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1. IOR/R/15/2/884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/884
Title:
File 39/14 (10/5A) Storage of provisions by CASOC in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the representatives of California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding supplies of American food imported to Bahrain by CASOC.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1940-2 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342
Title:
File 9/1 Confidential correspondence regarding Bahrain food supplies
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Gulf regarding imports to Bahrain of rice from India and sugar. There is also mention of correspondence regarding import of vehicles (not included in the file).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/348
Title:
File 9/7 Report on Trade Conditions in Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains a report compiled by the Vice-Consul at Bushire, J G Baillie, on a commercial tour of the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf. The report focusses on trade; in particular: the importance of Bahrain; the abundance of cheap Japanese goods (cotton, silk and pearls), which has been dama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1934-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/365
Title:
File 9/17 Bahrain General Merchants' Association
Scope & Content:
The document is a report on the visit by representatives of the Bahrain General Merchants Association to the Political Agency at Bahrain. The newly formed association voiced its discontent for the electricity costs imposed by the Bahrain Electric Department and requested clarity on the import of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

5. IOR/R/15/2/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/737
Title:
‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: 1) copies of extracts, or complete copies of, Persian Gulf Trade War Bureau reports, numbered 29 to 37, and issued weekly and dated between 15 August 1942 and 2 November 1942; 2) copies of correspondence concerning the re-export trade from the Arab Coast, chiefly from Dubai t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1942-5 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/611
Title:
'IMPORT INTO QATAR OF A STATUETTE OF VIRGIN MARY'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the importation into Qatar of a Roman Catholic statuette of the Virgin Mary by a Goanese member of staff of Petroleum Concession Limited at Dukhan [Dukhān]. The case is referred to the Political Agent at Bahrain on 3 December 1947 since there has been no resolution (folio 2) a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1947-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/698

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/698
Title:
‘File 28/12 Establishment of Contraband Control Centre’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the transport and trade in contraband goods through the Gulf during the Second World War, with particular reference to the trade in goods of enemy origin or destination. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1939-4 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/759
Title:
‘File 28/71 Navicert = routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of the Navicert system in the Persian Gulf, which was intended to regulate and control shipping in and out of the Persian Gulf during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1941-29 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/767
Title:
‘File 29/18i I Food Supplies – TEA & COFFEE’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact on the population and economy of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast sheikhdoms, of Government of India export licensing restrictions for the supply of tea and to a lesser extent, coffee, sugar, dates and cotton piece goods, to the Persian G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
08 Mar 1940-16 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (372 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/793
Title:
File 29/32 CIGARETTES FOR BAHRAIN & TRUCIAL COAST from INDIA
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding tobacco quotas imported from India, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to Bahrain, Kuwait, Trucial Coast, Muscat, and Gwadur [Gwadar]. The correspondence is mainly about fixing quota distributions between manufacturers. It also discusse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1944-18 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)