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31. IOR/R/15/1/353

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/353
Title:
File 19/176 IV (C 71) Bahrain Finances
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed records of Bahraini government budgets, revenues and expenditures for the years 1934 to 1937. The file also contains a number of reports compiled by Charles Belgrave (Shaikh Hamad's advisor). These reports cover the pearling trade and diving industry, the police force...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1934-14 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/1/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/320
Title:
File 19/109 III (C 22) Bahrain - Relations with Foreign Powers, Etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning relations between Bahrain and other foreign powers, primarily Persia. The correspondence discusses the following topics: Agitation in the Persian press regarding the alleged oppression of Persians in Bahrain. This includes examples of this type of r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
6 Dec 1922-16 Nov 1925
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/1/360

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/360
Title:
File 19/194 (C 36) Proposal that Political Agent, Bahrain, should be Consul at Qatif
Scope & Content:
A file that records details of a proposal to appoint the Political Agent in Bahrain as Consul in Qatif. The idea is not approved by the Government of India or Whitehall, primarily due to fears that such a move would provoke Bin Saud to make a counter-request for a Consul of his own to be appoint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1927-30 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/1/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/314
Title:
File 19/12 Bahrain, Precis of Zobara Affairs in 1895
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding an attempt by Sultan bin Mohamed bin Salamah (the head of the Al bin Ali tribe in Bahrain) - with the assistance of Shaikh Jasim Al Thani of Qatar and the Ottoman Governor (Mutasarrif) of El Hasa - to establish a settlement at Zubarah on the Qatar Peni...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1895-7 Sep 1895
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/1/323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/323
Title:
File 19/109 VI (C 45) Bahrain Relations with Foreign Powers
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the harassment and mis-treatment of Bahrainis resident in Persia, notably in the town of Mohammerah (present day Khorramshahr). Much of the correspondence concerns the arrest of a Bahraini trader named Haji Hamid and reports...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1931-30 Sep 1933
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/1/336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/336
Title:
File 19/165 I (C 18) Bahrain Reforms
Scope & Content:
This volume contains detailed discussions regarding the proposed British reforms in Bahrain. The documents discuss the attitude of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa towards the reforms and the role of his sons Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa and Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The oppression of the Shia com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1922-23 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 volume (234 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/1/340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/340
Title:
File 19/165 IV (C 57) Bahrain Reforms
Scope & Content:
The file contains material regarding a number of topics including the status of Bahrain following the social and economic reforms that were implemented by the British during the preceding years, the geo-strategic rationale behind Britain's interest in maintaining its dominant position in the cou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1927-30 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 file (219 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/1/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/318
Title:
File 19/109 I (C 12) Bahrein Chief's relations with British Govt. and other Powers
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence - primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Political Residency in Bushire - regarding the relations of Bahrain (and its ruler Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa) with other foreign powers. Topics discussed in the documents include communication bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
7 Nov 1903-25 Oct 1912
Extent:
1 volume (195 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/1/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/327
Title:
File 19/116 VII (C 21) Oppression of Bahrain subjects by the ruling family: miscellaneous correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence that relates primarily to Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa and an Egyptian individual referred to as Mullah Hafiz (Hafidh). Abdullah's responsibility for a number of abuses committed against the native population of Bahrain (the Baharna) is discussed as is Ha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1922-17 Aug 1925
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/1/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/342
Title:
‘File 19/169 I (C 26) Relations Between Sunnis and Shi'ites in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters that discuss relations between the Sunni and Shia communities in Bahrain. Specifically, the letters discuss a series of attacks on Shia villagers by Sunnis (including members of the Al Khalifa family), the difficulties involved in pressuring Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalif...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1923-12 Jul 1928
Extent:
1 file (226 folios)