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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/138
Title:: File 9/11 Grant of Passports and Permits by the Bahrain Government and Treaty with Persia relative to withdrawal of claim to
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia's withdrawal of claims to sovereignty over Bahrain. The majority of the file's correspondence takes place between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Barrett until N...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1 May 1929-14 Jul 1930
Extent:: 1 file (73 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/139
Title:: File 1/A/1 I Stamps and Postage; Relations with Persia
Scope & Content:: The file concerns the issue in Bahrain, at the request of the Ruler of Bahrain, of Indian postage stamps bearing the surcharge 'Bahrain' (i.e. overprinted with the word 'Bahrain') and the response of the Persian Government in view of Persia's claim to Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly betwe...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 8 Oct 1932-11 May 1935
Extent:: 1 volume (267 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/150
Title:: File 1/A/24 I Persian Subjects in Bahrain and Registration of Foreigners in Bahrain with proposals for institution of Bahrain Nationality and Property Laws.
Scope & Content:: The early papers in the file relate to complaints by the Iranian Government over the treatment of Persian citizens in Bahrain; but the file mostly concerns the enactment of the Bahrain nationality and property laws, and the preparation of the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council (1937). The cor...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 8 May 1933-17 Jul 1937
Extent:: 1 volume (333 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/177
Title:: 'Books, Periodicals, and Publications'
Scope & Content:: The file concerns publicity about Bahrain in newspapers and journals, much of it of a sensitive or critical nature. The sources of the articles are the British and Indian press, the European press (Italian and German newspapers), and the Arabic press (based in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria). The transc...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 3 Jan 1934-16 Nov 1938
Extent:: 1 file (316 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/178
Title:: Articles in Press on Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:: The file contains transcripts and reports of press articles on Bahrain and the Persian Gulf, and associated correspondence. Much of the press is critical of the Government of Bahrain and the British administration there. The sources for the press articles are mainly the Arabic and French languag...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 17 Nov 1938-10 Oct 1939
Extent:: 1 file (362 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/484
Title:: File 12/1 [1 A/1 I] Persian Claims to Bahrain
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily from the Foreign Office and the India Office) concerning two interrelated topics; the Persian Government's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain and discussions over whether or not Bahrain should be considered part of the British...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:: 4 Nov 1933-21 Apr 1946
Extent:: 1 file (249 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/507
Title:: ‘File 13/2 VII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence related to the negotiation of new or continuing civil air agreements between British Government representatives and the Sheikhs of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arnold Crawshaw...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 20 Sep 1945-25 Aug 1946
Extent:: 1 file (212 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/511
Title:: ‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’
Scope & Content:: The volume comprises correspondence relating to requests from foreign airlines – chiefly the Dutch company Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Air France – to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and its aerodrome facilities at Bahrain, Gwadur [Gwādar, then a...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 22 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1937
Extent:: 1 volume (222 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/512
Title:: ‘File 13/4 II Facilities for Foreign Air Company’s using Arabian Air Route’
Scope & Content:: The volume is a continuation of ‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’ (IOR/R/15/2/511) and contains correspondence relating to the authorisation of foreign aircraft to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and the route’s aerodrome ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 22 Dec 1937-13 Apr 1942
Extent:: 1 volume (269 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/516
Title:: ‘File 13/7 II Civil Aerodromes and Civil Air Agreement–Bahrain’
Scope & Content:: The volume is a continuation of ‘File 13/7 Civil Air Agreement’ (IOR/R/15/2/515), and contains correspondence relating to the air agreements and navigation regulations in place at the aerodromes on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and chiefly at Muharraq in Bahrain. The principal corresponden...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 9 Jan 1935-12 Sep 1936
Extent:: 1 volume (308 folios)

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