‘File 28/57-III Volunteers for National Service: Conscription of Labour, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the introduction and application of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, issued under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939). The Regulation stipulated that British subjects employed at the Bahrain Petroleu...
‘File 29/3i Food Supplies – Food Control and Rationing & GENERAL’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about food rationing and price controls in Bahrain during the Second World War (1939-1945). The supply and distribution of staple foods such as rice, wheat, barley, flour, sugar, tea and coffee to the population of Bahrain are discussed and to a lesser extent, other...
File 29/31 Matches from India for Bahrain, Trucial Coast & Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of matches from India to Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, for local consumption, under Government of India export licensing controls and import quotas imposed during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when matches and oth...
File 38/16 Effects of Bahrain-Qatar dispute on P. C. L.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to how the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah has affected the work of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The principle correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; Sir Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; Shaikh Sulman ...
File 2/14 Outbreaks of smallpox, cholera and other diseases on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain; K S Husain bin Hamad, in charge of the Agency at Sharjah; the Political Agent in the Trucial Coast; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo; regarding outbreaks of smallpox and ot...
File 6/13 Enquiry into the affairs of the State Power House
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to the operations and running costs of the Government of Bahrain Electrical Department. The correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Reginald George Evelyn William Alban), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Consulate in Bas...
File 6/19 Proposed construction of a sea road between Manama and Muharraq Islands
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the planning and construction of a sea road between Manama and Muharraq Island, Bahrain. The correspondence is between the following: the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (usually Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Poli...
File 6/41 Provident Fund of the three British Officers under the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the provident funds of the three British employees of the Bahrain Government: Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier, and Captain L S Parke. The correspondence is between Belgrave, de Grenier, the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Pol...
File 6/72 Purchase of arms and ammunition by Bahrain Government for defence
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the purchase from India of guns, ammunition, and other military equipment by the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is routine in nature and includes receipts, packing accounts, bills of lading, vouchers, invoices, and requests for payment. The...
‘16/12 Miscellaneous. Officer Commanding Troops – 3/16th Punjab Regiment. Correspondence with the –’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, financial statements and other papers relating to expenses incurred by the despatch to Bahrain between September 1926 to February 1927, of the 3rd Battalion of the 16th (3/16th) Punjab Regiment, in response to civil unrest in Manama during 1926. The principal correspondents are: ...
