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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, c 1926-c 1950

1. IOR/R/15/2/963-1048

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/963-1048
Title:
File 1: Establishment
Scope & Content:
The Establishment files of the Political Agency, Bahrain cover personnel matters relating to all the members of the Agency's staff. The three personnel divisions are as follows: the Political Agent and Assistant Political Agent; from 1939 the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, and from 1949 the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
86 files (15,577 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/180-194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/180-194
Title:
File 3: Staff
Scope & Content:
The Staff files contain details regarding various positions within or reporting to the Bahrain Political Agency, including: Assistant Political Agent; Political Officer on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah; Agency Medical Officer; Censor Clerk; Upper Air Observatory staff; Post Office staff; Public Wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
15 files (838 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/815
Title:
File 32/3 (4/4) Bahrain Police
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence (primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and the Political Agency in Bahrain) regarding attempts to reform and expand Bahrain's police force. The file contains a detailed report written by R I Hallows, Assistant Political in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1934-12 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (207 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/518

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/518
Title:
‘File 13/9 Unauthorised flights to Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the anticipated arrival in Bahrain from Baghdad, on an Imperial Airways aircraft, of the Vice President of the American Express Company, Mr [Frank B] Harding. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-4 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1888

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1888
Title:
File C/3 Travelling allowance bills
Scope & Content:
The file contains numerous travelling allowance bills (certificates) submitted by staff either working for the Bahrain Political Agency or staff subordinate to it. The bills include particulars of journeys made and include information on the trips taken, their purpose, their cost, and the method...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1943-Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1893
Title:
File D/2 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Basrah
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of correspondence between the British Consul, Basra, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, regarding Bahraini citizens residing in Iraq. Most of the file is concerned with requests for the Political Agent's assistance, made by the Consul on behalf of various Bahraini citiz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1935-18 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1191
Title:
File 5/9 Grant of Civil and Criminal Powers to the A.P.A. Bahrain. Corr. re:-
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the grant of civil and criminal powers to the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain ['A.P.A. Bahrain' in the file title] for the area covered by the Bahrain Order in Council, 1913 (which included Qatar and the Trucial Coast). The initials 'I.A.' (standing for Indian Assistant, Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1934-23 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/722

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/722
Title:
‘File 28/30 War. Hostilities in Iran’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers produced in response to Britain’s involvement in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, which began on 25 August 1941. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1941-29 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1152
Title:
File 4/34 Pay Bills of the Asstt Political Agent, Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The title of the file in full is 'Pay Bills of the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain.'. The file contains monthly pay bills for the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, from April 1943 to March 1945 inclusive; and related correspondence between the Office of the Accountant General, Central Reve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1943-Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1609
Title:
File 17/7 III Electric Installation Political Agency Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the supply and maintenance of electrical installations in the Bahrain Political Agency's buildings. Most of the file consists of correspondence between the Assistant Political Agent [Captain George Ashmead Cole; Captain Tom Hickinbotham; Captain Michael Gray Dixon] and the Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1934-2 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (192 folios)