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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1431-1491
Title:: File 15: Rules and Regulations
Scope & Content:: The 61 surviving files about rules and regulations contain predominantly printed or typewritten copies of internal Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices. The circulars were sent to all Government of India departments, offices and stations in India, the Persian Gulf and else...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1904-1950
Extent:: 61 files (12,087 folios)

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630
Title:: File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:: This sub-sub-series largely relates to the acquisition of stationery, tools, materials, supplies, and motor vehicles for the Political Agency, Bahrain. The files concerning stationery document the purchase of items such as rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and court fee stamps. Other files co...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:: 1926-1950
Extent:: 36 files (6567 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1631-1649
Title:: File 18: Buildings and Works
Scope & Content:: This sub-sub-series mostly consists of files relating to the maintenance of, repairs to, and building works being carried out at, the Bahrain Political Agency building and compound. It includes files relating to the following: the move of the Post Office from inside the Political Agency build...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1931-1950
Extent:: 19 files (3,089 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1650-1662
Title:: File 19: Tours
Scope & Content:: The 13 files forming the 'Tours' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Tours' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, other British authorities and local rulers in...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:: 1932-1950
Extent:: 13 files (2360 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1663-1675
Title:: File 20: Ceremonials and Celebrations
Scope & Content:: There are thirteen surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from 1914 to 1950, about Celebrations and Ceremonials. Files IOR/R/15/2/1663-1665 contain correspondence regarding the celebrations arranged every year by the Political Agency, Bahrain, for both the King’s Birthday and Ne...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:: 1914-1950
Extent:: 13 files (1,556 folios)

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692
Title:: File 22 Meteorological
Scope & Content:: The meteorological correspondence subject files contain correspondence and papers relating to the set-up and day-to-day operation of the Bahrain meteorological observatory between 1927 and 1948. They also contain meteorological statistical data from the observatory (as well as corresponding mete...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1927-1950
Extent:: 4 files (1001 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1693 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 23: Al Khalifa Property
Scope & Content:: A single file relating to the use of bathing pools in Manama by the Al-Khalifa and Hindu community.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-1929
Extent:: 1 file (14 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1694 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 25: Qatar
Scope & Content:: The English Office subject file contains correspondence regarding various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags flown by the Shaikh of Qatar, as well as by the sheikhs of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1929-1938
Extent:: 1 file (69 folios)

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