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8801. IOR/R/15/2/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/121
Title:
File 8/2 Public petitions etc. Letters to Major Daly (P.A.) thanking him for his interest in Bahrain affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains a number of petitions (or 'madbatas') written by Bahraini merchants and other Bahrain inhabitants of native, Persian, Nejdi and Indian origin, praising the actions of the Bahrain Political Agent, Major Clive Daly. The original petitions in Arabic and Persian are included, along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
7 Jul 1921-3 Jul 1924
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)

8802. IOR/R/15/2/121-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/121-126
Title:
File 8 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous files cover a variety of topics arising in Bahrain during the 1920s; the response to political reforms carried out by the Political Agent Major Clive Daly in the early 1920s; challenges facing Bahrain's pearling industry, specifically declining profitability and pressures for it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
6 files and volumes (560 folios)

8803. IOR/R/15/2/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/124
Title:
File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Oct 1922-10 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 volume (184 folios)

8804. IOR/R/15/2/139-174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/139-174
Title:
File 1/A Administration (Political)
Scope & Content:
The administration (Political) files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, deal with matters of political and economic importance during the 1930s, and specific issues (particularly food control and publicity) relating to the Second World War (1939-45). The files fall into a number of groups and in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1931-1946
Extent:
36 files (8736 folios)

8805. IOR/R/15/2/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/149
Title:
File 1/A/23 I Activities of the Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the seizure of, or interference with, Arab merchant vessels (dhows, jolly-boats, booms) by ships of the Iranian Navy, and the Iranian (often referred to as the Persian) authorities. The pretext was generally the prevention of smuggling. The correspondence is mainly between the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
8 May 1933-5 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

8806. IOR/R/15/2/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/173
Title:
File 1/A/48 A Complaint against the Food Controller by Messrs. Hirjimal Dhamanmal.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns complaints made by Hirjimal Dhamanmal, and other Bahrain merchants, about the Food Controller, Bahrain (Captain Arthur Charles Byard; later Claud Cranbrook Lewis deGrenier), who was responsible for implementing food control policies (e.g. rationing and import controls) in Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Nov 1939-27 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (119 folios)

8807. IOR/R/15/2/557-572

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/557-572
Title:
File 17 Posts and Telegraphs
Scope & Content:
The Posts and Telegraphs sub-sub-series discusses matters relating to wireless telegraphy, postal services and other communications matters affecting Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly during the Second World War. Included in the sub-sub-series are discussions around exist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1932-1949
Extent:
16 files and volumes (1513 folios)

8808. IOR/R/15/2/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/562
Title:
File No. 17/9 MAILS BETWEEN BAHRAIN & IRAN
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Political Agent at Bahrain (Reginald George Evelin Alban, Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain, Secretary to the External Affairs Department of the Government of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
21 Sep 1937-8 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

8809. IOR/R/15/2/766-794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/766-794
Title:
File 29 War: Food Supplies
Scope & Content:
The 29 surviving files about wartime food supplies contain the correspondence of the Political Agent for Bahrain with other British officials in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East and India, as well as rulers, officials and merchants in Bahrain, Dubai, Sharjah and Qatar. They discuss the maintena...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1940-1950
Extent:
29 files (5,479 folios)

8810. IOR/R/15/2/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/768
Title:
File 29/18 II Tea and coffee: Bahrain, Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact of the quota system and export licensing restrictions that were imposed by the Government of India, on the supply of Indian tea (and to a lesser extent the supply of coffee) to Bahrain and also to Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Mar 1944-24 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

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