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641. IOR/R/15/2/542

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/542
Title:
File 14/9 Employment of Italians in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the employment of Italians in Bahrain. The file covers two separate cases. The first case concerns the employment of painter and draughtsman, Rino Gardeschi (sometimes spelled Gardeski), in the decoration of the Roman Catholic Church in Manama and mo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1948-21 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

642. IOR/R/15/2/557

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/557
Title:
File No. 17/1-I Posts and Telegraphs. Bahrain Radio Station.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), the Officer-in-Charge of the Bahrain Branch of Cable and Wireless Limited (Cecil Bottomley), the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Shaikh of Bahrain (Ḥamad bin ‘Īs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1932-8 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)

643. IOR/R/15/2/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/575
Title:
File 18/3 Application of Indian Arms Act to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file mainly relates to a proposal to curb the proliferation of arms in Bahrain [often referred to in the papers as Bahrein] by the issue of a proclamation (also referred to as an Alaan and an 'Alan) by the Ruler of Bahrain banning the import and export of fireams and other weapons and provid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
5 Jan 1935-22 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

644. IOR/R/15/2/591

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/591
Title:
‘Visit of Her Excellency Lady Willingdon’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns visits made by Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon (referred to as Lady Willingdon), wife of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Marquess of Willingdon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, to Bahrain and Sharjah on stopovers in June 1933. The file contains correspondence bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1933-12 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

645. IOR/R/15/2/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/648
Title:
27/3 FLYING OF FLAGS ON ISLANDS OFF THE TRUCIAL COAST.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the flying of flags on Tamb island [Greater Tunb] and on Sirr Abu Nu'air [Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr]. In 1933 Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, encouraged the shaikhs of the Trucial Coast to fly their flags on these islands to preve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1933-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

646. IOR/R/15/2/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/657
Title:
‘File 28/1 G Bahrain Special Police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the day-to-day organisation of the Bahrain Special Police, occasionally referred to as the Bahrain Defence Force, including arrangements for recruitment, training, pay, provisions, expenses, etc. The principal correspondents in the file are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1939-27 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

647. IOR/R/15/2/678

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/678
Title:
‘File 28/4 Trading with the enemy’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of printed circulars and notices issued by the British Government, memoranda and letters issued by the Government of India, and copies of correspondence to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to trade with countries and territories regarded as the enemy, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1939-4 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 volume (498 folios)

648. IOR/R/15/2/688

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/688
Title:
‘File 28/7 II War: Propaganda – Local Opinion’
Scope & Content:
The file, a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 28/7 I War: Propaganda: local opinion’ (IOR/R/15/2/687), comprises reports and correspondence concerning: the dissemination of pro-British and Allied propaganda in Bahrain and the wider Persian Gulf region, as prepared and coordinated by the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1942-12 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (341 folios)

649. IOR/R/15/2/731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/731
Title:
‘File 28/37 Dhow launches &c. for war purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to miscellaneous calls and requests for dhows and other watercraft, to perform various tasks related to wartime measures, including: transport of war equipment; use as floating craft platforms for wireless observation equipment; to assist in importing p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1942-17 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

650. IOR/R/15/2/876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/876
Title:
File 39/5 (10/5 III) Dissatisfaction among ARAMCO employees
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence with representatives of California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), from 1944 known as Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO), and between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India, and the Secretary o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1941-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (242 folios)