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1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1507
Title:
‘File 16/11 III Miscellaneous correspondence’
Scope & Content:
Routine correspondence received at and sent from the Bahrain Political Agency. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/11 II Miscellaneous correspondence’ (IOR/R/15/2/1506). The correspondence covers a diverse range of topics of a routine nature, including: passport and trave...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1944-11 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (306 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1492
Title:
File 16/00 Letters of good offices
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding providing letters of good offices. These were sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Residency Agent in Sharjah, merchants and rulers of the Gulf. The sender would raise a case to the recipient and ask for his help mostly in mediat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
22 Mar 1928-5 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1589

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1589
Title:
‘File No. 16/80 Labour Employed by Local Firms other than Bapco’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, and other papers received from employers in Bahrain, and from employees or former employees who are not native to Bahrain. In most cases the employees are of Indian or Pakistani origin, and require permits to live and work in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns: the recruitment ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1949-19 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1503

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1503
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/10 Eastern Bank Ltd: Correspondence with ––’
Scope & Content:
Routine correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Political Agency and successive managers of the Eastern Bank Limited in Bahrain (H Barden, D Ham, M Gunn, C W F Skrimshire). Correspondence received from the Eastern Bank includes: notices of credits to the Agency current account; notices of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 May 1926-31 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (259 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1506
Title:
‘File 16/11 II Miscellaneous correspondence’
Scope & Content:
Routine correspondence received at and sent from the Bahrain Political Agency. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent; representatives of the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier). Most of the correspondence relates to a miscellany of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1931-28 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (388 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1552
Title:
‘File 16/43-I Miscellaneous. (i) Holidays observed by the Political Agency, Bahrain. (ii) Notes re: Daily Working Hours’
Scope & Content:
Notices, office notes and some correspondence relating to the public holidays observed by, and working hours of, the Political Agency. The notices in the file, signed by or on behalf of the Political Agent, were circulated to Bahrain Government representatives, administrative officials, and vari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1934-1 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (238 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1504
Title:
‘File 16/10 II Correspondence with Eastern Bank Ltd. Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, chiefly of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Limited. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Agent and representatives (usually the manager) of the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Limit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1940-16 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1548
Title:
‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1930-19 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)