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5741. IOR/R/15/2/1574

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1574
Title:
‘File No. 16/62 Shortage of meat and vegetables etc supplies in the Bazzar’
Scope & Content:
A single piece of correspondence, a letter from D Ham, Manager of the Bahrain branch of Eastern Bank Limited, to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 14 August 1944 (folio 2). Ham writes that his staff complain of having been unable to obtain meat in the bazaar for a fortnight, and asks if essen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1944-20 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

5742. IOR/R/15/2/1575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1575
Title:
‘File 16/63 Cinema Programmes’
Scope & Content:
Cinema screening programmes and schedules for various organisations and institutions in Bahrain: cinema programmes for the Public Relations Office in the Persian Gulf’s cinema, dating from November 1944 until December 1946. The programmes are lists, indicating the date and time of screenings, ve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1944-21 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

5743. IOR/R/15/2/1576

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1576
Title:
‘File 16/64 Correspondence regarding indents placed on companies in India by the Executive Engineer, Persian Gulf Division’
Scope & Content:
Two items of correspondence addressed to the Executive Engineer of the Independent Persian Gulf Sub Division at Bushire, from the shipping agent Mackinnon Mackenzie & Company, who write in their capacity as agents for Jenson & Nicholson (India) Limited. Both letters, which bear Jenson &am...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1944-7 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

5744. IOR/R/15/2/1577

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1577
Title:
‘File 16/65 Correspondence with the Imperial Bank of Iran, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with the Imperial Bank of Iran, with which the Political Agency held a number of accounts, as listed on folio 2. The correspondence is of a routine nature: branch opening hours; the opening of a Dubai branch of the bank; the issue of bank drafts ‘at par’ (face value) for official ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1944-13 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

5745. IOR/R/15/2/1578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1578
Title:
‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to gifts of ammunition cartridges made by British political officials to members of the ruling family of Bahrain, including the ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah. Included in the papers are letters of thanks from the recipients of these gifts, often in both Engli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

5746. IOR/R/15/2/1579

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1579
Title:
‘File 16/67 Publicity Dodge Truck’
Scope & Content:
Two items of correspondence with file notes, concerning the use of a Dodge truck belonging to the Public Relations Office in the Persian Gulf. The first letter states that the truck be used exclusively by the cinema operator and for broadcasting (folio 2). The second letter prohibits the truck’s ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1945-14 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

5747. IOR/R/15/2/1580

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1580
Title:
‘File 16/68 Old and defaced currency notes & coins – Exchange of.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain, other British officials in the Persian Gulf, and representatives of the Bahrain branches of Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran, relating to Indian rupee notes in circulation in the Gulf. The correspondence covers: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1945-30 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

5748. IOR/R/15/2/1581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1581
Title:
‘File 16/69 Enquiry from India Office regarding financial privileges for American officials in the British protected Arab States’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers exchanged between representatives of the India Office and Foreign Office, and British officials in the Persian Gulf, concerning a proposed agreement to extend financial privileges to United States officials other than diplomatic or consular personnel, who are based in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1945-29 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

5749. IOR/R/15/2/1582

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1582
Title:
‘File 16/70 Photographs of Ex-Political Agents & Ex. Asst. Political Agents. Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of a demi-official nature, concerning the Political Agent at Bahrain’s (Cornelius James Pelly) attempts to acquire photographs of his predecessors (and former Assistant Political Agents), so that they might be hung along a staircase in the Political Agency. Some of the replies fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1945-6 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

5750. IOR/R/15/2/1583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1583
Title:
‘File No. 16/72 Visits of students from abroad to Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to a visit to Bahrain of thirty-five students and teachers from Kuwait, instigated by the Kuwait Government. The correspondence includes: a telegram from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), dated 10...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1946-11 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

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