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391. IOR/R/15/2/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/730
Title:
‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942-15 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

392. IOR/R/15/2/827

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/827
Title:
File 32/24 Customs and Police Post at Sitra
Scope & Content:
This file contains two letters regarding Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah's desire to construct a Customs and Police Post on the island of Sitra. In the first letter (folio 3), Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain asks R M Brown, the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1948-11 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

393. IOR/R/15/2/907

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/907
Title:
File 42/9 (4/3 II) Assistant Adviser
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the appointment of a number of individuals to positions within the Government of Bahrain. Much of the correspondence relates to efforts to hire an assistant for Charles Belgrave (Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) who would also act as Chief of P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1937-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

394. IOR/R/15/2/147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/147
Title:
File 1/A/13 III [TRANSHIPMENT] DUES BAHRAIN.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the shipping of goods direct to the mainland of Saudi Arabia by way of Bahrain; the question of the imposition by Bahrain of transit dues on such goods; and the effect of these transit dues on relations between Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Britain. The correspondence is mainly be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1934-20 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

395. IOR/R/15/2/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/152
Title:
File 1/A/25 I Broadcasting Soviet
Scope & Content:
The file deals with wireless broadcasting to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein), particularly the start of the Arabic service by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in January 1938. The papers also have much information about broadcasting to Kuwait and other parts of the Persian Gulf. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1933-5 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (315 folios)

396. IOR/R/15/2/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/153
Title:
File 1/A/25 II BROADCASTING - PUBLICITY
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Arabic language broadcasting by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Bahrain. The papers also cover the impact of broadcasting in the region generally, particularly Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1938-3 May 1939
Extent:
1 volume (380 folios)

397. IOR/R/15/2/198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/198
Title:
4/1 Bahrain State Finances 4
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the financial records of the Government of Bahrain that were sent to the British Political Agency in Bahrain by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The records cover the years 1359-1363AH (1941-1945). These records include details of the expenditu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1940-24 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (270 folios)

398. IOR/R/15/2/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/359
Title:
File 9/11 Smuggling of Arms
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent and received by the Political Agency at Bahrain, the other Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, the India Office in London and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, concerning the smuggling of arms and ammunitions from the Arab side of the Gulf into Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1934-24 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

399. IOR/R/15/2/373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/373
Title:
File 9/29 Overseas trade enquiries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, to fulfill a request by the Department of Overseas Trade to supply statistics for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1938-16 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

400. IOR/R/15/2/518

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/518
Title:
‘File 13/9 Unauthorised flights to Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the anticipated arrival in Bahrain from Baghdad, on an Imperial Airways aircraft, of the Vice President of the American Express Company, Mr [Frank B] Harding. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-4 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

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