Search

037-000228401 Language English

831. IOR/R/15/2/780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/780
Title:
‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about British efforts to obtain supplies of rice for local consumption in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain, Qatar and the shaikhdoms of the Trucial Coast, in the years after the Second World War (1939-1945). British and Bahrain Government officia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1949-21 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

832. IOR/R/15/2/781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/781
Title:
'File 29/22 I CEREALS FOR SHARJAH AND DUBAI'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about supplies of wheat and barley for importation and local consumption in Dubai, Sharjah and the other Trucial Coast sheikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when food grains and wheat in particular were in short supply worldwide and subjec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1943-29 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (339 folios)

833. IOR/R/15/2/864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/864
Title:
File 38/3 I, P. C. L. Qatar Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the work of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, in Qatar. The correspondence is principally between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Residency in Bushire [Persian Gulf Political Residenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 May 1940-15 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

834. IOR/R/15/2/866

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/866
Title:
File 38/4 Petroleum Concessions Limited Sharjah Concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the oil concession in the Sharjah territories. The correspondence is between: the Political Agent at Bahrain; representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, in London, Bahrain, and the Trucial Coast...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1938-14 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

835. IOR/R/15/2/175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/175
Title:
'File No: 1.b/2. Major Head:- Administration SubHead:- General. Subject:- Finances of the Bahrain State.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning the finances of the Bahrain State including correspondence between Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1932-11 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

836. IOR/R/15/2/672

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/672
Title:
‘File 28/1 S Evacuation of personnel and families of BAPCO and CASOC employees and others’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, notices and lists relating to the numbers of, and plans for the evacuation of, British, British-Indian, American and other (chiefly Goans, described as Portuguese-Indian) subjects, particularly those employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Califor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1940-11 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

837. IOR/R/15/2/686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/686
Title:
‘File 28/6 War. Arrangements for the Control of Norwegian, Danish and other neutral ships, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises communications and correspondence relating to the restrictions and orders imposed by the British Government on foreign vessels, and in particular those regarded as neutral or ‘enemy’ during wartime. The papers chiefly relate to Danish and Norwegian vessels, prompted by the Ger...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1940-15 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

838. IOR/R/15/2/694

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/694
Title:
‘File 28/10-(c) Anti-British Activities of Abdullah bin Faris, Secretary of the Shaikh of Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to anti-British and pro-German propaganda being disseminated at Sharjah, and specifically that being allegedly spread by the Ruler of Sharjah’s Secretary, Abdullah bin Faris. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1940-21 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

839. IOR/R/15/2/859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/859
Title:
File 37/2 (12/9 A) Duke of Gloucester's visit and presentation of Italian guns to Shaikh of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain regarding Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's visit to Sharjah and Bahrain. The file contains lists of invitees to formal parties in hon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1942-26 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)

840. IOR/R/15/2/873

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/873
Title:
File 39/2 (1 B/8) Effect of abrogation of APOC concession by Persian Government on oil market in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and a letter from Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), regarding the situation in Bahrain after the dispute between Britain and Persia, due to the cancellation of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession (see IOR/R/15/1/636). The file als...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Dec 1932-15 May 1933
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

Limit your search

more »
more »
more »