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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of Bahrain, State Engineer, Mid 20th century

1. IOR/R/15/2/1623

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1623
Title:
File 17/20 Furniture for clerical staff
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the scheme for supplying furniture for the use of Bahrain Agency clerks. The file contains: scale of furniture lists, describing the minimum requirements for staff recruited from India, and based on the articles of furniture supplied to the clerical staff at Cable & Wirele...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1941-6 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1307
Title:
File 6/89 Water supply for Manama
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a scheme for a water supply for Manama, Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Bahrain State Engineer (Hubert Poyntz-Gaynor Leigh). The file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1940-24 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1303
Title:
File 6/86 Manama-Moharraq Causeway
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding use of the Manama to Muharraq causeway (Shaikh Hamad Bridge) in Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Office of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1944-2 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/230
Title:
File 6/6 W B Steele - State Engineer; (2) Group Captain H P G Leigh State Engineer
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the appointment of holders of the post of State Engineer to the Bahrain Government. The papers include: papers relating to the appointment of William Benjamin Steele as State Engineer, May 1932 - July 1939; correspondence concerning telephones and charges levied by the State ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1931-15 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1770
Title:
File 33/9 [17/2] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MUHARRAQ & MANAMA.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the installation of a telephone line connecting the Imperial Airways aerodrome (landing ground) at Muharraq and the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications at Manama with the Bahrain telephone exchange. The work was undertaken by the Government of Bahrain,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1932-2 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1266

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1266
Title:
File 6/48 Telephones - Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the telephone network in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the State Engineer of the Government of Bahrain. The papers are concerned with the maintenance and extension of the network, changes to telephone ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1932-8 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1648
Title:
‘File 18/16 Construction of new office for Political Resident’s Staff’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, invoices and insurance certificates, relating to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf’s new office building at Bahrain. It includes papers relating to the following: cement required for the construction of the new office; the shipment of pai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1944-14 Mar 1950
Extent:

1 file (180 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1642

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1642
Title:
File 18/11 Buildings Repairs Agency Buildings – Correspondence re – Water pumps for the Bahrain Agency.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to electric water pumps for the Bahrain Political Agency. The file includes correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the following: the State Engineer, Bahrain Government; the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Khalil bin ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1934-20 Jun 1950
Extent:

1 file (73 folios)