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

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692
Title:: File 22 Meteorological
Scope & Content:: The meteorological correspondence subject files contain correspondence and papers relating to the set-up and day-to-day operation of the Bahrain meteorological observatory between 1927 and 1948. They also contain meteorological statistical data from the observatory (as well as corresponding mete...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1927-1950
Extent:: 4 files (1001 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1693 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 23: Al Khalifa Property
Scope & Content:: A single file relating to the use of bathing pools in Manama by the Al-Khalifa and Hindu community.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1928-1929
Extent:: 1 file (14 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1694 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 25: Qatar
Scope & Content:: The English Office subject file contains correspondence regarding various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags flown by the Shaikh of Qatar, as well as by the sheikhs of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1929-1938
Extent:: 1 file (69 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1695-1741
Title:: File 28: Oils and Minerals
Scope & Content:: The forty-seven files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the English Office at the Bahrain Political Agency. The 'Oil and Minerals' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain, other Br...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1934-1950
Extent:: 47 files (11,586 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1742-1757
Title:: File 29: Consular
Scope & Content:: The Consular sub-sub-series primarily contains files related to nationality, travel, passports and visas (and other travel documents issued by the British authorities). Also contained in the sub-sub-series are files related to British Government policy in 'Arabian Affairs' (IOR/R/15/2/1742), t...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1929-1950
Extent:: 16 files (2055 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1758-1763
Title:: File 31 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:: The six files forming the 'Books and Publications' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Books and Publications' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, British and international print...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1933-1950
Extent:: 6 files (1446 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770
Title:: File 33 Wireless/Telegraph
Scope & Content:: The Wireless/Telegraph files of the Political Agency, Bahrain fall into two main groups. The first group (IOR/R/15/2/1764-1768) concerns the work of the Wireless (later Radio) Station, Bahrain in the period 1926-50. The station was initially run by the Indo-European Telegraph Department (a dep...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1926-1950
Extent:: 7 files (598 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817
Title:: File 36: War: Export and Imports
Scope & Content:: The 'War: Exports and Imports' sub-sub-series contains files related to the Political Agency in Bahrain's regulation of all imports/exports in to and out of Bahrain and the broader Persian Gulf region during and after the Second World War. As such, the files in this sub-sub-series primarily co...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1940-1950
Extent:: 45 files (6,535 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1819-1823
Title:: Un-numbered Files
Scope & Content:: The un-numbered files comprise correspondence and papers covering a miscellaneous range of subjects: a court case, heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain in 1950, relating to a legal dispute between M Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam, and Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros of Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1819); de...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1914-1950
Extent:: 5 files (387 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1998-2015
Title:: Confidential Files
Scope & Content:: The Confidential Files sub-sub-series contains files related to the Shaikhdoms along the Trucial Coast, primarily Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Ras al-Khaimah. These files discuss the following topics: political developments in Ras al-Khaimah, notably regarding the actions of its ruler, Shaikh Sul...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1933-1950
Extent:: 19 files (3,964 folios)

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