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91. IOR/R/15/2/56-58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/56-58
Title:
File 4 British Interests
Scope & Content:
These Confidential subject files contain diary entries for the years and quarantine reports for the years 1913-17, and secret commercial intelligence reports on the activities of Hamburg-Amerika Linie for the year 1913-1914. Among the topics covered within the diary entries are: the First World W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1913-1917
Extent:
3 files (583 folios)

92. IOR/R/15/2/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/86
Title:
File 1/14 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Retirement of Shaikh Isa & Najdi-Persian Riots of May 1923.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns intercommunal and religious rioting in Bahrain between Persians and Najdis (also referred to as Nejdis), which resulted in the deaths of a number of people. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident, Bahrain (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) and the (acting)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
10 May 1923-6 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)

93. IOR/R/15/2/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/87
Title:
File 1/15 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- DOWASIR tribe & their removal from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the removal of the Dowasir [Dawāsir] (also spelled Dawasir) tribe from Bahrain following disturbances between the Dowasir and other Bahraini communities. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Political Resident in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1922-26 May 1928
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

94. IOR/R/15/2/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/122
Title:
File 8/3 Pearling industry
Scope & Content:
The contents of the volume relate to Bahrain's pearl diving economy, and fall under two major concerns: 1) The industry's declining profitability, and the impact this has had upon pearl divers. A large portion of the file is occupied by handwritten balance sheets (all undated) of saibs (pullers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1912-18 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

95. IOR/R/15/2/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/127
Title:
File 9/1 Institution of Reforms & Sunni opposition intrigues
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume (folios 2 to 146) covers the period 1922 to 1927, and concerns proposals for reforms in the Sheikhdom of Bahrain, and their subsequent implementation and impact on the kingdom. This part of the volume contains letters exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1922-19 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

96. IOR/R/15/2/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/131
Title:
File 9/4 Bahrain Reforms. Introduction of Reforms in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains printed copies of Government of India confidential correspondence, relating to the Bahrain reforms. The majority of the letters contained in volume are printed copies of correspondence originally sent to the Government of India either by the Political Resident in the Persian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1921-27 Jul 1924
Extent:
1 volume (98 folios)

97. IOR/R/15/2/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/343
Title:
File 9/2 Pearling
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation at Jedda, the Political Agent at Sharjah, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Ruler of Dubai and the Ruler of Qatar, on the subject of introd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1934-10 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)

98. IOR/R/15/2/346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/346
Title:
File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah. The correspondence refers to merchants mixing Japanese cultured pearls with real pearls in the Trucial Coast, thereby damaging the reputation of the industry with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1933-7 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

99. IOR/R/15/2/362

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/362
Title:
File 9/14 Visit of Danish Fishing Vessel to Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the visit to the Persian Gulf of the Director of the Danish Biological Station, Dr H Blegvad. Dr Blegvad was visiting on behalf of the Persian Government, to inspect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1936-26 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

100. IOR/R/15/2/888

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/888
Title:
File 39/22 Bahrain pearling banks in strip of seabed leased by Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain regarding the use of pearling banks within areas of oil interest near Ras Tanura.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1947-24 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)