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451. IOR/R/15/2/377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/377
Title:
File 9/33 Complaints made against Gray Mackenzie's Dubai Agent
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning complaints made by some merchants from Dubai that Gray Mackenzie & Co's Agent in Dubai has been bribing passengers travelling by boat. There are letters from Gray Mackenzie & Co's representa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1947-14 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

452. IOR/R/15/2/386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/386
Title:
File 9/43 Invitation to Shaikh of Bahrain to attend the Karachi Economic Conference
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Government of Pakistan concerning an invitation to the Shaikh of Bahrain to attend the Economic Conference of Islamic countries, to be held in November 1949 in Karachi.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1949-28 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

453. IOR/R/15/2/409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/409
Title:
File 10/2 The chief local representative - B.A.P.C.O.
Scope & Content:
The file contains documents and correspondence on the employment of a Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and on the temporary appointment of an American subject. The file contains a letter in Arabic from the Political Agent to the Sheikh of Bahrain, Sal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1945-15 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

454. IOR/R/15/2/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/445
Title:
File 10/17 (10/26) Priority air freight for BAPCO cinema films
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters between Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), the Political Agent in Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation to transport BAPCO's films to India by air. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 6). The reference number 10/26 on the cover is cr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1945-26 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

455. IOR/R/15/2/447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/447
Title:
File 10/20 Drilling for water by BAPCO at Jidda Island
Scope & Content:
The file contains a confidential letter from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) Chief Local Representative to the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, on the water well on Jidda Island. There is an index (folio 3), referring to another item of correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1945-05 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

456. IOR/R/15/2/604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/604
Title:
File 20/1 IV Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the slave trade and slavery in the Gulf region. A significant portion of the papers relate to allegations of slave trading into Qatar. In a letter dated 14 October 1945, Lady Kathleen Simon, a prominent representative of the Anti-Slavery Society, draw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1945-20 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (275 folios)

457. IOR/R/15/2/720

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/720
Title:
‘File 28/28-III Military requirements: supply of coke (Bahrain smalls) by BAPCO’
Scope & Content:
The file contains post-war correspondence related to the export of petroleum coke (also referred to as ‘Bahrain smalls’) produced by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) from Bahrain. A telegram from the Washington Coal Committee to the London Coal Committee, dated 5 March 1946, states that the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1945-26 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

458. IOR/R/15/2/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/804
Title:
File 31/6 (4/7 II) EDUCATION OF YOUNGER MEMBERS OF AL KHALIFAH
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the education of the younger members of the Al Khalifah Ruling Family. Topics discussed include arrangements for judicial training in Palestine and the practicalities of starting a degree course at either Stanford University in the United States of Amer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1944-1 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (157 folios)

459. IOR/R/15/2/813

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/813
Title:
File 31/15 Visits of Members of Al Khalifah to Foreign Countries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the visits of members of the Al Khalifah to Amara in Iraq for hunting purposes. Discussion focuses on the difficulties created when requests for travel documents did not go through the proper channels. Correspondents include: Cornelius James Pelly, Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1949-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

460. IOR/R/15/2/846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/846
Title:
File 35/1 (1 B/5 II) Social Legislation in Bahrain and Reform of Bahrain Laws
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a variety of topics grouped under the broad rubric of social legislation and legal reform. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1938-30 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (168 folios)