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037-000229279 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968

1. IOR/R/15/2/1822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1822
Title:
‘Foreign Office circulars. Particulars regarding temporary officers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of circulars and other papers received at the Bahrain Political Agency from the Foreign Office (FO), relating to the administration of the Foreign Service at home and abroad. The file is arranged in three parts: The first part (ff 2-23) is headed ‘Establishment’ and co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1946-26 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1430
Title:
File 14/15 Money order and cash-on-delivery services between UK and the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters from the Foreign Office, forwarded by the Political Residency at Bahrain to the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding the introduction of money order and cash-on-delivery services between UK and the Gulf. This was allowed for the purpose of helping the Oil Companies and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1192
Title:
File 5/10 Foreign Jurisdiction (Probate) Order in Council, 1935.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the issue by the Foreign Office of the Foreign Jurisdiction (Probates) Order in Council, 1935, and its application to, and publication in, Bahrain. The date range gives the dates of the earliest document in the file (an enclosure on folio 20) and last dated addition to the fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1933-28 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1588

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1588
Title:
‘File No. 16/78 National Insurance Publicity’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1946, including: a copy of a leaflet entitled Persons Abroad on 5 July, 1948, issued in June 1948 by the Ministry of National Insurance, detailing benefits and contributions for people eligible for National Insurance, but who a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1948-26 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1687

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1687
Title:
File 21/36 Miscellaneous correspondence with British Overseas Airways Corporation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation in Bahrain. Additional correspondence is from the Foreign Office and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain. The papers cover a range of matters, mostly of an o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1947-18 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1581
Title:
‘File 16/69 Enquiry from India Office regarding financial privileges for American officials in the British protected Arab States’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers exchanged between representatives of the India Office and Foreign Office, and British officials in the Persian Gulf, concerning a proposed agreement to extend financial privileges to United States officials other than diplomatic or consular personnel, who are based in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1945-29 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1587
Title:
‘File No. 16/77 Fisheries – Reports etc’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the fishing industry in the Persian Gulf, and discussions regarding the industry’s expansion using modern technologies such as trawlers and refrigerated storage. The file includes: requests from the British Government (Foreign Office and Ministry of Agriculture and Fis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1948-30 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1421
Title:
File 14/6 Postal commission on Government Servants' money orders
Scope & Content:
A 1930s file which includes material from 1909-1911 collected for reference (folios 2-25). There are no papers between 1911 and 1933. The file concerns the establishment of money order service between Bahrain and Turkey and between Bahrain and India, and its increase from 1933. The corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1909-28 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1677

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1677
Title:
File 21/20 Airways, Private Aviators
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the traffic of private aircraft through the Persian Gulf region. The correspondents include: Political Agent at Bahrain; Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; British Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; Government of India, Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
12 Nov 1932-22 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1287
Title:
File 6/68 Visit of H. E. Shaikh Sir Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah, K. C. I. E., C. S. I. Ruler of Bahrain to England
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visit to the United Kingdom by Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], ruler of Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1936-8 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)