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1. IOR/R/15/2/1215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1215
Title:
File 6/8 Visits to India and England etc. by Rulers, Shaikhs and other members of Al Khalifah Family (and friendly correspondence)
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to arrangements to facilitate travel by members of the ruling Al Khalifah family of Bahrain. Many of the papers are open letters of good offices, provided by the Political Agent, Bahrain, to assist family members in their journeys to places throughout...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1926-2 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (190 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1310

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1310
Title:
File 6/93 Thefts and stolen property: Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to two cases of theft and stolen property, as follows: correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), Russell M Brown, and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1946-30 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1408
Title:
‘File 13/18 ILLEGAL TRAVELLING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE AMIR OF JAALAN, - BENI BU ALI, TO MUSCAT SUBJECTS.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Passport Officer, Bahrain; and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence contains reports of three instances where Arab and Indian travellers used an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1929-10 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1550
Title:
‘File 16/42 Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, some of a demi-official nature, relating to visitors and guests at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Most of the correspondence is routine, and relates to enquires and arrangements for the arrival and departure of visitors, and in some cases the provision of accommodation and faci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1933-8 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (270 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1551
Title:
‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to arrangements for visits to Bahrain, or passages through Bahrain, by various individuals, including: Harbans Lal Jerath, Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi, on an official visit in late 1946 and early 1947. Details of the visit, including a tou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1560
Title:
‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1937-27 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1567
Title:
‘File 16/56 Arrival and departure of the Bahrain State officials and other misc. officers and their families’
Scope & Content:
Telegrams and other papers reporting the movements and anticipated movements (by sea and by air) of officials into and out of Bahrain, the Trucial Coast, and the wider Persian Gulf region. The officials referred to include British Political Agents and Officers, and the following representatives o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1943-9 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1568
Title:
File 16/57 I Routine correspondence with British agencies and consulates other than Bushire
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain, and other British offices in the Persian Gulf, including those at Kuwait, Muscat, Sharjah, and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The routine correspondence covers: the ordering, exchange and de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1944-10 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (279 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/105
Title:
[Un-numbered file] Dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and Shaikh of Kuwait: British Government's Proposals to Settle Kuwait-Najd Boundary Dispute by Arbitration; Defeat of Shaikh Salim at Jahra; Ikhwan Withdrawal; Truce Terminated by Ikhwan
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to: A dispute between Ibn Sa`ud and the Shaikh of Kuwait. British government's proposals to settle Kuwait-Najd boundary dispute by arbitration. Defeat of Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/107
Title:
[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises the correspondence, signals, expenditure accounts and message notes of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury) during the period 4 February to 2 May 1928. The discussion in the volume relates to his involvement in intell...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1928-2 May 1928
Extent:
1 volume (133 folios)