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4071. IOR/R/15/2/1753

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1753
Title:
File 29/16 British Naturalisation, and Retention and Resumption of British Nationality
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the retention and resumption of British nationality and the naturalisation of individuals as British citizens. The file contains copies of letters of application from a number of different individuals (some of which are in Arabic) and requests sent o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1937-16 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

4072. IOR/R/15/2/1754

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1754
Title:
File 29/22 B II Special Endorsement for British Territories etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documents related to special endorsements for travel issued in Bahrain and Sharjah for individuals travelling to British territories including India, Palestine and the Union of South Africa. The file also contains lists of visas granted to 'aliens' (i.e. non...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1945-Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

4073. IOR/R/15/2/1756

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1756
Title:
File 29/35 Travel Facilities for Gulf Subjects - Issue of Certificate of Identity
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters sent to the British authorities by individuals in the Gulf (mainly from Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar) requesting for travel documents and permission to travel (primarily to other locations in the Gulf) to be issued to them. Some of these letters are from ex-slaves...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1944-31 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (309 folios)

4074. 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)

4075. IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770
Title:
File 33 Wireless/Telegraph
Scope & Content:
The Wireless/Telegraph files of the Political Agency, Bahrain fall into two main groups. The first group (IOR/R/15/2/1764-1768) concerns the work of the Wireless (later Radio) Station, Bahrain in the period 1926-50. The station was initially run by the Indo-European Telegraph Department (a dep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
7 files (598 folios)

4076. IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817
Title:
File 36: War: Export and Imports
Scope & Content:
The 'War: Exports and Imports' sub-sub-series contains files related to the Political Agency in Bahrain's regulation of all imports/exports in to and out of Bahrain and the broader Persian Gulf region during and after the Second World War. As such, the files in this sub-sub-series primarily co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1950
Extent:
45 files (6,535 folios)

4077. IOR/R/15/2/1808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1808
Title:
File 36/86 II Export of Gold and Silver from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the movement of currency and precious metals (gold and silver) around the Persian Gulf. The Correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Eastern Bank Limited. A small...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1942-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (378 folios)

4078. IOR/R/15/2/1819-1823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1819-1823
Title:
Un-numbered Files
Scope & Content:
The un-numbered files comprise correspondence and papers covering a miscellaneous range of subjects: a court case, heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain in 1950, relating to a legal dispute between M Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam, and Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros of Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1819); de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1950
Extent:
5 files (387 folios)

4079. IOR/R/15/2/1828

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1828
Title:
File A/2 IV Correspondence regarding slaves and their manumission certificates
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers related to individual manumission cases heard by the Political Agency at Muscat. The Agency at Muscat sent details of each case, including copies of the slaves' manumission statements, to the Bahrain Agency (eg. folios 1B, 2). In turn, in those cases w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1939-14 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

4080. IOR/R/15/2/1830

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1830
Title:
File A/2 II [3/A II] Slavery: cases of Qatar slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning Qatar slaves seeking manumission in Bahrain. In total there are five cases included in the file where the slave in question seeks manumission from the Political Agency in Bahrain. In one case, the manumission statement is made by the husband of a femal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1946-22 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

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