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037-000229279 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, 1862-1971

1. IOR/R/15/2/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1097
Title:
File 3/14 III Arrival and departure of ships and B.I.S.N. sailings
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the arrrival and departure of mail ships and British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Steamships for transport of slow mail included the Barala and the Barjora. One letter describes how the Government of India commandeered deck space for a thousand returning Shia pil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1944-3 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume (44 pages)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1497

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1497
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/4 Correspondence with – the Mespers, Bahrain, etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency at Bahrain and various steamship operators at Bahrain, as follows: until 1937, representatives of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (MPC hereafter; briefly referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran Corporation in early 1937 and referred to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1926-18 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1369
Title:
‘File 12/2 Accident between S.S. “Bandra” and a Dhow on the 12th August 1929, in the Bahrain Harbour.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, statements and other papers related to a collision which took place on 12 August 1929, twelve miles off the coast of Bahrain, between a steamer, the SS Bandra, operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN), and a dhow, working on the pearl banks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1929-13 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1370
Title:
‘File 12/3 Sickness and Death of Crew on ships – Shipping Articles deposit of / (Bahrain crew for Caltex II)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to incidents of sickness, injury and death on board ships, subsequently reported to the Political Agency upon the arrival of the vessel concerned at Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents include shipping agents and operators base...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1926-23 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (265 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1411
Title:
File 14/1 IV General correspondence regarding postal matters and conveyance of mails at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes, telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail fees in 1945 (folios 132-133), and postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area. The principal correspondents are: Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1941-19 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (224 files)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1202
Title:
File 6/2 I Recruits for the Bahrain State Police and Supply of Clothing, Arms, and Ammunition for them
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the following: Political Agent, Bahrain; Commandant of the Bahrain Levy Corps (State Police); Kirkee Arsenal; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); Government of India (Foreign and Political Department, Adjutant General, Contr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
5 Apr 1926-5 Feb 1930
Extent:
1 file (393 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1410
Title:
File 14/1 Correspondence regarding calls of mail steamers at Bahrain and general correspondence regarding postal matters
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail service, shipping, postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area, and restriction of telecommunications and mail services to other countries durin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1938-23 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)