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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/119-198
Title:: Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
Scope & Content:: The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Political Residency, Bushire. The volumes are bound in subject compilations. The records are as follows: IOR/R/15/1/119-144: subject compilations, 1850-1855; IOR/R/15/1/145-179: subject compilations, 1854-1863; IOR/R/15/1/180-1...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1850-1918
Extent:: 80 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/183-192
Title:: Bushire Political Residency correspondence: subject compilations
Scope & Content:: Subject compilations of secret and general correspondence. There were a number of holders of the office of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf during the period in question, but the following Residents: Captain James Felix Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charl...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:: 1852-1900
Extent:: 10 volumes (2105 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/199-703
Title:: Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
Scope & Content:: The records consist of subject files of the Political Residency, Bushire (from 1946, Bahrain). The records are arranged as follows: IOR/R/15/1/199-234: File 5: Slave Trade, 1892-1943; IOR/R/15/1/235-236: File 9: Arms and Ammunition, 1910-1932; IOR/R/15/1/237-238: File 13: Miscellaneous, 1912-19...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kanarese, Marathi, Persian, and Turkish
Date Range:: 1871-1948
Extent:: 506 files and volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/314-377
Title:: File 19: Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The Bahrain subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics and include correspondence regarding the nature and development of British involvement in Bahrain, financial information, Bahrain's foreign relations, information related to customs and transit fees, the reforms enacted in the 1920s...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:: 1895-1946
Extent:: 64 files and volumes (12,090 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/470 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 52: Persian Islands
Scope & Content:: This sub-sub series is composed of one file that contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status and ownership of Qais [Kish] island off of the coast of Iran. The file contains a discussion of the island's history and a copy (with English translation) of the sanad (deed) th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Farsi
Date Range:: 1906-1908
Extent:: 1 file

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:: File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:: These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:: 1932-1950
Extent:: 13 files (970 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1200-1312
Title:: File 6: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:: The Bahrain State files of the Political Agency, Bahrain cover a range of matters connected to the running of the state in Bahrain, such as education, public works, road building, policing, marine regulations, customs, agriculture, personnel, municipal matters, state finances, public health, dri...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1926-1950
Extent:: 113 files (10,236 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1271
Title:: File 6/53 Bahrain State Officials (Complaints from and against)
Scope & Content:: The file contains letters of complaint about matters connected to the Bahrain Government and its services, as well as correspondence between representatives of the government (usually Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the government, and Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, Director of Cust...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:: 1 Jul 1933-23 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (245 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630
Title:: File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:: This sub-sub-series largely relates to the acquisition of stationery, tools, materials, supplies, and motor vehicles for the Political Agency, Bahrain. The files concerning stationery document the purchase of items such as rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and court fee stamps. Other files co...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:: 1926-1950
Extent:: 36 files (6567 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1650-1662
Title:: File 19: Tours
Scope & Content:: The 13 files forming the 'Tours' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Tours' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, other British authorities and local rulers in...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:: 1932-1950
Extent:: 13 files (2360 folios)

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