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51. IOR/R/15/2/1543

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1543
Title:
‘File 16/37 Report regarding Locust situation in Bahrain – Monthly Reports’
Scope & Content:
Reports and papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast, submitted by the Political Agency in Bahrain, at the request of the Imperial Counc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1945-6 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

52. 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)

53. IOR/R/15/2/1545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1545
Title:
‘File 16/37 A II Anti Locust Measures’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to locust-control campaigns taking place on the Arabian peninsula and in southern Persia [Iran] between May 1943 and September 1944. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’ (IOR/R/15/2/1544). The pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1943-24 Apr 1952
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/2/1546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1546
Title:
‘File 16/38-II Miscellaneous: Notes and orders’
Scope & Content:
Notes and instructions written by staff at the Political Agency, including the Political Agent (abbreviated through the file as ‘P.A.’), Assistant Political Agent (‘A.P.A.’) and Head Clerk (‘H.C.’). The notes concern the internal administration of the Agency, including building maintenance, offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1937-31 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (108 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/2/1547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1547
Title:
‘File 16/39 Miscellaneous. Visit to Bahrain of Rev. J. V. Westlake, Chaplain of the Church of England. & other chaplains. Appointment of a Church of England Minister, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits to Bahrain of representatives of: the Church of England at Basra (Reverend J V Westlake; Reverend F W Bowyer); the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem (Bishop George Francis Graham Brown); the Church of Scotland (Reverend James Hume); and the Lati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1933-16 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/2/1548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1548
Title:
‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1930-19 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/2/1549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1549
Title:
‘File 16/41 Miscellaneous. Horses belonging to late Sir Hugh Biscoe – Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning two horses given to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1932. The majority of the correspondence takes place between staff a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1932-10 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/2/1550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1550
Title:
‘File 16/42 Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, some of a demi-official nature, relating to visitors and guests at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Most of the correspondence is routine, and relates to enquires and arrangements for the arrival and departure of visitors, and in some cases the provision of accommodation and faci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1933-8 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (270 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/2/1551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1551
Title:
‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to arrangements for visits to Bahrain, or passages through Bahrain, by various individuals, including: Harbans Lal Jerath, Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi, on an official visit in late 1946 and early 1947. Details of the visit, including a tou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/2/1552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1552
Title:
‘File 16/43-I Miscellaneous. (i) Holidays observed by the Political Agency, Bahrain. (ii) Notes re: Daily Working Hours’
Scope & Content:
Notices, office notes and some correspondence relating to the public holidays observed by, and working hours of, the Political Agency. The notices in the file, signed by or on behalf of the Political Agent, were circulated to Bahrain Government representatives, administrative officials, and vari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1934-1 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (238 folios)