‘File 16/48 II Correspondence regarding Earl Haig’s appeal fund ( poppy day )’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers (order forms, promotional materials, magazines, receipts) relating to British Legion poppy appeal campaigns in Bahrain for the years 1945 to 1950. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/48 I Corr. re: Earl Haig’s Appeal Fund (Poppy Day)’ (IOR/...
‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (...
Postcard showing a black-and-white photograph of the Dwarka (operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited) at sea. The postcard was enclosed with a letter dated 1 November 1947, sent by the Bahrain office of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, to the Political Agen...
‘File 16/50 A Conditions of employment of Indian staff in Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Company.’
Scope & Content:
Two sets of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, both relating to the rights and employment terms for Indians employed by Gray, Mackenzie & Company in Bahrain. The first set of correspondence is dated 1945, and relate...
Correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) Oriental Club and the Political Agency in Bahrain, dated 1938, concerning permission to hold a ‘mimic cinema’ in the Company club house (ff 2-4). Correspondence and papers relating to two other sports and social clubs are also include...
‘File 16/52 Correspondence regarding building of Catholic Church in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence (in English and Arabic) exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) dated 1939, relating to the latter’s agreement to provide a piece of land at the edge of Manama town for the construction of a Cat...
‘File 16/53 Enquires Re: Calculation of Local Time’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and various governmental, commercial and military institutions in Bahrain, aimed at gathering a consensus on the standardisation of time in Bahrain, and the establishment of a set local time in relation to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)...
‘File 16/54 School for the Children of Indian Communities in Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, chiefly exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban) and the Government of Bahrain (represented by the Adviser to Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) on proposals to establish a school for Indian children in Bahrain. The corresp...
Papers relating to the disposal at Bahrain and Sharjah of annual incomes derived from the Haji Khudadad charitable fund. The origin of the fund, named after the late Haji Khudadad bin Mohammed, who was Supply Agent at the British naval station at Bassidu [Bāsa‘īdū], is explained in a note writte...
‘File 16/56 Arrival and departure of the Bahrain State officials and other misc. officers and their families’
Scope & Content:
Telegrams and other papers reporting the movements and anticipated movements (by sea and by air) of officials into and out of Bahrain, the Trucial Coast, and the wider Persian Gulf region. The officials referred to include British Political Agents and Officers, and the following representatives o...
