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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/651-765

91. IOR/R/15/2/742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/742
Title:
‘File 28/48 Head: War. Priority Passages (Air)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and papers relating to requests for priority air passages, chiefly from Bahrain to Cairo, or from Karachi to Bahrain, which were received, processed and authorised through the Political Agency at Bahrain. The largest proportion of the file covers the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1943-9 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

92. IOR/R/15/2/743

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/743
Title:
‘File 28/51 Anglo – American relations (policy)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and notes concerning Anglo-American foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on shared interests and closer future policy cooperation in the region. The file includes: copies of correspondence dated 29 April 1944, from the Foreign O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1944-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

93. IOR/R/15/2/744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/744
Title:
‘File 28/52 Landing of U.S. seamen at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence concerning the presence of United States (US) merchant seamen at Bahrain, in particular questions of facilities for and supervision of US crews while on shore leave, and jurisdiction of US citizens at Bahrain. The first part of the file contains corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1944-19 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

94. IOR/R/15/2/745

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/745
Title:
‘File 28/54 Victory Day – celebrations’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters and Government of India circulars relating to the arrangement of celebrations to commemorate the defeat of Germany and the end of hostilities in Europe, and subsequent letters of congratulation, received by British officials in the Persian Gulf from some of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1944-27 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

95. IOR/R/15/2/746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/746
Title:
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1938-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

96. IOR/R/15/2/747

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/747
Title:
‘File 28/56 Motor cycles for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of motorcycles for use by the Defence Police in Bahrain, with details of the motorcycles requested by the Political Agent at Bahrain (three with sidecars and three without, ff 2-3), and negotiations between the Political Agent an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1939-12 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

97. IOR/R/15/2/748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/748
Title:
‘File 28/57 I Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) to undertake military service in time of war, and correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1939-23 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 volume (337 folios)

98. IOR/R/15/2/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/749
Title:
‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) for emergency commission to the military forces, and correspondence concerning official policy towards volunteers for military duty, and proposals for the introduction in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1930-2 Feb 1942
Extent:

1 volume (351 folios)

99. IOR/R/15/2/750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/750
Title:
‘File 28/57-III Volunteers for National Service: Conscription of Labour, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the introduction and application of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, issued under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939). The Regulation stipulated that British subjects employed at the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1941-20 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (254 folios)

100. IOR/R/15/2/751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/751
Title:
‘File 28/57-IV Industrial conscription’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the status of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (and to a lesser extent Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ)), in relation to Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1942-28 Feb 1944
Extent:
1 file (397 folios)