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21. IOR/R/15/2/665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/665
Title:
‘File 28/1 L II British personnel recruited as refinery guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, discipline, and resignation of members of the Bahrain Special Defence Police, who were charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1942-7 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/674
Title:
‘File 28/1 W (Bahrain Defence) N.C.O. – ‘Iraq levy officer’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence related to the recruitment of NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers) from Iraq, to serve in the Bahrain Special Police Force. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain, Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban and the Air Officer Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1939-19 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/724

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/724
Title:
‘File 28/32 I Recruitment in Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to investigations into the prospect of recruiting large numbers of labourers from the Persian Gulf, for non-combatant military work in Basra, and later on, civilian (oil refinery) labour at Abadan. The principal correspondents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1942-28 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/734
Title:
‘File 28/39 Emergency Commissions’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to emergency military commission (also referred to as the King’s Emergency Commission), and applications made by employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and the Government of Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1939-28 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/748
Title:
‘File 28/57 I Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) to undertake military service in time of war, and correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1939-23 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 volume (337 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/749
Title:
‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) for emergency commission to the military forces, and correspondence concerning official policy towards volunteers for military duty, and proposals for the introduction in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1930-2 Feb 1942
Extent:

1 volume (351 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/753

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/753
Title:
‘File 28/61 War. BAPCO and A.I.O.C. – Attitude of employees regarding enlistment in armed forces at outbreak of war’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the appointment of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) as special police officers, to be engaged as part of BAPCO’s oil refinery defence scheme in time of war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1939-2 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/1594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1594
Title:
‘16/86 Correspondence regarding the Regular Army Reserve of Officers’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning recruitment to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. The file was instigated by an enquiry from employees of the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, about joining the Reserve of Officers. The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1950-19 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/5/279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/279
Title:
File 6/6 Proposal to post a Special Service Officer in the Gulf; appointment of Air Liaison Officer
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence pertaining to the possible appointment of a Special Service Officer. The papers detail the officer's responsibilities and also provide an overview of the political and administrative context in which the appointment was being sought by the various correspondents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1929-4 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/6/66 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/66 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XXXVIII/9: Muscat State Affairs
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs’ consists of one file, XXXVIII/9. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The correspondence includes copies of proclamations issued by the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Urdu
Date Range:
1913-1935
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)