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1. IOR/R/15/2/1492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1492
Title:
File 16/00 Letters of good offices
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding providing letters of good offices. These were sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Residency Agent in Sharjah, merchants and rulers of the Gulf. The sender would raise a case to the recipient and ask for his help mostly in mediat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
22 Mar 1928-5 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1555
Title:
‘File 16/45 Case of certain thefts from the Political Agency, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers relating to incidents of theft occurring at the Political Agency: in June 1933, the theft of money from drawers in an Agency office (ff 2-9); in March 1934, another incident of money stolen from Agency cash boxes (ff 10-11); in August 1937, an incident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Jun 1933-25 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1693
Title:
File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agent (Colonel Barrett, from November 1927 to April 1929), representatives of the Hindu community in Manama, and the Khalifa ruling family. The correspondence refers to the ownership and use of freshwater pools (referred to as chauch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
12 Nov 1928-6 May 1929
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1519

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1519
Title:
‘Miscellaneous:– Payments of Military Pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and their Correspondence regarding’
Scope & Content:
Memoranda, statements, forms and other papers relating to military pension payments made from the Bahrain Treasury. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Captain Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the Controller (or Deputy Control...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
Jan 1935-11 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1663

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1663
Title:
File 20/1- Vol: III Ceremonial and Celebrations: New Year's and King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King's Birthday and Christmas and New Year’s Day between 1935-1939. Christmas and New Year’s Day were announced as an official holiday at the Agency in Bahrain. The King's Birthday was celebrated in June each year, but was not an official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
31 Oct 1935-4 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1520

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1520
Title:
‘16/23-III Miscellaneous – Payments of Military Pension from the Bahrain Treasury and other Correspondence regarding’
Scope & Content:
Memoranda, statements, forms and other papers relating to military pension payments made from the Bahrain Treasury. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent in Bahrain; the Controller (or Deputy Controller) of Military Pension Accounts [CMPA] in the Lahore Cantonment. The file is a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Hindi, Persian, Punjabi, and Tamil
Date Range:
13 Aug 1938-19 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1384
Title:
‘File 12/14 Shipping. Miscellaneous accidents between dhows and steamers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence concerning three cases involving dhows, as follows: correspondence relating to a collision between a Bahrain-registered dhow and an Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tug at Khorramshahr in November 1943. Much of the follow-up correspondence concerns the seizure by the I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1943-23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1372
Title:
‘File 12/5 Wrecks of sailing boats and vessels in the sea and salvages’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, statements made by nakhudas, bills and receipts, all related to incidents in which native vessels were wrecked or damaged in the Persian Gulf (and chiefly in the waters around Bahrain) usually as a result either of storms or collision with another vessel. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
17 Nov 1929-12 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (282 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1518

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1518
Title:
‘File 16/23 [I] Miscellaneous. Payment of Military pensions from the Bahrain Treasury and other correspondence regarding.’
Scope & Content:
Memoranda, statements, forms and other papers relating to military pension payments from the Bahrain Treasury, including to former employees of the State Police in Bahrain. The principal correspondents include: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Aug 1927-15 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1626
Title:
File 17/25 Stationery purchased from firms
Scope & Content:
This file consists largely of correspondence concerning stationery supplied to the Political Agency, Bahrain. Items ordered include rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and printed forms. Much of the correspondence relates to the details of orders and the granting of export permits (from the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
7 Feb 1942-8 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)