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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Merchant shipping

1. IOR/R/15/2/1977

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1977
Title:
File K/23 Correspondence regarding Notes of Protest
Scope & Content:
This file contains notes of protest presented by merchants and ship owners to the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of them pertain to cargo that was either damaged or destroyed between ports, at sea.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1942-27 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/730
Title:
‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942-15 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1195
Title:
File 5/12 "The Merchant Shipping (Helm Orders)" Order, 1935.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the publication in Bahrain of The Merchant Shipping (Helm Orders) Order, 1935. The order, issued by the Foreign Office, extended the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 to British-registered ships in any country in which His Majesty had jurisdiction. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug-11 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/758

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/758
Title:
‘File 28/70 Navicert Rules, Regulations and Instructions’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, chiefly sent from either the Government of India or the Ministry of Economic Warfare, including: official circulars, notices, instructions, and other papers, relating to the implementation of the Navicert system to Iraqi and Iranian ports in the Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1940-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (304 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/762
Title:
‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1386
Title:
‘File 12/16 Merchant Shipping Acts and instructions to Consuls’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of instructions to British Consuls, in the form of letters, printed circulars, notices and forms, issued by the Ministry of Transport (or the Ministry of War Transport during the Second World War) and relating to merchant shipping, including regulations and government p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1931-25 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/744
Title:
‘File 28/52 Landing of U.S. seamen at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence concerning the presence of United States (US) merchant seamen at Bahrain, in particular questions of facilities for and supervision of US crews while on shore leave, and jurisdiction of US citizens at Bahrain. The first part of the file contains corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1944-19 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1512
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/15 Correspondence with and from the Director of Customs, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, chiefly received from but also sent to, the Director of Customs in Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier). The majority of the correspondence is official, and relates to miscellaneous trade and customs matters in Bahrain. Aside from general correspondence, memoranda and notice...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and German
Date Range:
20 Apr 1927-27 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/660
Title:
‘File 28/1 J Sabotage to oil wells, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and notes containing guidance, issued in response to reports from the War Office, of German plans to sabotage oil fields and refineries and blow up shipping. The file includes: a copy of a telegram from MICE (Middle East Intelligence Centre) in Cairo,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

10. 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)