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1. IOR/L/PS/12/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/316
Title:
PZ 7261/39 'Kabul Mail: inclusion in India Office bag of papers, etc, for members of Legation Staff, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the acquisition of 'certain periodicals' for the British Legation at Kabul for 'propaganda purposes' during the Second World War (1939-1945). The correspondence mainly details the dispute over which department should be liable for purchasing the peri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1939-10 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2151
Title:
Coll 6/78 'Italian propaganda amongst the Arabs.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents steps considered and taken by the British to combat reported Italian anti-British propaganda and disseminate pro-British propaganda in the Middle East and beyond. The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Eric Drummond); the Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
2 Jul 1936-2 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/177-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/177-179
Title:
File 2 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The Books and Publications files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain two kinds of material: files concerning publicity in newspapers and journals about Bahrain and affairs in the wider Persian Gulf, much of it deriving from the Arabic language press and much if it of a sensitive or critic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1934-1946
Extent:
3 files (938 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1607

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1607
Title:
'File 17/6 Books and Periodicals: Correspondence re. Supply and Rules for the supply of articles'
Scope & Content:
The file documents the purchase of books and periodicals (and the management of subscriptions) by the Bahrain Political Agency. To this end it contains receipts and bills, correspondence between the Political Agent (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, and Charles Geoffrey Prio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1926-6 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (309 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1758-1763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1758-1763
Title:
File 31 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The six files forming the 'Books and Publications' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Books and Publications' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, British and international print...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1933-1950
Extent:
6 files (1446 folios)

6. ST 393

Reference (shelfmark):
ST 393
Title:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The Transactions cover the following geographic regions: India, the Middle East (especially Arabia and the Persian Gulf), East Africa (including Zanzibar), and Japan. The subjects covered by the Transactions include the following: geography; meteorology; languages; travel and exploration; histo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, German, Kanarese, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1836-1873
Extent:
20 volumes (approximately 6245 pages)