulf. The correspondence discusses what the formalities should be in the event of a Persian warship landing at the ports of the Arab States in the Gulf (with an emphasis on Bahrain). C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1932-29 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

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