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291. IOR/R/15/2/636

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/636
Title:
‘File 24/6 KUWAIT PASSPORTS IN BOOK FORM’
Scope & Content:
The file contains two documents only, a short letter of enquiry and a short interim letter of reply, dated 28 December 1936 and 26 January 1937 respectively. The Political Agent, Kuwait, mentions that the Kuwait authorities are planning to introduce a passport system. He asks the Political Agent,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1936-26 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

292. IOR/R/15/2/709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/709
Title:
‘File 28/18 Sabotage smuggling etc of mail’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and notes relating to the possible sabotage and smuggling of mail: a telegram from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG), dated 18 November 1940, reporting a suspected case of sabotage in which a leaking jar of acid was found in a mail bag (f 2); a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1940-22 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

293. IOR/R/15/2/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/730
Title:
‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942-15 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

294. IOR/R/15/2/827

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/827
Title:
File 32/24 Customs and Police Post at Sitra
Scope & Content:
This file contains two letters regarding Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah's desire to construct a Customs and Police Post on the island of Sitra. In the first letter (folio 3), Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain asks R M Brown, the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1948-11 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

295. IOR/R/15/2/907

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/907
Title:
File 42/9 (4/3 II) Assistant Adviser
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the appointment of a number of individuals to positions within the Government of Bahrain. Much of the correspondence relates to efforts to hire an assistant for Charles Belgrave (Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) who would also act as Chief of P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1937-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

296. IOR/R/15/2/147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/147
Title:
File 1/A/13 III [TRANSHIPMENT] DUES BAHRAIN.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the shipping of goods direct to the mainland of Saudi Arabia by way of Bahrain; the question of the imposition by Bahrain of transit dues on such goods; and the effect of these transit dues on relations between Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Britain. The correspondence is mainly be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1934-20 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

297. IOR/R/15/2/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/152
Title:
File 1/A/25 I Broadcasting Soviet
Scope & Content:
The file deals with wireless broadcasting to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein), particularly the start of the Arabic service by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in January 1938. The papers also have much information about broadcasting to Kuwait and other parts of the Persian Gulf. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1933-5 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (315 folios)

298. IOR/R/15/2/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/153
Title:
File 1/A/25 II BROADCASTING - PUBLICITY
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Arabic language broadcasting by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Bahrain. The papers also cover the impact of broadcasting in the region generally, particularly Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1938-3 May 1939
Extent:
1 volume (380 folios)

299. IOR/R/15/2/198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/198
Title:
4/1 Bahrain State Finances 4
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the financial records of the Government of Bahrain that were sent to the British Political Agency in Bahrain by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The records cover the years 1359-1363AH (1941-1945). These records include details of the expenditu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1940-24 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (270 folios)

300. IOR/R/15/2/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/359
Title:
File 9/11 Smuggling of Arms
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent and received by the Political Agency at Bahrain, the other Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, the India Office in London and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, concerning the smuggling of arms and ammunitions from the Arab side of the Gulf into Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1934-24 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)