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Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/13 Level [38] SubSubSeries

1. IOR/R/15/2/13-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13-18
Title:
File B Commercial
Scope & Content:
The confidential commercial subject files deal with matters of commercial concern arising in Bahrain, as follows: the discovery and survey of bitumen and oil deposits in Bahrain; the efforts by British and foreign concerns to gain concessions for sponge fishing, pearl fishing, and pearl exports,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1907-1921
Extent:
6 files and volumes (333 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1313-1328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1313-1328
Title:
File 7: Customs and Duty
Scope & Content:
The Customs and Duty files concern a range of issues related to customs and duty regulations at Bahrain, as well as in the Persian Gulf more generally. In addition, covered within these files are details concerning landing charges, certificates and arrangements; re-export and transhipment regulat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, and English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
16 files (1379 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1329-1333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1329-1333
Title:
File 8: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous subject files contain records concerning the import of opium and other restricted drugs into Bahrain, the distribution of alcohol among British agencies and residencies in the Persian Gulf, and the prohibition against the purchase and drinking of alcohol in Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1949
Extent:
5 files (988 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340
Title:
File 9: Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
The Arms and Ammunition subject files contain records concerning the request and issuing of No Objection Certificates, licenses and permits for the import, export and possession of arms, ammunitions, and other potentially lethal weapons such as explosives, marine flares, knives and daggers, and r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1938-1950
Extent:
7 files (769 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1341-1364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1341-1364
Title:
File 10: Trade and Commerce
Scope & Content:
The Trade and Commerce files of the Political Agency Bahrain cover the following subjects: monthly trade statistics, 1938-44; trade reports and related papers for years ending 1925-42; statistics of imports and exports and shipping figures for years ending 1943-49 inclusive; and a variety of ad h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
24 files and volumes (3,935 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1365-1367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1365-1367
Title:
File 11: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Slave Trade subject files comprise: extracts of the 1873 Proclamation prohibiting the Slave Trade; reports and correspondence on freed slaves; applications for manumission certificates.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1926-1938
Extent:
3 files (266 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390
Title:
File 12: Shipping
Scope & Content:
The Shipping subject files comprise correspondence and papers relating to commercial shipping at Bahrain and in the wider Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the files are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; representatives of the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1924-1950
Extent:
23 volumes and files (2293 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1391-1409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1391-1409
Title:
File 13: British Protection and Nationality
Scope & Content:
The 19 surviving files about nationality contain numerous, individual applications dealt with by the British Agency, Bahrain, for the following services: the registration of British and British Indian subjects and British protected persons as Bahrain residents, 1926-1951; the registration of bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1951
Extent:
19 files (3,318 folios)