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821. IOR/R/15/2/1422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1422
Title:
File 14/7 Enquiries and requests for the new surcharged Bahrain stamps
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams from stamp dealers and collectors, requesting the newly issued Bahrain stamps and placing orders to purchase them. A list of stamps is on folio 14, and there is also mention of a special issue of stamps to commemorate the Silver Wedding of King Geor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1933-11 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

822. IOR/R/15/2/1502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1502
Title:
‘File 16/9 II Id Calls and letters of greetings etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: Eid (referred to as Id throughout) greetings sent during Id Adh-Dhuha [Eid-al-Adha] and Id Al Fitr [Eid-al-Fitr] by the Bahrain Political Agent (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch) to the various rulers in the Persian Gulf, and letters in return giving thanks and acknowledg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1933-11 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (322 folios)

823. IOR/R/15/2/1599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1599
Title:
File 17/2 II Stores for the Agency Steam Launch etc.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the acquisition of supplies, equipment, and replacement parts for the Bahrain Agency's launch. Most of the file is made up of bills, receipts, and acknowledgements of orders placed with suppliers; this includes correspondence related to queries regarding orders placed, or prosp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1934-17 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (265 folios)

824. IOR/R/15/2/1651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1651
Title:
File 19/1 III Tours of Political Agent, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements and expenses for visits of the Political Agent and the Officiating Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain John Baron Howes) to Basra, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah; and programmes of tours of Bahrain by the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1938-25 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

825. IOR/R/15/2/1654

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1654
Title:
File 19/2 IV The Honourable the Political Resident's tours, etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries between 1937 and 1944. The file contains programmes of the visits, arrangements for meetings with ruling families, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1937-2 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (415 folios)

826. IOR/R/15/2/1760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1760
Title:
File 31/2 III Correspondence re Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the purchase of books by the Political Agency at Bahrain, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, and the supply of empty manumission forms. The documents in the file include advertisements, orders for books and magazines, cheques, and receipts of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1937-21 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

827. IOR/R/15/2/1003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1003
Title:
File 1/16 II Clerical Staff: Establishment, Proposals for Increase or Decrease; Rulings Regarding Pay and Allowances, and Promotion
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the following subjects: proposals by the Government of India for reductions in the numbers of temporary staff as a consequence of the end of World War Two, June to September 1945; allowances for clerks making enforced halts at Karachi or Bombay when returning...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1945-10 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

828. IOR/R/15/2/1188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1188
Title:
File 5/6 DECLARATION OF GENERAL AVERAGE ON ACCOUNT OF S.S."BARENFELS" HAVING BEEN FOUNDERED NEAR FESHT AL DHIJBAL.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the decision of the agents of the German Hansa Line ship SS Barenfels to declare 'general average' after the vessel ran aground at the Fesht al Djibal (a reef off the east coast of Bahrain). (The location is spelled Fesht al Dhijbal in the title of the file). General average is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1929-21 Jan 1930
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

829. IOR/R/15/2/1212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1212
Title:
File 6/6 I Death of Subedar Niaz Ali Khan and Havildar Nurdad of the Bahrain Levy Corps
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to the murder of two officers of the Bahrain Levy Corps. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent in Muscat, Adjutant General in India, Colonization Officer in India, Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
4 Aug 1926-3 May 1928
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

830. IOR/R/15/2/1283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1283
Title:
File 6/64 Visit of H. E. Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah C. S. I. to Kuwait, correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visit to Kuwait by Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] between 10 and 13 December. The correspondence is between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (sometimes aboard HMS Shoreham), the Political Agent, Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1933-15 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)