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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Language English Name Bahrain Political Agency, 1900-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3716

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3716
Title:
Coll 30/6 'Persian Gulf. Bahrein [sic]: Trade Reports 1928 to'
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of annual trade reports that were compiled by the Political Agency in Bahrain and printed in India. The reports contain detailed lists of all trade shipped in and out of Bahrain and the country's primary importers and exporters as well as general trade and financial i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1929-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (236 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3728
Title:
Coll 30/18(1) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein, Customs dues on goods in transit; attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia and its precursor states, the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926-1932) and the Sultanate of Nejd (1921-27). ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1920-31 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (576 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3729

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3729
Title:
Coll 30/18(2) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Transit Dues: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia. The correspondence also discusses relations between the two countries generally and the role of Britain. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-24 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (388 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3736A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3736A
Title:
Coll 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Economy Proposals; Grant of Tariff Autonomy; Increase in Customs Duties; Developments in Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
This file contains annual budgets and financial accounts of the Government of Bahrain as well as related correspondence between British Government officials and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain. Much of this correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1932-24 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3751
Title:
Coll 30/38 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein: Re-organisation of Police Force'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the pay, training and composition of the Bahrain Police Force. This includes arrangements for Bahrain Police Force members to receive training in India and for the deputation of policemen from India to serve in Bahrain as lath...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1929-2 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3752

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3752
Title:
Coll 30/39 'Persian Gulf, Bahrain: Succession; Attitude to be Adopted by Political Agent in the Event of Need to Choose a Successor'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the issue of succession in Bahrain. Specifically, this correspondence discusses the death of Shaikh Isa bin Ali al-Khalifa and the formal succession of his son, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa in 1932 and the subsequent death ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1932-16 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (148 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3755
Title:
Coll 30/42 'Correct spelling of Bahrain/Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding whether the official spelling should be Bahrain or Bahrein. The spelling of Kuwait (Kuwait or Koweit) is also discussed in passing. The correspondence is between officials at the India Office, the Political Residency in Bush...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1932-15 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3767
Title:
Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
Scope & Content:
The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1933-40. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Ther...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1933-21 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (535 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3768
Title:
Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
Scope & Content:
The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1941-45. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1941-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (473 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3769A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3769A
Title:
Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946'
Scope & Content:
This file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain from August 1946 until December 1947. A handwritten note on the cover of the file states that the summaries from January to July 1946 had been mislaid. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1946-22 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)