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271. IOR/R/15/2/851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/851
Title:
File 35/7 Agitation for Constitutional Reforms in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The majority of the correspondence in this file discusses the activities of a Bahraini named Abdullah Zeerah (also spelt Zireh). In 1948, Zeerah travelled to Iran and announced in front of its parliament that the people of Bahrain wanted Persian rule to be re-established over Bahrain. The file c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1948-1 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

272. IOR/R/15/2/854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/854
Title:
File 36/2 (1 A/20) Foreign Consular Activities in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding foreign consular activities in Bahrain and the surrounding region. The topics discussed in the correspondence include rumours of an Iraqi Government consulate being established in Bahrain, the desire of the US Government to establish a consulate in Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1933-9 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (221 folios)

273. IOR/R/15/2/910

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/910
Title:
File 42/15 (1 A/37 III) Bahrain Government Health Visitor
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of two British women (M M Mullally and M A Dowds) for the position of Health Sister in the Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1947-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

274. IOR/R/15/2/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/615
Title:
‘File 21/22 Customs’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to Jasim bin Mohammed al Baghdadi (also referred to in the file as Jasim bin Mohammed al Hadla), suspected of accounting malpractice while working at the customs department in Qatar. The file includes: copies of Qatar accounts for the month of Dhil Qa’d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1949-26 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

275. 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)

276. 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)

277. 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)

278. 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)

279. 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)

280. IOR/R/15/2/822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/822
Title:
File 32/17 (4/5) Law and Order
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the maintenance of law and order in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence in the file relates to the murder of a woman in Hedd (al-Hidd). This correspondence discusses whether or not the culprits of the murder (who were relatives of the woman killed) sho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1935-9 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

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