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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/1-72 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/R/15/2/1-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1-12
Title:
File A Political
Scope & Content:
The files cover political affairs in Bahrain, including the possible migration of the Bu Sumait tribe from Bandar e-Lingeh; Persian claims on Bahrain; territorial jurisdiction of Bahrain's pearling banks; relations and disputes between members of the ruling Āl Khalīfah family; Britain's slave tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1920
Extent:
12 files and volumes (900 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/13-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13-18
Title:
File B Commercial
Scope & Content:
The confidential commercial subject files deal with matters of commercial concern arising in Bahrain, as follows: the discovery and survey of bitumen and oil deposits in Bahrain; the efforts by British and foreign concerns to gain concessions for sponge fishing, pearl fishing, and pearl exports,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1907-1921
Extent:
6 files and volumes (333 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/19-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/19-23
Title:
File D Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
Each of the five Bahrain Affairs files covers a separate topic relating to matters of internal administration; four of them relate directly to the Ruler of Bahrain or members of his immediate family. The subjects covered are as follows: the banishment from Bahrain in 1905 of the Governor of Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1905-1921
Extent:
5 files (637 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/24-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/24-44
Title:
File E: Mainland
Scope & Content:
The Mainland files contain correspondence concerning Eastern Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. Included within the correspondence are details concerning: copies of papers from the Bushire files relating to Bahrain affairs between 1862 and 1895; the treatment and status of Hindu merchants in Eastern Arabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1900-1921
Extent:
21 files and volumes (4518 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/45 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/45 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File F: Government of India Criminal Intelligence Circular Memoranda
Scope & Content:
The Government of India Criminal Intelligence Circular Memoranda file contains correspondence concerning Turkish pan-Islamist and anti-British propaganda and activities in Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula and India between 1906 and 1916.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1916
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/46-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/46-49
Title:
File H Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous Confidential files contain correspondence concerning miscellaneous matters related to Bahrain and Eastern Arabia. Included within these correspondence are details about the establishment and development of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain and their activities in the Persian Gulf (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1917
Extent:
4 files and volumes (397 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/50 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/50 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File W War
Scope & Content:
The Confidential subject file contains correspondence concerning the anti-British revolt of the Tangsiri and Qashqai tribes, headed by Ra’īs ‘Alī Dalvārī under the influence of Wilhelm Wassmuss, and the aftermath of the attack on the British Residency at Bushire on 12 July 1915.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1915-1918
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/51 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/51 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 2 Appointment of Political Agents
Scope & Content:
The Confidential subject file contains correspondence concerning the appointment of the first Assistant Political Agent in Bahrain in 1900, the raising of that position to Political Agent in 1905 and the appointment of subsequent Political Agents until 1916.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1900-1917
Extent:
1 file (199 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/52-55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/52-55
Title:
File 3 Buildings
Scope & Content:
The Confidential subject files contain correspondence concerning various building works undertaken by the British Political Agency at Bahrain. They include: establishment of the Agency building from 1900 and subsequent repair, renovation and expansion work until 1918; the building of quarters fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1899-1918
Extent:
4 files and volumes (788 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/56-58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/56-58
Title:
File 4 British Interests
Scope & Content:
These Confidential subject files contain diary entries for the years and quarantine reports for the years 1913-17, and secret commercial intelligence reports on the activities of Hamburg-Amerika Linie for the year 1913-1914. Among the topics covered within the diary entries are: the First World W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1913-1917
Extent:
3 files (583 folios)