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61. IOR/L/PS/12/395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/395
Title:
PZ 3448/40 Arrangements for Mr Belgrave's Wife and Son to join him at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding travel to Bahrain for the wife (Marjorie) and son (James) of Charles Belgrave (Adviser to the Government of Bahrain). The main correspondence covers cost and visa arrangements, and is between the Government of India (John Percival Gibson) and the agent o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1940-23 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

62. IOR/L/PS/12/396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/396
Title:
PZ 3503/40 'HH Shaikh Muhammed bin Isa Al Khalifa'
Scope & Content:
File contains correspondence regarding assistance provided by the British Government to transport Mohamed bin Isa al Khalifa, the brother of Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa [King of Bahrain], his son and three companions from Malta to Alexandria, following the recall of Italian ship the Calitea to Italy...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1940-8 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

63. IOR/L/PS/12/424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/424
Title:
PZ 5697/40 'Persian Gulf: Disposal of Consular Bags'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the dispatch of consular bags. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1940-12 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

64. IOR/L/PS/12/425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/425
Title:
PZ 5716/40 'Bahrain. bombing of by Italians; evacuation of oil companies personnel'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the bombing of Bahrein [Bahrain] by the Italians and the subsequent evacuation of oil company personnel. The discussion in the file relates to the details of the bombs dropped, the origin and flight pat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1940-26 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

65. IOR/L/PS/12/443

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/443
Title:
PZ 6471/40 'Bahrain. Cinematograph Projector for:- & films for use of:-'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the supply of cinematographic projector for Bahrain. The correspondence discusses the technical specifications and issues and logistics relating to its sourcing and dispatch to Bahrain as well as suitable...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1940-12 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

66. IOR/L/PS/12/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/516
Title:
Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the imposition of an export licence system on the trade of gold and silver in the Persian Gulf region, at first to understand the flow of trade, and then to restrict it, lest gold find its way through Turkey into enemy-occupied destinations. Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-10 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

67. IOR/L/PS/12/732

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/732
Title:
Ext 3508/42 'Report by Mr Bowlby, Petroleum Department representative, on his visit to Abadan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Basra'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a report by Hugo Salvin Bowlby, Petroleum Department representative in Baghdad, on his visit to Abadan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Basra, forwarded by Petroleum Department to the India Office. The report describes visits to oil fields in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in June 1942.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1942-6 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

68. IOR/L/PS/12/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/786
Title:
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

69. IOR/L/PS/12/787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/787
Title:
Ext 329/43(1) ‘SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with replacing sugar previously obtained by the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) from India with sugar supplied from the United Kingdom; sugar production in India and Pakistan had fallen following the end of the Second World War (1939-194...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1947-7 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

70. IOR/L/PS/12/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/788
Title:
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1943-5 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)