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1. IOR/R/15/2/139-174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/139-174
Title:
File 1/A Administration (Political)
Scope & Content:
The administration (Political) files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, deal with matters of political and economic importance during the 1930s, and specific issues (particularly food control and publicity) relating to the Second World War (1939-45). The files fall into a number of groups and in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1931-1946
Extent:
36 files (8736 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/167
Title:
File 1/A/43 Refinery Guards Pallant and McCracken.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to two cases concerning British guards employed at the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) refinery in Bahrain, which involved the intervention of the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Political Resident in Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. The first case arose from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1940-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/153
Title:
File 1/A/25 II BROADCASTING - PUBLICITY
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Arabic language broadcasting by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Bahrain. The papers also cover the impact of broadcasting in the region generally, particularly Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1938-3 May 1939
Extent:
1 volume (380 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/162
Title:
File 1/A/39 I GUN RUNNING and PIRACY
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns gun-running and piracy in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Hugh Weightman); the Residency Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1934-4 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 volume (331 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/163
Title:
File 1/A/39 II GUN-RUNNING AND PIRACY.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns gun-running and piracy in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Muscat; and the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (SNOPG). The papers c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1938-11 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/141
Title:
File 1/A/5 I Qatar Affairs.
Scope & Content:
The volume is a correspondence file concerning affairs in Qatar, which came under the administration of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; the India Office; the War Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1932-12 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154
Title:
File 1/A/33 I Site for Residency at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed transfer of the Persian Gulf Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, specifically the choice of a suitable site in Bahrain; the estimated costs involved; and the eventual selection of a site at Busaitin adjoining the Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground on Muharraq Isla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/154, f 222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154, f 222
Title:
'MUHARRAK'
Scope & Content:
Imprint: 'A.H.Q. Drawing Office. Hinaidi. [...] Drawn by D.S.L.'. Distinctive features: Includes reference section showing boundary pillar, spot heights, approximate form lines. Shows Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground and property at Muharrak (see letter in IOR/R/15/2/154, folios 220-221)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1935
Extent:

1 plan

9. IOR/R/15/2/154, f 145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154, f 145
Title:
'ROUGH PLAN OF FORE SHORE OF BUSAITEEN IN MOHARRAK ISLAND'
Scope & Content:
Imprint: 'Prepared in the Land Department Baharain [Bahrain]'. Distinctive features: Area that it was proposed should be acquired for the Bahrain Political Residency shown edged in red crayon (see IOR/R/15/2/154, folio 144). Locations mentioned in title usually referred to file as Bisaitin,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1936
Extent:

1 plan

10. IOR/R/15/2/154, f 70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154, f 70
Title:
BAHRAIN ISLAND. Season 1904-05. PERSIAN GULF
Scope & Content:
Imprint: 'Surveyed under the direction of Lieut.-Colonel F. B. Longe, R.E., Surveyor General of India.' 'Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun.' Distinctive features: Includes an index to places on the map in English and Arabic. Includes list of symbols and abbreviatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 map