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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/846-852

1. IOR/R/15/2/846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/846
Title:
File 35/1 (1 B/5 II) Social Legislation in Bahrain and Reform of Bahrain Laws
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a variety of topics grouped under the broad rubric of social legislation and legal reform. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1938-30 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (168 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/847
Title:
File 35/2 (16/6) Agitation Regarding Administration of Estates and Proposed Reforms
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding disturbances that occurred in Bahrain following a government proclamation concerning inheritance law. The correspondence is primarily between Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Agent in Bahrain and Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1932-13 May 1932
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/848
Title:
File 35/3 The Divers' Riot of May 1932
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to unrest that took place in Bahrain in May 1932 and involved a number of the country's pearl divers. A detailed account of the protests written by Britain's Political Agent in Bahrain, Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior is enclosed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1932-28 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/849

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/849
Title:
File 35/4 Reform of Public Health Facilities in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the reform of Bahrain's public health system. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, the Political Agent in Bahrain. The file contains a report ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1946-25 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/850

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/850
Title:
File 35/5 Development of Grazing Grounds (Supplies from Persia)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the possibility of developing agricultural and grazing land in Bahrain. The Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) was commissioned by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain to complete a report on Bahrain's water ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1946-13 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/851
Title:
File 35/7 Agitation for Constitutional Reforms in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The majority of the correspondence in this file discusses the activities of a Bahraini named Abdullah Zeerah (also spelt Zireh). In 1948, Zeerah travelled to Iran and announced in front of its parliament that the people of Bahrain wanted Persian rule to be re-established over Bahrain. The file c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1948-1 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/852
Title:
File 35/8 Municipal Improvements in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains an exchange of two letters between Cornelius James Pelly, Britain's Political Agent in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The first letter (folio 2), from Pelly to Belgrave, comments on an article about Bahrain that appeared in a publication c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1948-29 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)