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21. IOR/R/15/2/601-604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/601-604
Title:
File 20 Slavery: Slave Trade in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
These slavery files consist of confidential correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to the nature and extent of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf region. The files contain: reports and statistical data on the slave trade, gathered for the League of Nations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
4 files and volumes (1176 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/177-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/177-179
Title:
File 2 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The Books and Publications files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain two kinds of material: files concerning publicity in newspapers and journals about Bahrain and affairs in the wider Persian Gulf, much of it deriving from the Arabic language press and much if it of a sensitive or critic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1934-1946
Extent:
3 files (938 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/861-872

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/861-872
Title:
File 38: Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:
The files and volumes contain correspondence and memoranda relating to the work of Petroleum Concessions Limited and their subsidiaries, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, in the Persian Gulf ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1950
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1149 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/873-891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/873-891
Title:
File 39: Oil Development
Scope & Content:
The nineteen files forming the 'Oil Development' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Oil Development' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, other British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
19 files (844 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/858-860

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/858-860
Title:
File 37: Visits
Scope & Content:
The 3 files forming the 'Visits' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Visits' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, other British authorities, the Ruler o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1940-1948
Extent:
3 files (376 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/630-632

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/630-632
Title:
File 23 Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses: recruitment of a teacher for a school in Muscat; issues involved in the purchase or lease of Masirah Island to the British Government as a permanent base;different Arabic titles by which the Sultan of Muscat liked to be referred and how this contrasted with the titles ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
3 files (35 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/645-650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/645-650
Title:
File 27 Etiquette
Scope & Content:
The Etiquette files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, contain files from the 1930s and 1940s concerning: gun salutes for British officials and members of the various Arab ruling families in the Gulf; social etiquette (such as terms of address, relative seniority of British officials and seating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
6 files (564 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/195-210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/195-210
Title:
File 4 Bahrain State
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that relate to the development of the state of Bahrain, the running of its government and its finances. The files cover financial information and the development of state services (IOR/R/15/2/195-198), educati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1945
Extent:
16 files (3,575 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/543-550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/543-550
Title:
File 15 Miscellaneous Reports
Scope & Content:
The files in this sub-sub series are categorised as miscellaneous reports; they cover diverse topics such as the ownership of islands in the Gulf as well as the leading personalities and tribes of Abu Dhabi, Buraimi and British Somaliland. The files include discussion of: the geographical charac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1930-1949
Extent:
8 files (566 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/2/557-572

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/557-572
Title:
File 17 Posts and Telegraphs
Scope & Content:
The Posts and Telegraphs sub-sub-series discusses matters relating to wireless telegraphy, postal services and other communications matters affecting Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly during the Second World War. Included in the sub-sub-series are discussions around exist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1932-1949
Extent:
16 files and volumes (1513 folios)

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