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1. IOR/R/15/2/1962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1962
Title:
File K/5 Drilling of an Artesian Well in the Agency Garden
Scope & Content:
This file contains exchanges of letters between the Political Agency in Bahrain and various merchant contractors providing quotations for work associated with drilling an artesian well in the Agency garden in Manama.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1937-22 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1310

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1310
Title:
File 6/93 Thefts and stolen property: Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to two cases of theft and stolen property, as follows: correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), Russell M Brown, and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1946-30 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/917

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/917
Title:
File No. 1/3 CIRCULARS & OFFICE ORDERS received from RESIDENCY.
Scope & Content:
The file comprises circulars and notifications issued by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, primarily to the political agents at Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait. The circulars include instructions on how different types of correspondence should be addressed so that they reach their appropria...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1933-19 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/922

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/922
Title:
File No. 12/6 1/13 SECRET SERVICE FUNDS'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and accounts relating to the secret service expenditure available to the Political Residency and the Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, including instructions on how it should be recorded and what it should be used for, as well as copies of the annual state...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1931-4 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (149 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1807

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1807
Title:
File 36/75 Import of Cars from U.S.A.
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agency in Bahrain requesting permission on behalf of the country's ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, to import cars from the USA. Also contained in the file are a number of letter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1945-12 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1816

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1816
Title:
File 36/106 III Allotment Register of Cars of 1947
Scope & Content:
This file contains lists of the allocation of car imports from the United States into Bahrain for the year 1947, as determined by the Political Agency. The lists are divided up by different car manufacturers including Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler/Dodge and Buick.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/962
Title:
'Correspondence with Accountant General Central Revenues'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises resolutions, circulars, office memorandum and correspondence issued by the following Government of India Departments: the Accountant-General, Central Revenues; the Finance Department; and the Home Department. The papers relate to rules regarding pay, leave, pensions, early re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1913-3 Apr 1926
Extent:
1 file (241 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1815
Title:
File 36/106 III Control of Motor Vehicles in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the importation of cars into Bahrain. This correspondence, some of which is in Arabic, primarily consists of letters to the Political Agency in Bahrain from local merchants, members of the ruling family, and other residents requesting permission to imp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1948-19 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (282 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1551
Title:
‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to arrangements for visits to Bahrain, or passages through Bahrain, by various individuals, including: Harbans Lal Jerath, Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi, on an official visit in late 1946 and early 1947. Details of the visit, including a tou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/450
Title:
FILE NO. 15/3 SULEIMAN AL BARUNI AND HIS RELATIVES
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Suleiman al Baruni and his relatives. The discussion in the file concerns: The nationality of al-Baruni who was from Libya and implications for his admission to Oman His membership of the Ibadhi sect and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1940-5 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)