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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name King of Bahrain, 1783-

1. IOR/R/15/2/1-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1-12
Title:
File A Political
Scope & Content:
The files cover political affairs in Bahrain, including the possible migration of the Bu Sumait tribe from Bandar e-Lingeh; Persian claims on Bahrain; territorial jurisdiction of Bahrain's pearling banks; relations and disputes between members of the ruling Āl Khalīfah family; Britain's slave tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1920
Extent:
12 files and volumes (900 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/46-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/46-49
Title:
File H Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous Confidential files contain correspondence concerning miscellaneous matters related to Bahrain and Eastern Arabia. Included within these correspondence are details about the establishment and development of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain and their activities in the Persian Gulf (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1917
Extent:
4 files and volumes (397 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/195-210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/195-210
Title:
File 4 Bahrain State
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that relate to the development of the state of Bahrain, the running of its government and its finances. The files cover financial information and the development of state services (IOR/R/15/2/195-198), educati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1945
Extent:
16 files (3,575 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/958
Title:
'Customs dues Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the decision by Shaikh Isa [ʻIsá ibn ʻAlī Āl Khalīfah] in April 1916 to raise the customs duty on the transhipment of goods through Bahrain, as wartime conditions had resulted in a difficult financial situation for Bahrain. This decision was prompted by a drop in the num...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-13 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/67
Title:
'1914 War: Miscellaneous Letters concerning Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of miscellaneous official and demi-official correspondence relating to the outbreak of World War One and its impact on Bahrain (which is generally referred to in the papers as Bahrein). Most of the correspondence dates from 1914. The papers largely consist of correspondence fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1914-15 Sep 1917
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/364
Title:
File 9/16 Eastern Bank Ltd, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence with the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) regarding banking in Bahrain by the Eastern Bank Limited, in particular transportation and insurance of notes from India to Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1940-29 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/484-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:
File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (970 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/19-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/19-23
Title:
File D Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
Each of the five Bahrain Affairs files covers a separate topic relating to matters of internal administration; four of them relate directly to the Ruler of Bahrain or members of his immediate family. The subjects covered are as follows: the banishment from Bahrain in 1905 of the Governor of Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1905-1921
Extent:
5 files (637 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/127-138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/127-138
Title:
File 9 Bahrain Reforms
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain Reforms files cover different aspects of the reforms and other modernisation programmes introduced by British officials into Bahrain during the 1920s. These include: judicial reforms and civil/criminal code reforms; economic reforms to Bahrain's pearl diving industry; Government fina...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1778 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/826
Title:
File 32/23 Increase in Civil List Payments
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the desire of Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah (the Ruler of Bahrain) to increase the amount of civil list payments made annually to him and other members of the ruling family. Much of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1946-25 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)