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037-000229279 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/R/15/2/1819-1823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1819-1823
Title:
Un-numbered Files
Scope & Content:
The un-numbered files comprise correspondence and papers covering a miscellaneous range of subjects: a court case, heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain in 1950, relating to a legal dispute between M Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam, and Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros of Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1819); de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1950
Extent:
5 files (387 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1676-1688

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1676-1688
Title:
File 21: Aviation
Scope & Content:
The thirteen aviation files contain correspondence, notes, and memoranda relating to matters of civil and military aviation in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Residency in Bushire (later in Bahrain), numerous other political and m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1927-1950
Extent:
13 files and volumes (1137 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390
Title:
File 12: Shipping
Scope & Content:
The Shipping subject files comprise correspondence and papers relating to commercial shipping at Bahrain and in the wider Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the files are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; representatives of the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1924-1950
Extent:
23 volumes and files (2293 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1492-1594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1492-1594
Title:
File 16: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The bulk of the surviving Miscellaneous subject files is made up of routine correspondence, exchanged with a number of organisations, many of which are of a governmental or commercial nature: the American Mission in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1493-1494); the Bahrain office of the shipping agent Mesopot...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1917-1954
Extent:
102 files (13,197 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1663-1675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1663-1675
Title:
File 20: Ceremonials and Celebrations
Scope & Content:
There are thirteen surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from 1914 to 1950, about Celebrations and Ceremonials. Files IOR/R/15/2/1663-1665 contain correspondence regarding the celebrations arranged every year by the Political Agency, Bahrain, for both the King’s Birthday and Ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1914-1950
Extent:
13 files (1,556 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1049-1079

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1049-1079
Title:
File 2: Medical
Scope & Content:
The 31 files forming the 'Medical' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Medical' subject files mainly contain correspondence between personnel of the Victoria Memorial Hospital at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1917-1951
Extent:
31 files (3,698 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630
Title:
File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series largely relates to the acquisition of stationery, tools, materials, supplies, and motor vehicles for the Political Agency, Bahrain. The files concerning stationery document the purchase of items such as rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and court fee stamps. Other files co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
36 files (6567 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1170-1199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1170-1199
Title:
File 5: Judicial
Scope & Content:
The Judicial files of the Political Agency, Bahrain for the period 1926-50 reflect the work of the Political Agent, Bahrain as Notary Public, Judge, and Magistrate. Certain members of the Political Agent's staff also held judicial powers. The files fall into a number of groups: IOR/R/15/2/1170-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Urdu
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
30 files (6553 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770
Title:
File 33 Wireless/Telegraph
Scope & Content:
The Wireless/Telegraph files of the Political Agency, Bahrain fall into two main groups. The first group (IOR/R/15/2/1764-1768) concerns the work of the Wireless (later Radio) Station, Bahrain in the period 1926-50. The station was initially run by the Indo-European Telegraph Department (a dep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
7 files (598 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1694 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1694 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 25: Qatar
Scope & Content:
The English Office subject file contains correspondence regarding various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags flown by the Shaikh of Qatar, as well as by the sheikhs of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1929-1938
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)