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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Subject Firearms

1. IOR/R/15/2/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/575
Title:
File 18/3 Application of Indian Arms Act to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file mainly relates to a proposal to curb the proliferation of arms in Bahrain [often referred to in the papers as Bahrein] by the issue of a proclamation (also referred to as an Alaan and an 'Alan) by the Ruler of Bahrain banning the import and export of fireams and other weapons and provid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
5 Jan 1935-22 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/746
Title:
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1938-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1611
Title:
File 17/9 Government Property: Bahrain Toshakhana Articles and Returns
Scope & Content:
The file concerns articles in the Bahrain Toshakhana, the store where items received as gifts from tribal chiefs and princes were deposited. Such items were often later presented as gifts to other rulers. Most of the material comprises correspondence between: the Political Resident in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1927-30 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (249 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/118
Title:
‘I. Saudiyeh. (4.) Saudi Arms and Coast Guard Regulations. Vol. I’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning regulations introduced by the Government of Saudi Arabia. Although reference is made in the file title to coastguard regulations, the majority of the file is dedicated to regulations introducing a prohibition on the import, sale and possession of firearms in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1934-17 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/472
Title:
War Subsidy & Grants 1939 to 1942
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to the supply and gifting of arms and ammunition to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman during roughly the first half of the Second World War between 1939 and 1942. The papers are primarily receipts and lists of weapons and ammunition requested and subsequently tran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1939-9 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 volume (210 folios)