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1. IOR/L/PS/12/563B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/563B
Title:
Ext 5000/41(14) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia towards the end of the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard, succeeded by John Helier Le Rouget...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Mar 1946-4 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (304 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/958
Title:
Ext 5034/44 'Discontent among Indian Personnel of Arabian American Oil Co. at Al Khobar and Dhahran'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence mainly from the Political Agency, Bahrain, which details the Agent's arbitration of labour disputes between the Arabian American Oil Company and Indian 'artisan' labourers. The correspondence lists the workers' grievances and actions as well as the response by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1944-13 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1156
Title:
Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/408
Title:
File 10/1 G BAPCO labour
Scope & Content:
The volume mainly contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives and staff of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the conditions and benefits...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944
Extent:
1 volume (293 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/419
Title:
File 10/3 BAPCO labour
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on discontent and strike among workers employed by BAPCO on the salaries, the cost of transportation and the conditions for the relocation. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1945-12 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (148 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/456
Title:
File 10/32 Strike by crew of SS Alfred Clegg (Panamania)
Scope & Content:
The file contains the copy of a memorandum sent by the Superintendent of the State Police in Bahrain on the strike of 25 members of the crew of the Steam Ship Alfred Clegg at Sitra, demanding better pay. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 3).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1947-12 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/861
Title:
File 38/1 Vol I, P. C. L. Exploration
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1945-10 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (231 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1561
Title:
‘File 16/50 A Conditions of employment of Indian staff in Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Company.’
Scope & Content:
Two sets of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, both relating to the rights and employment terms for Indians employed by Gray, Mackenzie & Company in Bahrain. The first set of correspondence is dated 1945, and relate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1945-10 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1573
Title:
‘File 16/61 Complaints from the Public’
Scope & Content:
Letters and other papers relating to complaints made to the Political Agency in Bahrain: complaints from individuals over ration cards issued by the Manama Municipality, and missing ration cards or numbers; commercial and contractual complaints between employees and employers, in relation to wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1945-18 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)