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037-000228401 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Bahrain Petroleum Company, 1929-

1. IOR/R/15/2/831-837

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/831-837
Title:
File 33 Electricity
Scope & Content:
This Sub-sub-series contains seven files related to electricity supply in Bahrain as well as other related infrastructure issues. The majority of the files (IOR/R/15/2/831-832 and 834-836) concern negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and other entities (including the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1950
Extent:
7 files (292 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/388-460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/388-460
Title:
File 10 Oil and Minerals
Scope & Content:
The 73 volumes and files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The majority of the files and volumes date from 1932-1951 except for IOR/R/15/2/411, containing documents from 1916. The 'Oil and Minerals' subjec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916-1950
Extent:
73 files and volumes (12,321 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/579

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/579
Title:
File 18/10 Trial of Charles E Minnick
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the trial, conviction, imprisonment, and release of Charles Elwood Minnick, an American citizen, who was sentenced to a year's imprisonment in Bahrain [also appears in the spelling Bahrein] in 1945 for the theft of tyres from the stores of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1945-10 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (138 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/167
Title:
File 1/A/43 Refinery Guards Pallant and McCracken.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to two cases concerning British guards employed at the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) refinery in Bahrain, which involved the intervention of the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Political Resident in Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. The first case arose from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1940-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/207
Title:
File 4/14 I Bahrain Development
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding an expansion of government administration in Bahrain that had been made possible by an increased level of oil revenue being received by the state. The correspondence discusses the intended direction of this expansion, the stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1937-12 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (172 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/596
Title:
‘19/9 Mlle. CORBIAU’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns finding a temporary home in Bahrain for a female Belgian artist named Mademoiselle Corbiau who wishes to visit there to earn money by painting portraits. The correspondents in the file include: Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concession Limited, Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1945-19 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/583
Title:
File 18/14 Spillage of Oil in Bahrain Waters
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the question of jurisdiction covering the spillage of oil into the waters of the Persian Gulf at Bahrain [also referred to as Bahrein], and actual incidents of oil spillages there. The papers include correspondence from the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Maurice Patrick O’C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1946-25 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/829

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/829
Title:
File 32/27 National Income and Local Resources in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter (ff 2-4) sent from Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to several foreign companies active in Bahrain. The letter informed the companies that the Government of Bahrain wanted to obtain information relating to the country's national income and local...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1948-13 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/373
Title:
File 9/29 Overseas trade enquiries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, to fulfill a request by the Department of Overseas Trade to supply statistics for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1938-16 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/578
Title:
'File 18/9 Provost Personnel for Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the question of whether or not to use United States Army Provost personnel to police American workers at the Bahrein Petroleum Company [Bahrain Petroleum Company] (BAPCO) in Bahrain [also referred to as Bahrein], especially in view of an expected influx of Refinery constructi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1943-25 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (143 folios)