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131. IOR/R/15/2/1631-1649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1631-1649
Title:
File 18: Buildings and Works
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series mostly consists of files relating to the maintenance of, repairs to, and building works being carried out at, the Bahrain Political Agency building and compound. It includes files relating to the following: the move of the Post Office from inside the Political Agency build...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
19 files (3,089 folios)

132. IOR/R/15/2/1650-1662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1650-1662
Title:
File 19: Tours
Scope & Content:
The 13 files forming the 'Tours' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Tours' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, other British authorities and local rulers in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (2360 folios)

133. IOR/R/15/2/1663-1675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1663-1675
Title:
File 20: Ceremonials and Celebrations
Scope & Content:
There are thirteen surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from 1914 to 1950, about Celebrations and Ceremonials. Files IOR/R/15/2/1663-1665 contain correspondence regarding the celebrations arranged every year by the Political Agency, Bahrain, for both the King’s Birthday and Ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1914-1950
Extent:
13 files (1,556 folios)

134. IOR/R/15/2/1676-1688

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1676-1688
Title:
File 21: Aviation
Scope & Content:
The thirteen aviation files contain correspondence, notes, and memoranda relating to matters of civil and military aviation in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Residency in Bushire (later in Bahrain), numerous other political and m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1927-1950
Extent:
13 files and volumes (1137 folios)

135. IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692

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)

136. IOR/R/15/2/1694 (Sub-sub-series)

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)

137. IOR/R/15/2/1695-1741

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)

138. IOR/R/15/2/1742-1757

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)

139. IOR/R/15/2/1758-1763

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)

140. IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770

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)