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1891. IOR/R/15/2/1214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1214
Title:
File 6/7 Allowances to Al Khalifah family
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding allowances paid by Shaikh Hamad bin Isa of Bahrain [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] to members of his ruling Al Khalifah family. The correspondence is between the Shaikh, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1926-8 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

1892. IOR/R/15/2/1412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1412
Title:
File 14/1 V Conveyance of mails at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence with Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo, regarding the contract for conveyance of mail at Bahrain, and the cost of the service. The file also contains copies of agreements between the Political Agency and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo (folios 4-7, 20-24, 37-40).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1945-1 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

1893. IOR/R/15/2/1555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1555
Title:
‘File 16/45 Case of certain thefts from the Political Agency, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers relating to incidents of theft occurring at the Political Agency: in June 1933, the theft of money from drawers in an Agency office (ff 2-9); in March 1934, another incident of money stolen from Agency cash boxes (ff 10-11); in August 1937, an incident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Jun 1933-25 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

1894. IOR/R/15/2/1577

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1577
Title:
‘File 16/65 Correspondence with the Imperial Bank of Iran, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with the Imperial Bank of Iran, with which the Political Agency held a number of accounts, as listed on folio 2. The correspondence is of a routine nature: branch opening hours; the opening of a Dubai branch of the bank; the issue of bank drafts ‘at par’ (face value) for official ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1944-13 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

1895. IOR/R/15/2/1680

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1680
Title:
File 21/28 Correspondence regarding flight of Dutch Civil Aircraft Post "JAGEA"
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the flight to Singapore of the Dutch Civil Aircraft Post 'Jagea'. The correspondence is between: Imperial Airways Ltd, both in Shaibah and Sharjah; Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Percy Gordon Loch, P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1933-20 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

1896. IOR/R/15/2/1690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1690
Title:
File 22/1 II Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The correspondence and other papers contained in the file relate to the day-to-day operations of the weather observatory in Bahrain. These include the rising costs of living in Bahrain, in part a result of the growth of the oil industry, population growth and housing shortages which have caused ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1938-30 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

1897. IOR/R/15/2/1723

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1723
Title:
File 28/19 Labour for the Petroleum Concessions Ltd
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited representatives and managers, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the employment and repatriation of British Indian and non British lab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1936-27 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (150 folios)

1898. IOR/R/15/2/1747

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1747
Title:
File 29/6 British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Khorramshahr
Scope & Content:
The file contains a Confidential Foreign Office report entitled 'British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Mohammerah'. The report contains a detailed history of the relationship between the British Government and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī, the Ruler of Mohammerah (present day ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

1899. IOR/R/15/2/1825

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1825
Title:
File A/2 I Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to around sixty cases, involving slaves who have applied for manumission at the Agency in Bahrain. Copies of correspondence relating to many of these cases can also be found in the following Bushire Residency files: 'File 5/161 IV Manumission of slaves at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1932-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (343 folios)

1900. IOR/R/15/2/1826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1826
Title:
File A/2 II Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file is correspondence relating to about forty-eight manumission applications, most of which were made at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Some applications are made with the Residency Agent at Sharjah, and forwarded to the Agency at Bahrain for submission to the Political Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
20 Dec 1934-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (349 folios)

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