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541. IOR/R/15/2/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/737
Title:
‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: 1) copies of extracts, or complete copies of, Persian Gulf Trade War Bureau reports, numbered 29 to 37, and issued weekly and dated between 15 August 1942 and 2 November 1942; 2) copies of correspondence concerning the re-export trade from the Arab Coast, chiefly from Dubai t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1942-5 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

542. IOR/R/15/2/745

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/745
Title:
‘File 28/54 Victory Day – celebrations’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters and Government of India circulars relating to the arrangement of celebrations to commemorate the defeat of Germany and the end of hostilities in Europe, and subsequent letters of congratulation, received by British officials in the Persian Gulf from some of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1944-27 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

543. IOR/R/15/2/746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/746
Title:
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1938-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

544. IOR/R/15/2/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/762
Title:
‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

545. IOR/R/15/2/883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/883
Title:
File 39/13 (10/13) Visit of APOC officials to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Resident at Bahrain, concerning visits of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives to Bahrain. The file also include a letter from J MacPherson, Vice-Presid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1945-31 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

546. IOR/R/15/2/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/230
Title:
File 6/6 W B Steele - State Engineer; (2) Group Captain H P G Leigh State Engineer
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the appointment of holders of the post of State Engineer to the Bahrain Government. The papers include: papers relating to the appointment of William Benjamin Steele as State Engineer, May 1932 - July 1939; correspondence concerning telephones and charges levied by the State ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1931-15 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

547. IOR/R/15/2/375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/375
Title:
File 9/31 Report that illicit trade between Bahrain and Persia is encouraged by the Political Agent Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Embassy at Tehran and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, concerning allegations of illegal trade between Bahrain and Iran by a merchant from Bushire, who was responsible for smuggling sugar, tea and opium...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1946-24 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

548. IOR/R/15/2/504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/504
Title:
File 12/19 B II Resignations, leave and discharge of BAPCO and PCL Indian and other employees
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weightman, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited representatives regarding the resignation, leave and discharge of BAPCO and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1943-31 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (385 folios)

549. IOR/R/15/2/705

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/705
Title:
‘File 28/17-A Action to be taken in the event of entry into the war by Spain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence received from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India, relating to the prospects of Spain entering the war against the Allies. A Government of India telegram, dated 29 June 1940, sets out the immediate actions to be taken in the eve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1940-29 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

550. IOR/R/15/2/807

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/807
Title:
File 31/8 1 b/7. AL KHALIFAH PROPERTY IN BAHRAIN. (Municipal Meat Market and Slaughter House)
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter and note from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to the British Political Agent, Bahrain, explaining the issue concerning disputes over landownership in Bahrain based on the practice of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa of giving out scrap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1931-7 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (207 folios)