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31. IOR/R/15/2/700

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/700
Title:
‘File 28/14 War. Ship warrant scheme’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of a Ship’s Warrant Scheme by the Government of India, intended to restrict access to British port facilities during wartime to vessels that are either British, or belong to the British Commonwealth, the United Sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1940-16 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/2/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/737
Title:
‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: 1) copies of extracts, or complete copies of, Persian Gulf Trade War Bureau reports, numbered 29 to 37, and issued weekly and dated between 15 August 1942 and 2 November 1942; 2) copies of correspondence concerning the re-export trade from the Arab Coast, chiefly from Dubai t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1942-5 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/2/745

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/745
Title:
‘File 28/54 Victory Day – celebrations’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters and Government of India circulars relating to the arrangement of celebrations to commemorate the defeat of Germany and the end of hostilities in Europe, and subsequent letters of congratulation, received by British officials in the Persian Gulf from some of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1944-27 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/2/746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/746
Title:
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1938-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/2/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/762
Title:
‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/2/705

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/705
Title:
‘File 28/17-A Action to be taken in the event of entry into the war by Spain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence received from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India, relating to the prospects of Spain entering the war against the Allies. A Government of India telegram, dated 29 June 1940, sets out the immediate actions to be taken in the eve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1940-29 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/2/738

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/738
Title:
‘File 28/43 Removal of the pilot-balloon observatory in a grave emergency’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence relating to the operation of Bahrain’s Pilot Balloon Observatory, used to recorded meteorological data, during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield); and the Superintending Meteorolo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1942-28 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/2/716

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/716
Title:
‘File 28/26 Admiralty war requirements’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence related to enquiries from British naval authorities in the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal, asking after the availability of various marine resources (motorised and sailing dhows, divers, barges) for procurement by the naval authorities for military means....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1941-22 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/2/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/734
Title:
‘File 28/39 Emergency Commissions’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to emergency military commission (also referred to as the King’s Emergency Commission), and applications made by employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and the Government of Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1939-28 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/2/669

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/669
Title:
‘File 28/1 P Visit of enemy aircraft to Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to an air raid carried out by Italian bombers over the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) refinery in Bahrain and the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia, on the night...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1940-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)