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1. IOR/R/15/1/638-703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/638-703
Title:
File 86: Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises detailed records of the negotiations for, and awarding of, oil concessions in the Persian Gulf. Also included are records of the exploitation of the concession through geological surveying, drilling, and the construction of refineries and pipelines. The main concess...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1925-1948
Extent:
66 files and volumes (7898 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/953

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/953
Title:
'189 Trade Report, Bahrain Islands. From 1923-1924.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly), the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (W Meikle), and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo regarding the value of pearls exported from Bahrain April 1923-March 1924 for inclusion in the 1923-1924 Bahrain Trad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1924-11 May 1924
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/349
Title:
File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the pearling industry of Bahrain and the reforms of the industry that were enacted by the British during the 1920s. The correspondence discusses the status of the industry prior to the reforms, the nature of the relationship between the ship captain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1924-30 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1344

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1344
Title:
File 10/4 I Trade Reports
Scope & Content:
Trade Reports and related correspondence, Bahrain. The file includes trade reports, Bahrain, for the financial years 1924-25 to 1931-32, inclusive, with associated correspondence. The reports list twenty-five countries from which imports were received (notably India, Iraq, Arabia, and Persia) und...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1926-27 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (547 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1349
Title:
File 10/6 Pearl diving and pearl trade: Correspondence re:
Scope & Content:
The file contains a paper entitled 'Vocabulary of diving terms', giving a list of terms for types of divers and persons related to diving, and descriptions of four diving systems; notes on advances and payments; notes on accounts; list of general terms relating to diving; miscellaneous notes on d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1929-18 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/3
Title:
File A/5 Pearl fisheries of Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to the British Government’s concerns over growing British and international interest in the Gulf’s pearling industry, hitherto almost exclusively exploited by the region’s indigenous inhabitants. 1) The first half of the file (folios 2-13) comprises copies of Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1904-19 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/14
Title:
File B/3 Sponge and Pearl Concessions
Scope & Content:
The file’s letters, memoranda and other papers relate to attempts by foreign and British commercial concerns to obtain concessions in the Gulf for sponge fishing and the fishing and export of pearls. The principle correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1905-9 Jan 1918
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/351
Title:
File 19/176 II (C 40) Bahrain Finances
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed correspondence regarding Bahrain's finances from 1931 and 1932 including revenue and expenditure figures. The correspondence also discusses the levy of the zakat religious tax, customs/tariff matters, budget estimates, auditing details and other financial issues. On ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1932-11 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/352
Title:
File 19/176 III (C 51) Bahrain Finances
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed correspondence regarding Bahrain's finances from between 1932 and 1934 including revenue and expenditure figures. The correspondence also discusses state control of artesian wells, customs/tariff matters, budget estimates, auditing details, counterfeit coins and other...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1932-6 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (344 folios)