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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/64 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 25 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:: The records consist of one file only. The file relates to the correction of shortages in weights used by foreign shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain, and the supply of sets of standard weights for the state.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1909-1917
Extent:: 1 file (68 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/766-794
Title:: File 29 War: Food Supplies
Scope & Content:: The 29 surviving files about wartime food supplies contain the correspondence of the Political Agent for Bahrain with other British officials in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East and India, as well as rulers, officials and merchants in Bahrain, Dubai, Sharjah and Qatar. They discuss the maintena...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:: 1940-1950
Extent:: 29 files (5,479 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/955
Title:: 206 Cypher Codes. Correspondence re.
Scope & Content:: The file comprises copies of telegrams written in cypher, some of which have the decoded words written above in pencil. The cyphers in use in the file are the Government Telegraph Code and the Indian Word Code, and correspondence from the Government of India is also included regarding the update...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Oct 1918-16 Mar 1926
Extent:: 1 file (20 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/72-79
Title:: File 27: Trade Reports
Scope & Content:: The Trade Reports sub-sub-series is concerned almost entirely with the preparation and submission of trade reports for Kuwait. IOR/R/15/5/72-74 and IOR/R/15/5/77 largely consist of submitted annual trade reports and related correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1905-1928
Extent:: 8 files and volumes (1711 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/313-319
Title:: File 13: Foreigners
Scope & Content:: The sub-sub-series contains papers, mainly correspondence, of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to foreigners in Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. It includes files relating the following subjects: the American Mission and American missionaries in Kuwait (IOR/R/15/5/313 and IOR/R/15/5/314) forei...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1904-1949
Extent:: 7 files (489 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/6/122-127
Title:: File 3 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:: The Subject files File 3 (Books and Publications) sub-sub-series of the Political Agency, Muscat covers the following information relating to Muscat and Oman: customary law, charts and maps, land routes, and transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Pashto, and Persian
Date Range:: 1929-1939
Extent:: 6 files (184 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/573-587
Title:: File 18 Judicial
Scope & Content:: The Judicial files each relate to a separate issue. The main categories are: Penal matters (IOR/R/15/2/573, IOR/R/15/2/587); the framing, application and interpretation of judicial legislation governing a variety of matters, including the question of British jurisdiction over American nationals ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1933-1950
Extent:: 15 files (824 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1329-1333
Title:: File 8: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:: The Miscellaneous subject files contain records concerning the import of opium and other restricted drugs into Bahrain, the distribution of alcohol among British agencies and residencies in the Persian Gulf, and the prohibition against the purchase and drinking of alcohol in Bahrain.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1926-1949
Extent:: 5 files (988 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1410-1430
Title:: File 14: Postal
Scope & Content:: The 31 files forming the 'Postal' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Postal' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, other British authorities, various Post Officers, the Adviser to...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1926-1950
Extent:: 21 files (2922 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692
Title:: File 22 Meteorological
Scope & Content:: The meteorological correspondence subject files contain correspondence and papers relating to the set-up and day-to-day operation of the Bahrain meteorological observatory between 1927 and 1948. They also contain meteorological statistical data from the observatory (as well as corresponding mete...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1927-1950
Extent:: 4 files (1001 folios)

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