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791. IOR/R/15/2/974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/974
Title:
File 1/4 Personal File of Captain H D H Rance
Scope & Content:
The file covers the service of Hugh Dunstan Rance as Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, 1943 to 1947, and includes papers relating to pay; travel; leave; the transport of personal effects; transport; certification for personal arms, ammunition and swords; National Savings Certificates; service r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1943-11 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (472 folios)

792. IOR/R/15/2/975

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/975
Title:
File 1/5 IV Applications for Employment: Menial Establishment
Scope & Content:
The file consists mostly of applications for employment with the Bahrain Political Agency at menial grades. The applications are mostly from Bahrain subjects. The positions applied for include: farrash/farash [ferash], peon, sweeper, maidservant, launch nakhuda [nakhoda], khalasi, bearer, driver,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1938-14 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

793. IOR/R/15/2/1108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1108
Title:
File 3/22 II Naval Station at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses matters relating to the Naval Base at Jufair, Bahrain, in the context of the redeployment of the naval stations at Henjam and Basidu on the Persian side of the Gulf. The topics include: Lists of persons employed at Jufair naval base. Arrangements for demarcating fish ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 May 1938-4 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 volume (67 folios)

794. 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)

795. IOR/R/15/2/1670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1670
Title:
File 20/5 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Honours, Titles & Decorations
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the grant of titles and badges to various persons in the Gulf. For instance, the title ‘Khan Bahadur’ was given to, among others, Khan Sahib Abdur Rahman Zaiyani, an Arab merchant, and to Mirza Ismail Barduli, an interpreter at the Agency in Muscat. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1914-Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

796. IOR/R/15/2/1858

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1858
Title:
'File No. B/1 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Shaikh and Notables of Qatar.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions and letters mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Ruler of Qatar. The two exchanged petitions on behalf of locals from Bahrain and Qatar respectively. The petitions were mainly regarding claims of debts, properties, stolen b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
4 Jan 1926-8 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (150 folios)

797. IOR/R/15/5/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/20
Title:
File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1919-14 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

798. IOR/R/15/5/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/303
Title:
‘File 7/2 I Working of Kuwait in Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence respecting questions arising from the implementation of the Kuwait Order in Council; the main correspondents are the Kuwait Political Agent (Gordon Noel Jackson and Herbert George Jakins) and the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Sir William Rupert Hay). The sort ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1949-20 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

799. IOR/R/15/5/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/319
Title:
File 13/11 'Registration of Foreigners - Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers regarding the registration of foreigners. It mainly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain [the latter is ‘Prodrome’ in the telegrams]. It also includes letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1949-31 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

800. IOR/R/15/6/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/95
Title:
'File 2/18 R. A. F. Landing Ground at KHOR JARAMA’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to the landing ground at Khor Jarama. The correspondence in the file reports on the following issues taking place at Khor Jarama: refining water; moorings; stocking petrol and arranging dhaws [dhows, sailing vessels] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1937-24 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

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