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141. IOR/R/15/2/259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/259
Title:
‘File 7/1 I Aeroplane & Seaplane bases - Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the establishment of aerodromes and a seaplane port at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Political Resident, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, and the Air Officer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1929-7 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

142. IOR/R/15/2/270

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/270
Title:
‘File 7/4 Night flying training in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file relates to a request made by 203 RAF Squadron at Basra, to carry out night-time flying practice, involving two flying boats for a period of ten days, at Bahrain. The Political Agent, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Loch, replied by stating that the ruler, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1934-22 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

143. IOR/R/15/2/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/276
Title:
‘File 7/11 Flights of unidentified aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams and other papers relating to unidentified aircraft either seen or heard over the Arab coast during the Second World War, and the emergency landing of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Abu Dhabi in May 1944. Correspondence is sent and received by a host of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1940-30 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

144. IOR/R/15/2/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/283
Title:
‘File 7/18 RAF Levies (Sharjah & Dubai)’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the employment of askari guards (local soldiers) employed as security personnel in the Royal Air Force Levy Corps at the RAF base at Sharjah, and in particular to the discipline of these askaris, and incidents of theft from the RAF base allegedly involving askaris. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1943-6 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

145. IOR/R/15/2/313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/313
Title:
File 8/16 Bahrain Diaries 1938 to 1940
Scope & Content:
The volume contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1938-40. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Most of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1938-15 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 volume (184 folios)

146. IOR/R/15/2/406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/406
Title:
File 10/1 XIX Bahrain Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) monthly reports to the Political Agent containing data on Petroleum Products Export, monthly reports containing data of 'Shipment of oil from Bahrain' from December 1943 to January 1945 and semestral 'Abstract of Accounts' from June 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1944-27 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 disbound volume (178 folios)

147. IOR/R/15/2/424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/424
Title:
File 10/6 BAPCO Abstract of Accounts (and Oil Gauging)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on oil royalties, including abstracts of accounts of oil, statements on Royalties due to the Sheikh of Bahrain for the years 194...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1945-14 Oct 1950
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

148. IOR/R/15/2/432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/432
Title:
File 10/10 III Bahrain Additional Area
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1949-5 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

149. IOR/R/15/2/439

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/439
Title:
File 10/14 III Bahrain unallotted area
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes of India Office meetings, correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident, Political Agent, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the negotiations for the oil concession over...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1939-15 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (316 folios)

150. IOR/R/15/2/450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/450
Title:
File 10/23 Code Messages - BAPCO
Scope & Content:
The file contains coded messages sent to and from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), forwarded to the Political Agent. For security reasons, the messages were coded and the file also contains their transcriptions, mainly on the subject of oil wells maintenance in Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1944-2 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)