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Name Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971 Level [38] SubSubSeries

1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/2/505-537

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505-537
Title:
File 13 Aviation
Scope & Content:
The confidential aviation subject files cover a range of topics related to the operation and maintenance by the British authorities of civil air operations in the Persian Gulf, concentrating chiefly on the Arab coast of the Gulf, and the aerodromes at Muharraq Island in Bahrain, and Sharjah, as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
33 volumes and files (3,202 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/551-556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/551-556
Title:
File 16 Shipping
Scope & Content:
The 'Shipping' files consist of six surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about the passage of shipping in the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; and the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1946
Extent:
6 files (700 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/2/616-625

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/616-625
Title:
File 22: Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
There are 10 surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about the conduct of British relations with the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain and his subordinates at the British Residency Agency...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1950
Extent:
10 files (791 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/626 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/626 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 23 Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Lt-Colonel Gordon Loch, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Major Claude Edward Bremner, Political Agent Muscat, concerning the Muscat State Council.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/645-650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/645-650
Title:
File 27 Etiquette
Scope & Content:
The Etiquette files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, contain files from the 1930s and 1940s concerning: gun salutes for British officials and members of the various Arab ruling families in the Gulf; social etiquette (such as terms of address, relative seniority of British officials and seating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
6 files (564 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/814-830

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)

9. IOR/R/15/2/831-837

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)

10. IOR/R/15/2/846-852

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)