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421. IOR/R/15/2/589

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/589
Title:
‘19/2 Gerhard Augustus Frederick Briesewick - A German Student’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the activities of a German named Gerhard Augusta Frederick Briesenick believed to be a student of Berlin University, travelling to India via the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf. The file contains correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1933-8 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

422. IOR/R/15/2/612

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/612
Title:
Effects of Zubara [al-Zubārah] dispute on Imports into Qatar from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file concerns an enquiry by Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, through Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, regarding whether motor agents to whom dollar credits are given are free to sell their cars to anybody who wishes to buy them, including ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1947-10 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

423. IOR/R/15/2/631

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/631
Title:
File 23/4 Lease of Masira Island to H.M.G.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the issues involved in the purchase or lease of Masirah Island to Her Majesty's Government including: letter (ff 4-5) from R Peel, India Office to M R Bridgeman, Ministry of Fuel and Power. Discussion of a proposal to approach the Sultan of Muscat to sell or lease Masira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1944-29 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

424. IOR/R/15/2/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/690
Title:
‘File 28/8 War. Evacuation of Bushire’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to British officials’ fears of the possibility of a German coup in Iran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf’s (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) proposals for the evacuation of Bushire, should circumstance necessitate it. The file co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1940-31 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

425. IOR/R/15/2/711

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/711
Title:
‘File 28/20 Movements of enemy airliners’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a single item of correspondence, a naval telegram dated 29 November 1940 from the Admiralty (f 2), forwarded by the Political Agency to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (f 3). The telegraph states that reporting officers in neutral countries should telegraph the move...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1940-3 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

426. IOR/R/15/2/747

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/747
Title:
‘File 28/56 Motor cycles for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of motorcycles for use by the Defence Police in Bahrain, with details of the motorcycles requested by the Political Agent at Bahrain (three with sidecars and three without, ff 2-3), and negotiations between the Political Agent an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1939-12 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

427. IOR/R/15/2/797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/797
Title:
ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITISH LEGATION IN TRANSJORDAN.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Foreign Office circular noting that as a result of the Anglo-Transjordan Treaty [Treaty of London] of 22 March 1946, which recognised Transjordan as a fully independent state with Amir [Emir] Abdulla [‘Abdullāh] bin Hussein as sovereign, responsibility for British policy h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

428. IOR/R/15/2/853

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/853
Title:
File 36/1 (1 A/7) American Mission in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between British officials regarding employees of the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain. The topics discussed include the appointment of Dr W H Storm to a position in Bahrain, visits made by Dr L P Dame to treat patients in Dubai and Sharjah (including a lett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and German
Date Range:
24 May 1934-7 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (131 folios)

429. IOR/R/15/2/898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/898
Title:
‘File 41/3 Theft of ammunition from Jida store’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the storage and security arrangements for small arms ammunition (SAA) held by the Government of Bahrain, prompted by the theft of 18,000 rounds of ammunition from a store on Jida [Jiddah] Island, in October 1945. The principal correspondents in the f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1945-11 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

430. IOR/R/15/2/899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/899
Title:
File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain and India, and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The early correspondence relates to setting up suitable arrangements to fill Belgrave’s role in Bahrain while he took six months leave in the summ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)