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271. IOR/R/15/2/581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/581
Title:
File 18/12 Trial of Bethel, BOAC Employee at Sharjah
Scope & Content:
The file refers to the arrest at Dubai of W Bethell [also spelled Bethel], a British citizen employed as a coxswain by BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation], who was accused of assaulting a supervisor and setting fire to a BOAC launch [or flying boat by one account]. The papers include corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1945-18 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

272. IOR/R/15/2/584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/584
Title:
File 18/16 Trial of Hathiram, a BOAC Employee at Sharjah
Scope & Content:
The file relates to enquiries into an incident at Sharjah in June 1946, in which S R Hathiram, a wireless operator with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was alleged to have carried out a physical assault on a member of the Meteorological Department, Sharjah, who he thought had attempt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1947-17 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

273. IOR/R/15/2/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/689
Title:
‘File 28/7 III Public opinion and general publicity’
Scope & Content:
The file, a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 28/7 II War: Propaganda – Local Opinion’ (IOR/R/15/2/688), comprises weekly reports describing local public opinion in Bahrain, in relation to events and the general course of the war, both in Europe and the Far East, covering the period fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1944-9 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

274. IOR/R/15/2/721

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/721
Title:
‘File 28/29 Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence received from or relating to the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI), including: a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) to his Political Agents, dated 1941, concerning the establishment ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1941-18 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

275. IOR/R/15/2/816

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/816
Title:
File 32/6 I (4/4A) Recruitment of British Police for Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding arrangements for a number of British policemen to be seconded to work for the Bahrain Police Force. The file contains correspondence covering the following: the reason why the British police officers are needed; the logistics needed to facilitate the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1944-8 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

276. IOR/R/15/2/826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/826
Title:
File 32/23 Increase in Civil List Payments
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the desire of Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah (the Ruler of Bahrain) to increase the amount of civil list payments made annually to him and other members of the ruling family. Much of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1946-25 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

277. IOR/R/15/2/851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/851
Title:
File 35/7 Agitation for Constitutional Reforms in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The majority of the correspondence in this file discusses the activities of a Bahraini named Abdullah Zeerah (also spelt Zireh). In 1948, Zeerah travelled to Iran and announced in front of its parliament that the people of Bahrain wanted Persian rule to be re-established over Bahrain. The file c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1948-1 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

278. IOR/R/15/2/854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/854
Title:
File 36/2 (1 A/20) Foreign Consular Activities in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding foreign consular activities in Bahrain and the surrounding region. The topics discussed in the correspondence include rumours of an Iraqi Government consulate being established in Bahrain, the desire of the US Government to establish a consulate in Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1933-9 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (221 folios)

279. IOR/R/15/2/910

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/910
Title:
File 42/15 (1 A/37 III) Bahrain Government Health Visitor
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of two British women (M M Mullally and M A Dowds) for the position of Health Sister in the Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1947-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

280. IOR/R/15/2/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/615
Title:
‘File 21/22 Customs’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to Jasim bin Mohammed al Baghdadi (also referred to in the file as Jasim bin Mohammed al Hadla), suspected of accounting malpractice while working at the customs department in Qatar. The file includes: copies of Qatar accounts for the month of Dhil Qa’d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1949-26 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)