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11. IOR/L/PS/12/3736A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3736A
Title:
Coll 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Economy Proposals; Grant of Tariff Autonomy; Increase in Customs Duties; Developments in Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
This file contains annual budgets and financial accounts of the Government of Bahrain as well as related correspondence between British Government officials and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain. Much of this correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1932-24 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/3742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3742
Title:
Coll 30/28 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein: Electric Installation, Engagement of an Engineer; Affairs of Assistant Engineer and General Question of Recruitment of European Employees by Bahrain Government'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British Government officials, representatives of British contracting and building firms (including Charles Kendall & Partners Limited and British Iron & Steel Corporation Limited) and the Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1931-13 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (322 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/3749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3749
Title:
Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to a legal dispute between Yusuf Lutfally Khunji and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain. The case concerns a joint venture between the aforementioned parties to set up and operate an ice-making plant in Bahrain at a spring owned by Mr. Khunji...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1930-15 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (168 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/3786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3786
Title:
Coll 30/69 'Bahrain: Pearling Riots in.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns demonstrations by pearl divers in Bahrain in 1932, in the course of which two people were killed. The disturbances arose following the issue of a proclamation by the Government of Bahrain announcing changes in inheritance law. However, the file states that the basic cause of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1932-15 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/3787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3787
Title:
Coll 30/70 'Bahrain: Amendment of contracts of Capt Parke, Commandant of Police, & Mr Belgrave, Adviser to the Sheikh of Bahrain: leave of Mr Belgrave, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the terms of service of British officials working for the Government of Bahrain, principally Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; Belgrav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1930-24 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/4118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4118
Title:
Coll 35/15 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; issue of postage stamps'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal service in Bahrain, and the issue of postage stamps for use in Bahrain. The file contains: Introduction and supply of Indian stamps overprinted with the word 'Bahrain', 1932 Persian protest against issue of Indian postage stamps surcharged 'Bahrain' and refusal to accep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1931-22 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/4119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4119
Title:
Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office at Sharjah, 1933-37 Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office in Dubai, 1938 Note on the Indian Post and Telegraph Services in the Persian Gulf, 1946 Future adminis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1933-10 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (368 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/4126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4126
Title:
Coll 35/20 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; installation of a telephone communication between the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications Ltd at Manamah and the landing ground at Muharraq'
Scope & Content:
The initial part of the file concerns the negotiations for the installation of a telephone service between the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications Ltd at Manamah and the landing ground at Muharraq, in 1934-35. The second part contains correspondence from 1944, focusing ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1934-21 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (214 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/1/652

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/652
Title:
‘File 86/2 IV (C 43) Bahrain Oil; Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to ongoing exploratory oil drilling being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 III (C 42) Bahrain Oil, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’ (IOR/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1933-29 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 volume (227 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/657
Title:
‘File 86/2 IX (C 50) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and the development of BAPCO’s infrastructure. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 VIII (C 49) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/656). T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1934-27 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)