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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, c 1922-c 1948

11. IOR/R/15/2/1615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1615
Title:
File 17/14 I Toshakhana Articles for Bushire Correspondence regarding.
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the Bushire Residency [Persian Gulf Political Residency] Toshakhana — a store of gifts kept with the Bahrain Political Agency, so that they would be available for presentation to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs when needed. Regular stock accounts are submitted to Bushire to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1930-29 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (335 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/2/1616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1616
Title:
File 17/14 II Toshakhana articles for Bushire — Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the Bushire Residency [Persian Gulf Political Residency] Toshakhana — a store of gifts kept with the Bahrain Political Agency, so that they would be available for presentation to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs when needed. Regular stock accounts are submitted to Bushire to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1942-16 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (259 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/2/1619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1619
Title:
File 17/16 Binding of files of the Agency records
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the redeployment of the Political Residency's bookbinder at various points between 1933 and 1945, for the purpose of binding some of the Bahrain Political Agency's files, as well as some of the other Gulf Agencies' files. Most of the file consists of correspondence between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1933-26 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/2/1620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1620
Title:
File 17/17 Supply of Broadcasting receiving sets
Scope & Content:
This file concerns plans for wireless broadcasting sets to be provided to the Political Agencies at Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat, as well as at the Residency at Sharjah, for the purpose of making up-to-date news available (with the cost of the wireless sets being borne wholly by His Majesty's Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1936-1 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/2/1622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1622
Title:
File 17/19 I Agency library
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the Bahrain Agency Library, which is a stock of books considered to be of use to Agency staff. The file therefore contains orders for new books, and relevant invoices and receipts; the main supplier is Messrs Thacker and Company Limited, Bombay. It also contains corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1940-29 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (147 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/1626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1626
Title:
File 17/25 Stationery purchased from firms
Scope & Content:
This file consists largely of correspondence concerning stationery supplied to the Political Agency, Bahrain. Items ordered include rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and printed forms. Much of the correspondence relates to the details of orders and the granting of export permits (from the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
7 Feb 1942-8 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/1627

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1627
Title:
File 17/26 PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE A MOTOR CYCLE FOR AGENCY DESPATCH RIDER
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Bahrain Political Agent's proposal that the Political Agency should be provided with a motorcycle despatch rider for the local delivery of mail to and from the Agency. In a letter to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, dated 7 June 1945, the Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1945-8 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/1629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1629
Title:
File 17/28 Government Motor Vehicles for Agency
Scope & Content:
This file documents the purchase and supply of two official vehicles for the Bahrain Political Agency: a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and an Austin Sixteen Shooting Brake. Near the beginning of the file the Political Agent states a preference for Humber models as the Agency's official cars (specifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1946-8 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/1630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1630
Title:
File 17/29 DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT ORIGINALLY ORDERED FOR INSTALLATION IN CONSULATES AT BANDAR ABBAS AND BUSHIRE
Scope & Content:
This file documents the Bahrain Political Agent's efforts to find a new owner for some electric generating equipment that was ordered from England by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. In order to avoid having to cancel the order (and pay a large cancellation fee) the Residency requests...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1947-20 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/1666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1666
Title:
‘File 20/B HANDING OVER OF P. A. Advice to Shaikhs etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters and memorandum regarding the appointment of Cornelius James Pelly as Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in Bushire, and his departure from Bahrain. The correspondence is also about the appointment of Arnold Crawshaw Galloway as the new Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1945-21 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)