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791. IOR/R/15/2/1611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1611
Title:
File 17/9 Government Property: Bahrain Toshakhana Articles and Returns
Scope & Content:
The file concerns articles in the Bahrain Toshakhana, the store where items received as gifts from tribal chiefs and princes were deposited. Such items were often later presented as gifts to other rulers. Most of the material comprises correspondence between: the Political Resident in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1927-30 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (249 folios)

792. IOR/R/15/2/1613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1613
Title:
File 17/10 II Flagstaff — flags and other stores
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with orders of flags and related supplies for the Bahrain Agency's flagstaff and for use on the Agency's launch. It therefore contains a range of records concerning orders, deliveries, payments, related correspondence, and internal agency notes. Most of the supplies are acq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1939-27 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (236 folios)

793. IOR/R/15/2/1619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1619
Title:
File 17/16 Binding of files of the Agency records
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the redeployment of the Political Residency's bookbinder at various points between 1933 and 1945, for the purpose of binding some of the Bahrain Political Agency's files, as well as some of the other Gulf Agencies' files. Most of the file consists of correspondence between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1933-26 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

794. IOR/R/15/2/1629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1629
Title:
File 17/28 Government Motor Vehicles for Agency
Scope & Content:
This file documents the purchase and supply of two official vehicles for the Bahrain Political Agency: a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and an Austin Sixteen Shooting Brake. Near the beginning of the file the Political Agent states a preference for Humber models as the Agency's official cars (specifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1946-8 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

795. IOR/R/15/2/1143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1143
Title:
File 4/26 I Correspondence re - payment of Rs. 440/- a month on account of the Dubai Commercial Air Agreement.
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of payments by the Political Agent, Bahrain to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, under the terms of the Dubai Commercial Air Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, signed on 22 July 1937, the Ruler of Dubai was to receive 440 ru...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1937-6 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (335 folios)

796. IOR/R/15/2/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1499
Title:
‘File 16/6 Diary weekly Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Fortnightly reports (as opposed to weekly reports, as stated on its cover) from the Political Agency in Kuwait. The reports are signed by the Political Agent (Major James Carmichael More; Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson), or, in his absence,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1926-31 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (381 folios)

797. IOR/R/15/2/1544

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1544
Title:
‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to efforts, undertaken by representatives of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit (MEALU), to control desert locusts (first reported in western India in August 1942 (f 3)) along the Arab coast between Bahrain and Oman. The principal correspondents in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1942-18 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)

798. IOR/R/15/2/1759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1759
Title:
File 31/2 SUPPLY
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the purchase of books by the Political Agency at Bahrain, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals. The documents in the file are advertisements, orders for books and periodicals, cheques, and receipts of payment. The principal correspondents are: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1934-7 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (353 folios)

799. IOR/R/15/2/1208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1208
Title:
File 6/4 Stores for the Bahrain Municipality; Municipal Tax and Dues
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to administrative, legal, and fiscal matters connected to the Manama Municipality. The correspondence is between the Political Agency at Bahrain, British Consulate at Damascus, Manama Municipality (also referred to as the Baladiyah), Political Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1925-6 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

800. IOR/R/15/2/1263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1263
Title:
File 6/45 Licensing of motor cars and driving rules - correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to driving regulations and licensing in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Political Agency in Bahrain, and the Office of Traffic Branch of the Bahrain State Police. Further c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1934-5 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)