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4911. IOR/R/15/2/642

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/642
Title:
‘File 25/8 Eire and the Commonwealth’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a single item of note, a telegram from the Foreign Office to His Majesty’s representatives at Bahrain, dated 14 December 1948, on the subject of Eire (the Republic of Ireland) and the Commonwealth. The telegram was sent in response to the ratification of the Republic of Ireland...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1948-23 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

4912. IOR/R/15/2/643

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/643
Title:
File 26/1 Medical. Requests from Shaikhs for visits by medical officers
Scope & Content:
The file contains requests for medical visits by Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar, and Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi; correspondence with doctors of the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain and between the Political Agent in the Persian Gulf and Yusuf Bin Ahm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1934-8 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

4913. IOR/R/15/2/644

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/644
Title:
File 26/2 Bahrain Government Honours ("Order of the Al Khalifah")
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to the establishment of a new decoration of honour by the ruling family of Bahrain known as the 'Order of the Al Khalifah', and the acceptance of the gift of insignia from Pope Pius XII by Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1940-4 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

4914. IOR/R/15/2/645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/645
Title:
'27/1 SALUTES AND EXCHANGES OF CALLS BETWEEN H.M.'s SERVICES AND ARAB RULERS.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in this file discusses the etiquette of gun salutes and exchange of calls in the Gulf. Topics include: the raising of the number of gun salutes for the Ruler of Kuwait and the Ruler of Bahrain from seven guns to eleven guns; a letter in Arabic (with English translation) from Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1931-8 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

4915. IOR/R/15/2/646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/646
Title:
27/2 I Etiquette
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the etiquette of various social occasions involving British officials in the Gulf, members of Gulf ruling families and visiting dignitaries. There are numerous seating plans for dinner parties as well as Christmas greetings and lists of expenditures ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1933-29 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

4916. IOR/R/15/2/647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/647
Title:
File 27/2 II Etiquette
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to etiquette: letter to William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, commenting on a list of people to be invited to an 'Arab Dinner', following a discussion with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. extract from a letter by Hug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1937-25 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

4917. IOR/R/15/2/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/648
Title:
27/3 FLYING OF FLAGS ON ISLANDS OFF THE TRUCIAL COAST.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the flying of flags on Tamb island [Greater Tunb] and on Sirr Abu Nu'air [Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr]. In 1933 Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, encouraged the shaikhs of the Trucial Coast to fly their flags on these islands to preve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1933-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

4918. IOR/R/15/2/649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/649
Title:
File 27/4 DESIGNATION, STATUS, SALUTES OF POLITICAL OFFICERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the designation, status and salutes of British officials in the Gulf in the context of the transfer of responsibility from the India Office to the Foreign Office. Correspondents include Major Maurice O'Connor Tandy, Political Agent, Kuwait; Major Hugh Dunstan Rance, Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1947-21 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4919. IOR/R/15/2/650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/650
Title:
FLYING OF FLAGS BY COMPANIES AND PRIVATE PERSONS IN BAHRAIN.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the request from African and Eastern (Near East) Limited to Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent, Bahrain, to fly the shipping company's house flag over their office when there is a ship in port. The Political Agent inquired to the Political Resident Persian Gulf, who ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1948-1 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

4920. 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)

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