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61. IOR/R/15/2/651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651
Title:
‘File 28/1 War – Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence on a range of subjects associated both directly and indirectly with events and the impact of the Second World War. Key correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1939-7 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/2/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/657
Title:
‘File 28/1 G Bahrain Special Police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the day-to-day organisation of the Bahrain Special Police, occasionally referred to as the Bahrain Defence Force, including arrangements for recruitment, training, pay, provisions, expenses, etc. The principal correspondents in the file are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1939-27 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/2/664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/664
Title:
‘File 28/1 L I BAPCO refinery guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and copies of agreements, relating to the recruitment of a defence force in Bahrain, charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal correspondents in the file are the B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1939-25 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/2/676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/676
Title:
‘File 28/3 War. Security Intelligence Section. Movements and Activities of Enemy Agents.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to intelligence assessments made of a host of individuals whose background, actions, or suspected pro-Axis Power sympathies prompt British officials to pursue further enquiries into them. Principal correspondents in the file include members of the intel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-1 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (160 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/2/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/691
Title:
‘File 28/10 Anti-British activities in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to reports about and enquiries made into individuals at Bahrain, or travelling to Bahrain, and allegations of their anti-British activities. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin Willia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1941-22 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/2/699

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/699
Title:
‘File 28/13 Black out and A.R.P. [Air Raid Precaution] measures in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, copies of official notices and regulations, and other papers, relating to air raid precautions and passive air defence measures taken in Bahrain throughout the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1940-22 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (314 folios)

67. IOR/R/15/2/745

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/745
Title:
‘File 28/54 Victory Day – celebrations’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters and Government of India circulars relating to the arrangement of celebrations to commemorate the defeat of Germany and the end of hostilities in Europe, and subsequent letters of congratulation, received by British officials in the Persian Gulf from some of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1944-27 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/2/746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/746
Title:
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1938-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/2/754

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/754
Title:
‘File 28/62 Complaints about the behaviour of British, American and Indian troops in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning complaints made by the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, of the behaviour of British, United States and Indian troops in Bahrain, and in particular reports of their ‘interference’ with women in local villages (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1945-11 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/2/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/755
Title:
‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to customs and transit duties payable on equipment and stores owned by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ) that are passing from Qatar through Bahrain, as a consequence of the shutdown of the Company’s operations in Qatar in 1942. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1942-19 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)