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1341. IOR/R/15/1/538

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/538
Title:
File 53/83 VIII (D 153) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, arms smuggling, the demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq frontier, the po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1939-25 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

1342. IOR/R/15/1/616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/616
Title:
File 78/1 II Pearl Fisheries
Scope & Content:
The Pearl Fisheries subject file contains correspondence and other papers relating to British concerns over the admission of foreign vessels into the Persian Gulf to fish on the pearling banks. At the front of the file are a number of fold-out maps (folios, 3, 5, 11 and 13) showing the locations...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1937-24 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

1343. IOR/R/15/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/6
Title:
File A/9 I Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence and other papers concern the implementation of an Order of Council in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident and the Political Agent in Bahrain, each post being held by a number of different representatives throughout the period c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1895-31 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 volume (258 folios)

1344. IOR/R/15/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/7
Title:
File A/9 II Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the introduction of the Order in Council in Bahrain on 3 February 1919. A printed copy of the Order in Council is included at the front of the volume (folios 2-9), and marked with red, blue and black pencil annotations, marking incorrect or importan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1915-16 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

1345. IOR/R/15/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13
Title:
File B/2 Oils and Minerals, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The letters, office notes and other items contained in the volume relate to the discovery and survey of bitumen (or asphalt) deposits in Bahrain, and subsequent discussions between British officials and the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, on securing exclusive concessions to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1907-12 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)

1346. IOR/R/15/2/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/177
Title:
'Books, Periodicals, and Publications'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns publicity about Bahrain in newspapers and journals, much of it of a sensitive or critical nature. The sources of the articles are the British and Indian press, the European press (Italian and German newspapers), and the Arabic press (based in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria). The transc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-16 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (316 folios)

1347. IOR/R/15/2/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/207
Title:
File 4/14 I Bahrain Development
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding an expansion of government administration in Bahrain that had been made possible by an increased level of oil revenue being received by the state. The correspondence discusses the intended direction of this expansion, the stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1937-12 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (172 folios)

1348. IOR/R/15/2/336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/336
Title:
File 8/43 Persian Gulf Newsletter
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission by the British Government of a monthly Persian Gulf newsletter to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) for the latter's Arabic Service. The correspondence is between: the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1947-1 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)

1349. IOR/R/15/2/385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/385
Title:
File 9/42 Holloway Bros, Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and Holloway Bros, an engineering company in London, which is seeking to establish a branch in Dubai. There is correspondence with the Ruler of Dubai, in Arabic with English translation.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1949-11 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

1350. IOR/R/15/2/741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/741
Title:
‘File 28/46-I Miscellaneous war requirements’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence associated with a miscellaneous assortment of matters arising in wartime Bahrain: an enquiry from the Government of India in November 1942, for 2,600 mother of pearl shells, which are required by the Superintendent at the Mathematical Instrument Office in Calcut...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1942-27 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

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