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5751. IOR/R/15/2/1584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1584
Title:
‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the file dated 1941 is the result of an enquiry from the Political Agent in Muscat (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban), about the prospects for an artesian water supply at Muscat, or elsewhere on the Batinah ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1941-13 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

5752. IOR/R/15/2/1585

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1585
Title:
‘File No. 16/74 Death of Father Gabriel Fleming in Motor Accident’
Scope & Content:
Telegraphic correspondence, letters and other papers relating to the death in a road accident in Bahrain, of the Catholic Priest Father Gabriel Fleming, in June 1947. The correspondence covers: the reporting of the death to Fleming’s sister in England; expressions of condolences; burial arrangeme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1947-5 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

5753. IOR/R/15/2/1586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1586
Title:
‘File No. 16/76 United Nations Appeal for Children’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to collections made in Bahrain (and Qatar) for the United Nations (UN) Appeal for Children. The papers include multiple copies (approximately sixty-eight) of a circular letter from the Political Agent (Cornelius James Pelly), that includes a quote from a speech...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1948-5 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)

5754. IOR/R/15/2/1587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1587
Title:
‘File No. 16/77 Fisheries – Reports etc’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the fishing industry in the Persian Gulf, and discussions regarding the industry’s expansion using modern technologies such as trawlers and refrigerated storage. The file includes: requests from the British Government (Foreign Office and Ministry of Agriculture and Fis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1948-30 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

5755. IOR/R/15/2/1588

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1588
Title:
‘File No. 16/78 National Insurance Publicity’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1946, including: a copy of a leaflet entitled Persons Abroad on 5 July, 1948, issued in June 1948 by the Ministry of National Insurance, detailing benefits and contributions for people eligible for National Insurance, but who a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1948-26 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

5756. IOR/R/15/2/1590

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1590
Title:
‘16/81 Re: Somalis Arrived in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to twenty Somalis who arrived in Bahrain from Qatar in February 1949, claiming to be survivors of a shipwrecking off the coast of Muscat. The papers include: an account by the survivors of their shipwrecking and journey to Bahrain (f 5, f 9); correspondence exchanged between the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1949-11 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

5757. IOR/R/15/2/1591

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1591
Title:
‘File No. 16/83 Miscellaneous. Lists of officers serving at the American Embassy, Jidda, Saudi Arabia and other Posts and General correspondence.’
Scope & Content:
Lists, sent by the United States Consulate at Dhahran to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, detailing officers serving at the following United States’ embassies and consular offices in the Persian Gulf region: the US Embassy in Jidda [Jedda] (f 2); the US Consulate in Basra (f 3, f 8); ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1949-5 Oct 1950
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

5758. IOR/R/15/2/1592

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1592
Title:
‘File No. 16/84 List of staff of the Development Division, British Middle East Office, Cairo.’
Scope & Content:
Lists of members of the Development Division of the British Middle East Office (BMEO). The lists provide members’ names, and short biographical backgrounds for each member. Correspondence from the BMEO detailing the departure from or arrival of new members to the Division is included in the file’...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1949-14 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

5759. IOR/R/15/2/1594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1594
Title:
‘16/86 Correspondence regarding the Regular Army Reserve of Officers’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning recruitment to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. The file was instigated by an enquiry from employees of the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, about joining the Reserve of Officers. The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1950-19 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

5760. IOR/R/15/2/1595

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1595
Title:
File 17/1 II Stationery - from Jany 1934
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding stationery orders for the Political Agency in Bahrain, consisting of requisition orders, stationery indents, tonnage certificates, and designs for rubber stamps. Correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; the Deputy Controller of Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-25 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (289 folios)

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