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81. IOR/R/15/2/1580

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1580
Title:
‘File 16/68 Old and defaced currency notes & coins – Exchange of.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain, other British officials in the Persian Gulf, and representatives of the Bahrain branches of Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran, relating to Indian rupee notes in circulation in the Gulf. The correspondence covers: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1945-30 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

82. IOR/R/15/2/1581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1581
Title:
‘File 16/69 Enquiry from India Office regarding financial privileges for American officials in the British protected Arab States’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers exchanged between representatives of the India Office and Foreign Office, and British officials in the Persian Gulf, concerning a proposed agreement to extend financial privileges to United States officials other than diplomatic or consular personnel, who are based in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1945-29 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

83. IOR/R/15/2/1582

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1582
Title:
‘File 16/70 Photographs of Ex-Political Agents & Ex. Asst. Political Agents. Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of a demi-official nature, concerning the Political Agent at Bahrain’s (Cornelius James Pelly) attempts to acquire photographs of his predecessors (and former Assistant Political Agents), so that they might be hung along a staircase in the Political Agency. Some of the replies fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1945-6 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/2/1583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1583
Title:
‘File No. 16/72 Visits of students from abroad to Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to a visit to Bahrain of thirty-five students and teachers from Kuwait, instigated by the Kuwait Government. The correspondence includes: a telegram from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), dated 10...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1946-11 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

85. IOR/R/15/2/1584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1584
Title:
‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the file dated 1941 is the result of an enquiry from the Political Agent in Muscat (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban), about the prospects for an artesian water supply at Muscat, or elsewhere on the Batinah ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1941-13 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

86. IOR/R/15/2/1585

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1585
Title:
‘File No. 16/74 Death of Father Gabriel Fleming in Motor Accident’
Scope & Content:
Telegraphic correspondence, letters and other papers relating to the death in a road accident in Bahrain, of the Catholic Priest Father Gabriel Fleming, in June 1947. The correspondence covers: the reporting of the death to Fleming’s sister in England; expressions of condolences; burial arrangeme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1947-5 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

87. IOR/R/15/2/1586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1586
Title:
‘File No. 16/76 United Nations Appeal for Children’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to collections made in Bahrain (and Qatar) for the United Nations (UN) Appeal for Children. The papers include multiple copies (approximately sixty-eight) of a circular letter from the Political Agent (Cornelius James Pelly), that includes a quote from a speech...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1948-5 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)

88. IOR/R/15/2/1587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1587
Title:
‘File No. 16/77 Fisheries – Reports etc’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the fishing industry in the Persian Gulf, and discussions regarding the industry’s expansion using modern technologies such as trawlers and refrigerated storage. The file includes: requests from the British Government (Foreign Office and Ministry of Agriculture and Fis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1948-30 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

89. IOR/R/15/2/1588

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1588
Title:
‘File No. 16/78 National Insurance Publicity’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1946, including: a copy of a leaflet entitled Persons Abroad on 5 July, 1948, issued in June 1948 by the Ministry of National Insurance, detailing benefits and contributions for people eligible for National Insurance, but who a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1948-26 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

90. IOR/R/15/2/1590

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1590
Title:
‘16/81 Re: Somalis Arrived in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to twenty Somalis who arrived in Bahrain from Qatar in February 1949, claiming to be survivors of a shipwrecking off the coast of Muscat. The papers include: an account by the survivors of their shipwrecking and journey to Bahrain (f 5, f 9); correspondence exchanged between the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1949-11 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)