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851. IOR/R/15/2/1658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1658
Title:
File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf)
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville), travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1939. The file contains ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1938-13 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)

852. IOR/R/15/2/1376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1376
Title:
‘File 12/7 II Arrival of country craft from India’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo (chiefly rice, sugar, spices, piece goods) from India (Karachi) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, chiefly Dubai, Katar [Qatar, also spelt Gutter, Quatter in the file] and Bahrain. The file is a direct chronologi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1924-4 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (498 folios)

853. IOR/R/15/2/1638

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1638
Title:
'File 18/6 IV Agency Buildings. Special Repairs. Vols I to III.’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to works to be carried out to the Political Agency in Bahrain. It includes correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Executive Engineer, Independent Persian Gulf Sub-Division, regarding requirements of original work...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1940-20 Jul 1948
Extent:

1 file (296 folios)

854. IOR/R/15/2/1601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1601
Title:
File 17/4 II Stores: Stamps
Scope & Content:
This file concerns court fee stamps (a type of revenue stamp used to pay court fees) and consular fee stamps, issued to the Bahrain Political Agency. The part of the file dating from 1945 to the end of 1947 consists mostly of indents, completed by the Treasury Officer at the Political Agency, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1945-13 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (286 folios)

855. IOR/R/15/2/1677

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1677
Title:
File 21/20 Airways, Private Aviators
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the traffic of private aircraft through the Persian Gulf region. The correspondents include: Political Agent at Bahrain; Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; British Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; Government of India, Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
12 Nov 1932-22 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

856. IOR/R/15/2/1260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1260
Title:
File 6/44 I Miscellaneous correspondence with the Adviser
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave). The correspondence relates to a number of miscellaneous subjects connected to the Bahrain state. Other correspondents include Imperial and Internati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1931-31 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (237 folios)

857. IOR/R/15/2/1418

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1418
Title:
File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1932-27 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (266 folios)

858. IOR/R/15/2/1420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1420
Title:
File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the postal service in Dubai. The file includes the 1946-1947 agreements with the contractor for the conveyance of mail at Dubai, Khan Sahib Husain (on folios 35-39 and 65-68), and correspondence regarding the purchase of a second hand car ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

859. IOR/R/15/2/1614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1614
Title:
File 17/13 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. TIDE TABLES, BAHRAIN BUSHIRE ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns tide tables relating to Bahrain, Bushire and other locations in the Gulf. It consists mostly of telegrams, memoranda, and brief letters of correspondence. Most of the file documents the efforts of the Political Agent, Bahrain, to obtain copies of tide tables for the Port of Bu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1929-7 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

860. IOR/R/15/2/1206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1206
Title:
File 6/3 I Transfer of Long Term Prisoners to India; Employment of Prisoners in the Agency etc; Escape of Prisoners from Lawful Custody and their kit
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the following: Commandant, Bahrain State Police; Political Agent, Bahrain; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); Residency Agent, Sharjah; Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar; Office of the Commissioner, Sind; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
2 Feb 1926-30 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 file (205 folios)