Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts / Level: [38] SubSubSeries - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/795-800
Title:: File 30 Middle East Policy
Scope & Content:: There are six surviving files containing correspondence, dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about various aspects of British policy in the Middle East. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There are seve...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1945-1950
Extent:: 6 files (514 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/801-813
Title:: File 31 Al Khalifa Family
Scope & Content:: The Al Khalifah subject files from 1931 contain correspondence and other papers relating to the Al Khalifah ruling family of Bahrain. The principal correspondents across these files are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-colonel Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle; Lieutenant-Colonel...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1931-1950
Extent:: 13 files (932 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/814-830
Title:: File 32: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:: The Bahrain State sub-sub-series contains files that are primarily related to internal matters in Bahrain and the administration of the Bahraini state. Topics discussed include liquor control in the country (IOR/R/15/2/814), the Bahrain Police Force (IOR/R/15/2/815-816 and 827), the establishm...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1932-1950
Extent:: 17 files (1015 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/831-837
Title:: File 33 Electricity
Scope & Content:: This Sub-sub-series contains seven files related to electricity supply in Bahrain as well as other related infrastructure issues. The majority of the files (IOR/R/15/2/831-832 and 834-836) concern negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and other entities (including the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1934-1950
Extent:: 7 files (292 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/838-845
Title:: File 34: Education
Scope & Content:: The Education subject files contain correspondence related to the development of education in Bahrain and Kuwait. The correspondence in the files discusses the role and activities of the British Council in the region, the recruitment of an educational advisor in Bahrain, the enrolment of Kuwaiti...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1939-1949
Extent:: 8 files and volumes (779 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/846-852
Title:: File 35: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:: This sub-sub-series contains files related to the administration of the Bahraini state. The topics discussed in the files include the reform of Bahrain's public health services (IOR/R/15/2/849), the possibility of developing the country's agricultural sector (IOR/R/15/2/850) and incidents of p...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1932-1949
Extent:: 7 files (415 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/853-857
Title:: File 36: United States Interests
Scope & Content:: This Sub-sub-series contains files related to the interests and activities of the United States of America in the Gulf. The topics discussed are as follows: the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/853); foreign consular activities, primarily the US' desire for the establishment of a...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and German
Date Range:: 1933-1949
Extent:: 5 files (511 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/858-860
Title:: File 37: Visits
Scope & Content:: The 3 files forming the 'Visits' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Visits' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, other British authorities, the Ruler o...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1940-1948
Extent:: 3 files (376 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/861-872
Title:: File 38: Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:: The files and volumes contain correspondence and memoranda relating to the work of Petroleum Concessions Limited and their subsidiaries, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, in the Persian Gulf ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1933-1950
Extent:: 12 files and volumes (1149 folios)

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