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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1553
Title:: ‘File 16/43 II Holidays observed by the Political Agency and Notices re: Daily working hours’
Scope & Content:: Notices and correspondence relating to the public holidays observed by, and working hours of, the Political Agency. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/43-I Miscellaneous. (i) Holidays observed by the Political Agency, Bahrain. (ii) Notes re: Daily Working Hours’ (IOR/R/1...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Feb 1947-23 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (116 folios)

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1555
Title:: ‘File 16/45 Case of certain thefts from the Political Agency, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:: Correspondence, statements and other papers relating to incidents of theft occurring at the Political Agency: in June 1933, the theft of money from drawers in an Agency office (ff 2-9); in March 1934, another incident of money stolen from Agency cash boxes (ff 10-11); in August 1937, an incident...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Persian
Date Range:: 10 Jun 1933-25 Nov 1947
Extent:: 1 file (29 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1556
Title:: ‘File 16/46 Miscellaneous. Supply of Vaccine & Medicines to Muscat’
Scope & Content:: Correspondence relating to the delivery of medical supplies, from the Political Agency at Bahrain to the Political Agency at Muscat: in 1933, a request from the Political Agent at Muscat (Major Claude Edward Bremner) to the Political Agency in Bahrain, for a streptococcus vaccine (f 2). The requ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Jul 1933-26 Feb 1935
Extent:: 1 file (14 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1558
Title:: ‘File 16/48 I Corr. re: Earl Haig’s Appeal Fund (Poppy Day)’
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and other papers (order forms, promotional materials, product catalogues, receipts) relating to charitable collections in Bahrain for the Haig Fund (British Legion) from 1933 to 1944. The papers cover subscriptions collected and coordinated by the Political Agency, and from 1938, ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Nov 1933-25 Jan 1945
Extent:: 1 file (269 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1559
Title:: ‘File 16/48 II Correspondence regarding Earl Haig’s appeal fund ( poppy day )’
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and other papers (order forms, promotional materials, magazines, receipts) relating to British Legion poppy appeal campaigns in Bahrain for the years 1945 to 1950. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/48 I Corr. re: Earl Haig’s Appeal Fund (Poppy Day)’ (IOR/...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Feb 1945-6 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (214 folios)

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)

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)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1562
Title:: ‘File 16/51 I Miscellaneous. Bapco Oriental Club’
Scope & Content:: Correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) Oriental Club and the Political Agency in Bahrain, dated 1938, concerning permission to hold a ‘mimic cinema’ in the Company club house (ff 2-4). Correspondence and papers relating to two other sports and social clubs are also include...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 May 1938-1 May 1948
Extent:: 1 file (10 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1563
Title:: ‘File 16/52 Correspondence regarding building of Catholic Church in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:: Correspondence (in English and Arabic) exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) dated 1939, relating to the latter’s agreement to provide a piece of land at the edge of Manama town for the construction of a Cat...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 5 Feb 1939-27 Aug 1947
Extent:: 1 file (7 folios)

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