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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Bahrain Petroleum Company, 1929-

151. IOR/R/15/2/1562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1562
Title:
‘File 16/51 I Miscellaneous. Bapco Oriental Club’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) Oriental Club and the Political Agency in Bahrain, dated 1938, concerning permission to hold a ‘mimic cinema’ in the Company club house (ff 2-4). Correspondence and papers relating to two other sports and social clubs are also include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1938-1 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

152. IOR/R/15/2/1564

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1564
Title:
‘File 16/53 Enquires Re: Calculation of Local Time’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and various governmental, commercial and military institutions in Bahrain, aimed at gathering a consensus on the standardisation of time in Bahrain, and the establishment of a set local time in relation to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1940-1 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

153. IOR/R/15/2/1583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1583
Title:
‘File No. 16/72 Visits of students from abroad to Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to a visit to Bahrain of thirty-five students and teachers from Kuwait, instigated by the Kuwait Government. The correspondence includes: a telegram from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), dated 10...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1946-11 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

154. IOR/R/15/2/1628

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1628
Title:
File 17/27 AGENCY TRANSPORT
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the use and maintenance of the Bahrain Political Agency's official vehicles. The file largely consists of the Agency's correspondence with various suppliers and distributors of vehicle parts in Bahrain. The file contains specific details of the vehicles used by the Agency du...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1946-24 Oct 1950
Extent:
1 file (237 folios)

155. IOR/R/15/2/1645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1645
Title:
'File 18/14 I. Political Agency – Bahrain: Buildings – Air Conditioning of Bahrain Agency – From Feb: 1938 To Feb: 1947. Vol. II’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to air conditioning for the Political Agency buildings at Bahrain. The correspondence is largely between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the following: the State Engineer to the Bahrain Government; the Persian Gulf Political Residency; the Political Agent, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1938-8 Feb 1947
Extent:

1 file (265 folios)

156. IOR/R/15/2/1656

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1656
Title:
File 19/3 II Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, memoranda and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Rear Admiral Dunbar Nasmith), travelling with his wife to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries between 1933 and 1935 on board HMS Hawkin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1932-12 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (334 folios)

157. IOR/R/15/2/1657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1657
Title:
File 19/3 III Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron, travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Shoreham between 1936 and 1937. The file contains programmes, lists of presents presente...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1936-12 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

158. IOR/R/15/2/1658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1658
Title:
File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf)
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville), travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1939. The file contains ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1938-13 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)

159. IOR/R/15/2/1665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1665
Title:
File 20/1 V Ceremonials and Celebrations. Celebrations in connection with Christmas New Year, H. M. The King's Birthday etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the occasions of the King’s Birthday and Christmas and New Year's Day between 1944 and 1950. The King’s Birthday was celebrated in June each year, and was sometimes announced as an official holiday at the Political Agency in Bahrain. For the King’s Birthday, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1944-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

160. IOR/R/15/2/1695-1741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1695-1741
Title:
File 28: Oils and Minerals
Scope & Content:
The forty-seven files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the English Office at the Bahrain Political Agency. The 'Oil and Minerals' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain, other Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1950
Extent:
47 files (11,586 folios)