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3881. IOR/R/15/2/287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/287
Title:
‘File 7/24 Lease of R.A.F. land to A.I.O.C. [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company]’
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to a request made by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company [AIOC] to lease land belonging to the Air Ministry at Qadhibia [Qudaibiya], on the outskirts of Manama. A decision on the lease was deferred by the Political Agent in Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Gallo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1946-1 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

3882. IOR/R/15/2/287, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/287, f 16
Title:
‘Plan of the empty land situated at Qadhibia (outskirt of Manama) – Harbour of Bahrain – which has been sold by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: A tracing of a plan showing in red the extent of land at Qadhibia, south of Manama, acquired by the British Government for the purposes of a naval base. Area outlined and hatched red shows land leased to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Private properties labelled with owner...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946
Extent:
1 map

3883. IOR/R/15/2/294-341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/294-341
Title:
File 8 Reports and Returns
Scope & Content:
The files consist of collated periodicals produced by various military and governmental offices and containing intelligence on a wide range of subjects, all of which were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the files include the related correspondence. The geographic focus of the fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1922-1950
Extent:
48 files (6052 folios)

3884. IOR/R/15/2/342-387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342-387
Title:
File 9 Trade and Commerce
Scope & Content:
The forty-six volumes and files forming the 'Trade and Commerce' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the files and volumes date from 1928-1950. The 'Trade and Commerce' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1928-1950
Extent:
46 files and volumes (4028 folios)

3885. IOR/R/15/2/351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/351
Title:
File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Eastern Bank Limited, on the subject of smuggling of various goods and commodities. These include: import of unlicensed tea f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1934-13 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)

3886. IOR/R/15/2/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/359
Title:
File 9/11 Smuggling of Arms
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent and received by the Political Agency at Bahrain, the other Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, the India Office in London and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, concerning the smuggling of arms and ammunitions from the Arab side of the Gulf into Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1934-24 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

3887. IOR/R/15/2/377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/377
Title:
File 9/33 Complaints made against Gray Mackenzie's Dubai Agent
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning complaints made by some merchants from Dubai that Gray Mackenzie & Co's Agent in Dubai has been bribing passengers travelling by boat. There are letters from Gray Mackenzie & Co's representa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1947-14 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

3888. IOR/R/15/2/388-460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/388-460
Title:
File 10 Oil and Minerals
Scope & Content:
The 73 volumes and files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The majority of the files and volumes date from 1932-1951 except for IOR/R/15/2/411, containing documents from 1916. The 'Oil and Minerals' subjec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916-1950
Extent:
73 files and volumes (12,321 folios)

3889. IOR/R/15/2/461-483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/461-483
Title:
File 11 Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain Political Agency confidential files on Saudi Arabia chiefly concern the relationship that Saudi Arabia and its Ruler ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (also known as Ibn Sa‘ūd) had with British-administered Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial shaikhdoms. The British Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
23 files and volumes (714 folios)

3890. IOR/R/15/2/484-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:
File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (970 folios)

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