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451. IOR/R/15/2/1551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1551
Title:
‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to arrangements for visits to Bahrain, or passages through Bahrain, by various individuals, including: Harbans Lal Jerath, Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi, on an official visit in late 1946 and early 1947. Details of the visit, including a tou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

452. IOR/R/15/2/1563

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1563
Title:
‘File 16/52 Correspondence regarding building of Catholic Church in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence (in English and Arabic) exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) dated 1939, relating to the latter’s agreement to provide a piece of land at the edge of Manama town for the construction of a Cat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1939-27 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

453. IOR/R/15/2/1571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1571
Title:
‘16/59 Correspondence regarding Government of India Gazette.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the reorganisation and distribution of the Gazette of India. The file contains a circular letter from the Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, dated 18 April 1944, detailing sections of the Gazette and its sale and annual subscription prices (folio 3). The fi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1944-7 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

454. IOR/R/15/2/1670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1670
Title:
File 20/5 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Honours, Titles & Decorations
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the grant of titles and badges to various persons in the Gulf. For instance, the title ‘Khan Bahadur’ was given to, among others, Khan Sahib Abdur Rahman Zaiyani, an Arab merchant, and to Mirza Ismail Barduli, an interpreter at the Agency in Muscat. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1914-Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

455. IOR/R/15/2/1681

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1681
Title:
File 21/29 Proposal regarding aeroplane for Political Agent, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes and correspondence relating to the proposal for the purchase or loan of an aircraft for the use of the Political Agent in Bahrain. The correspondence is between: Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at Bahrain; Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1935-12 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

456. IOR/R/15/2/1686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1686
Title:
File 21/35 Accidents to British Overseas Airways Corporation planes
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, with enclosures, between the Political Agency at Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) relating to the crash of BOAC flying boat number G-AHZB on 23 August 1947. The aircraft crashed into the sea on landing, killing ten of the twenty-six pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1947-3 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

457. IOR/R/15/2/1736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1736
Title:
File 28/39 Roster of Petroleum Concessions Limited Employees
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) representative, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the roster of employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai and lists of employees.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1947-20 Oct 1950
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

458. IOR/R/15/2/1741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1741
Title:
File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Sharjah, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India at New Delhi, Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd. and other suppliers, on arrangements and expenditures for sending an anti-locust delegation from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1944-3 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (265 folios)

459. IOR/R/15/2/1022, f 76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1022, f 76
Title:
A sketch map of Persian Gulf region for use in clerical examination
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: First of four identical copies (folios 76, 90, 99 and 111c) contained within this file. This copy has five place names added in pencil.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1936-1939
Extent:
1 map

460. IOR/R/15/2/1022, f 90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1022, f 90
Title:
A sketch map of Persian Gulf region for use in clerical examinations
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Second of four identical copies (folios 76, 90, 99 and 111c) contained within this file.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1936-1939
Extent:
1 map