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261. IOR/R/15/2/829

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/829
Title:
File 32/27 National Income and Local Resources in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter (ff 2-4) sent from Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to several foreign companies active in Bahrain. The letter informed the companies that the Government of Bahrain wanted to obtain information relating to the country's national income and local...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1948-13 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

262. IOR/R/15/2/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/203
Title:
File 4/13 II Zubarah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah and related clashes that took place between the forces of Qatar and members of the Al Naim tribe (allied to the Al Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain). Much of the correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

263. IOR/R/15/2/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/229
Title:
File 6/4 [5/1] Shaikh Hamad
Scope & Content:
The file relates mainly to Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], first as Deputy Ruler of Bahrain, then Ruler of Bahrain from 1932; also to his younger brother Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa. The papers include: a note containing a personal assessment by the Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1920-20 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

264. IOR/R/15/2/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/208
Title:
File 4/16 I Bahrain State Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to the development of education in Bahrain (with some reference to Kuwait). Specifically, the file contains details of the reform and expansion of Bahrain's educational system under Director of Education, C R L Adrian-Vallanc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1940-31 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

265. IOR/R/15/2/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/529
Title:
‘File 13/24 Airline route over Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter (f 1) from B S Bridge of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 18 March 1947, requesting whether the prohibited area west of a line joining Manama, Jufair and Sitra, which was in force during the war, is still in force...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1940-29 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

266. IOR/R/15/2/815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/815
Title:
File 32/3 (4/4) Bahrain Police
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence (primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and the Political Agency in Bahrain) regarding attempts to reform and expand Bahrain's police force. The file contains a detailed report written by R I Hallows, Assistant Political in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1934-12 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (207 folios)

267. IOR/R/15/2/819

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/819
Title:
File 32/10 (4/18) Muharram Processions
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to Muharram processions performed by the Shia community in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence relates to the logistics of the processions including details of their routes. In particular, the correspondence discusses the desire of foreigners resident ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1939-14 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

268. IOR/R/15/2/832

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/832
Title:
File 33/2 (4/20) Superintendent, P. W. D.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding Agha Mohamed Jafar, the Superintendent of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Bahrain. In May 1944, Jafar returned home to India on leave and in May 1945, after repeatedly delaying his return, wrote to Bahrain implying he would not return to his pos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1945-16 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

269. IOR/R/15/2/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/217
Title:
File 5/8 Attempt by Persian Government to Take Over Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the following: Captain Everard Huddleston Gastrell, officiating British Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1933-16 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

270. IOR/R/15/2/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/293
Title:
‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers concern a demonstration by Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft, which took place over the Trucial Coast (including Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah) in June 1949. The correspondents in the file include the Political Resident at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel William...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)