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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/1492-1594 Name Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited, shipping agents, 1937-2010 Level [40] File

1. IOR/R/15/2/1497

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1497
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/4 Correspondence with – the Mespers, Bahrain, etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency at Bahrain and various steamship operators at Bahrain, as follows: until 1937, representatives of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (MPC hereafter; briefly referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran Corporation in early 1937 and referred to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1926-18 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1534
Title:
‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1944-4 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (225 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1535

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1535
Title:
‘File 16/32 VII Correspondence with the Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’ (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1945-20 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1536

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1536
Title:
‘File 16/32-A Purchases on behalf of Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers, exchanged between staff at the Political Agency in Bahrain and others, including the British Residency and Consulate in Bushire and the Government of Bahrain, relating to the order or exchange of goods from suppliers, merchants and colleagues, with shipping arran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1945-21 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (170 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1539
Title:
‘File 16/34-II Letters of guarantee. Issue of:–’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the principal shipping agents at Bahrain: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, and Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited. The correspondence is routine, and relates to the exchange of bills of lading and redemption of let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1935-11 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1544

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1544
Title:
‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to efforts, undertaken by representatives of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit (MEALU), to control desert locusts (first reported in western India in August 1942 (f 3)) along the Arab coast between Bahrain and Oman. The principal correspondents in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1942-18 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1554

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1554
Title:
‘File 16/44 Holidays observed by the Bahrain Government and other local offices. and their working hours and other changes in their personnel’
Scope & Content:
Notices and memoranda from various institutions and commercial concerns in Bahrain, informing the Political Agency of office closures (in observance of Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu festivals, bank holidays, and other occasions such as the King’s birthday) or changes to working hours. Not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1934-28 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (412 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1560
Title:
‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1937-27 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1561
Title:
‘File 16/50 A Conditions of employment of Indian staff in Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Company.’
Scope & Content:
Two sets of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, both relating to the rights and employment terms for Indians employed by Gray, Mackenzie & Company in Bahrain. The first set of correspondence is dated 1945, and relate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1945-10 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1564

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1564
Title:
‘File 16/53 Enquires Re: Calculation of Local Time’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and various governmental, commercial and military institutions in Bahrain, aimed at gathering a consensus on the standardisation of time in Bahrain, and the establishment of a set local time in relation to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1940-1 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)