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1. IOR/R/15/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2
Title:
Political Agency, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The political (IOR/R/15/2) and judicial (IOR/R/15/3) series of the Political Agency, Bahrain, make up the largest collection in the IOR/R/15 group. The arrangement of the IOR/R/15/2 series reflects the three branches into which the Agency was divided: namely the Confidential Office 1899-1951, th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1899-1953
Extent:
2022 files

2. IOR/R/15/2/946-962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/946-962
Title:
Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
Scope & Content:
The English Office files comprise 18 unrelated files on topics and matters affecting Bahrain including: administration and finance - including administration reports for Bahrain, official Government of India communications, use of cypher codes, and the process of administrating claims against de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1951
Extent:
18 files and volumes (2020 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/917-924

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/917-924
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Special Papers
Scope & Content:
The sub-series comprises circulars, notifications, telegrams, correspondence and invitations to and from the Political Agent at Bahrain. The communications relate to administration, finance, personnel management, naval matters, wartime intelligence, and leave allowances of the Agency and its sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
8 files (553 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/925-937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/925-937
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Information Files
Scope & Content:
The thirteen surviving Information Files contain correspondence, reports and guidance relating to the following topics: British intelligence gathering in the Middle East, 1939-1943; the monitoring of anti-British news reporting in Arabic newspapers and radio broadcasts in the Gulf States, 1934-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
13 files (266 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/497-504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/497-504
Title:
File 12 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Confidential files contain correspondence regarding the following subjects: official visits to the Persian Gulf; arrangements for the coronation of King George VI; transmission of cyphers; resignation, leave and discharge of Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Petroleum Company Limited (PC...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1945
Extent:
8 files and volumes (1763 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/13-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13-18
Title:
File B Commercial
Scope & Content:
The confidential commercial subject files deal with matters of commercial concern arising in Bahrain, as follows: the discovery and survey of bitumen and oil deposits in Bahrain; the efforts by British and foreign concerns to gain concessions for sponge fishing, pearl fishing, and pearl exports,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1907-1921
Extent:
6 files and volumes (333 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/605-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/605-615
Title:
File 21 Qatar
Scope & Content:
The Qatar subject files comprise confidential correspondence and other papers, sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, relating to miscellaneous affairs concerning Qatar, including: ongoing disagreements between the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, and the Ruler...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1940-1949
Extent:
11 files and volumes (478 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1676-1688

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1676-1688
Title:
File 21: Aviation
Scope & Content:
The thirteen aviation files contain correspondence, notes, and memoranda relating to matters of civil and military aviation in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Residency in Bushire (later in Bahrain), numerous other political and m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1927-1950
Extent:
13 files and volumes (1137 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390
Title:
File 12: Shipping
Scope & Content:
The Shipping subject files comprise correspondence and papers relating to commercial shipping at Bahrain and in the wider Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the files are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; representatives of the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1924-1950
Extent:
23 volumes and files (2293 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1492-1594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1492-1594
Title:
File 16: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The bulk of the surviving Miscellaneous subject files is made up of routine correspondence, exchanged with a number of organisations, many of which are of a governmental or commercial nature: the American Mission in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1493-1494); the Bahrain office of the shipping agent Mesopot...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1917-1954
Extent:
102 files (13,197 folios)

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