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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/342-387

1. IOR/R/15/2/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342
Title:
File 9/1 Confidential correspondence regarding Bahrain food supplies
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Gulf regarding imports to Bahrain of rice from India and sugar. There is also mention of correspondence regarding import of vehicles (not included in the file).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/343
Title:
File 9/2 Pearling
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation at Jedda, the Political Agent at Sharjah, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Ruler of Dubai and the Ruler of Qatar, on the subject of introd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1934-10 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/344

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/344
Title:
File 9/3 Indian business interests in Bahrain and the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning how to improve the Indian trade in the Gulf and how to increase it to the detriment of the Japanese trade, providing that India can supply similar goods at competitive prices. The file contains info...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1932-25 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/345

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/345
Title:
File 9/4 Complaints of M/s Khunji against M/s Shasha of Manchester on account of defective goods supplied.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns two Bahrain merchants' (Messrs Mohd and `Ali Jamal Khunji) complaints about a defective supply of white mulls shipped by J M Shasha of Manchester; the case against him had implications for British trade. The file contains copies of letters between J M Shasha, the Chamber of Comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1933-9 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (93 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/346
Title:
File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah. The correspondence refers to merchants mixing Japanese cultured pearls with real pearls in the Trucial Coast, thereby damaging the reputation of the industry with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1933-7 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/347

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/347
Title:
File 9/6 Muscat date trade
Scope & Content:
The file contains a copy of a letter sent by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding the date trade in Muscat. The letter encloses copies of letters forwarded by the Political Agent at Muscat on the cultivation of dates in the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1928-25 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/348
Title:
File 9/7 Report on Trade Conditions in Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains a report compiled by the Vice-Consul at Bushire, J G Baillie, on a commercial tour of the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf. The report focusses on trade; in particular: the importance of Bahrain; the abundance of cheap Japanese goods (cotton, silk and pearls), which has been dama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1934-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/349
Title:
File 9/8 Japanese trade activities in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning Japanese trade interests in the Persian Gulf; in particular, the correspondence concerns a request by Yusuf Kanoo to operate as agent in Bahrain for the sale of goods of Mitsubishi Enterprises. There...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1934-18 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/350

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/350
Title:
File 9/9 Trade enquiries and statistics
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and the Legation of the United States of America at Baghdad, concerning enquiries and statistics for the Bahrain Trade Report.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1934-4 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/351
Title:
File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Eastern Bank Limited, on the subject of smuggling of various goods and commodities. These include: import of unlicensed tea f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1934-13 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)