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1. IOR/R/15/2/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/18
Title:
File B/13 Eastern Bank
Scope & Content:
The letters, memoranda and other notes in the file relate to the establishment of a branch of the Eastern Bank in Bahrain. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (chiefly Captain Percy Gordon Loch, who occupied the position from November 1916 to February 1918, and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1916-8 Jun 1921
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/180-194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/180-194
Title:
File 3: Staff
Scope & Content:
The Staff files contain details regarding various positions within or reporting to the Bahrain Political Agency, including: Assistant Political Agent; Political Officer on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah; Agency Medical Officer; Censor Clerk; Upper Air Observatory staff; Post Office staff; Public Wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
15 files (838 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/181

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/181
Title:
File 3/6 Agency Medical Officer
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Dr R Holmes, Assistant Surgeon, Bahrain; Major Charles Geoffrey Prior; Deputy Secretary, Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi; and the Bahrain C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1932-17 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/185
Title:
File 3/11 Creation of Post of Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Charles Mylles, Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Abadan; R Holmes, Assistant Surgeon, Victoria Memorial Hospital; R I Hallows; C R Latimer; Secretary to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1933-3 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1801
Title:
File 36/62 Quota of Tyres and Tubes for Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and several local merchants regarding the importation of tyres and inner tubes into Bahrain and the broader Gulf region. The file also contains correspondence - in Arabic with English translations - between the Political A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1944-7 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (172 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1808
Title:
File 36/86 II Export of Gold and Silver from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the movement of currency and precious metals (gold and silver) around the Persian Gulf. The Correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Eastern Bank Limited. A small...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1942-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (378 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1815
Title:
File 36/106 III Control of Motor Vehicles in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the importation of cars into Bahrain. This correspondence, some of which is in Arabic, primarily consists of letters to the Political Agency in Bahrain from local merchants, members of the ruling family, and other residents requesting permission to imp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1948-19 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (282 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1824
Title:
File A 1/J I Correspondence of the Adviser
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers and correspondence sent between the Political Agency and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) between 1935 and 1945, relating to civil and criminal court cases in Bahrain. The cases raised include property theft (folios 26-29), disputes o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1935-31 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1825

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1825
Title:
File A/2 I Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to around sixty cases, involving slaves who have applied for manumission at the Agency in Bahrain. Copies of correspondence relating to many of these cases can also be found in the following Bushire Residency files: 'File 5/161 IV Manumission of slaves at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1932-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (343 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1826
Title:
File A/2 II Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file is correspondence relating to about forty-eight manumission applications, most of which were made at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Some applications are made with the Residency Agent at Sharjah, and forwarded to the Agency at Bahrain for submission to the Political Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
20 Dec 1934-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (349 folios)