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671. IOR/R/15/2/667

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/667
Title:
‘File 28/1 N II Bahrain oil – production figures’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and statistical tables relating to the production of oil and associated petroleum products by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are the Chief Local Representative for BAPCO (R M Brown, repl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1946-23 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

672. IOR/R/15/2/698

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/698
Title:
‘File 28/12 Establishment of Contraband Control Centre’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the transport and trade in contraband goods through the Gulf during the Second World War, with particular reference to the trade in goods of enemy origin or destination. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1939-4 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

673. IOR/R/15/2/722

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/722
Title:
‘File 28/30 War. Hostilities in Iran’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers produced in response to Britain’s involvement in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, which began on 25 August 1941. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1941-29 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

674. IOR/R/15/2/726

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/726
Title:
‘File 28/34-(i) War Emergency Legislation’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the drawing up of: a) an Emergency Order in Council, with Defence Regulations, and b) proclamations by the Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar, for issue in the event of war with Germany. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1939-23 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

675. IOR/R/15/2/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/759
Title:
‘File 28/71 Navicert = routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of the Navicert system in the Persian Gulf, which was intended to regulate and control shipping in and out of the Persian Gulf during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1941-29 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

676. IOR/R/15/2/767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/767
Title:
‘File 29/18i I Food Supplies – TEA & COFFEE’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact on the population and economy of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast sheikhdoms, of Government of India export licensing restrictions for the supply of tea and to a lesser extent, coffee, sugar, dates and cotton piece goods, to the Persian G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
08 Mar 1940-16 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (372 folios)

677. IOR/R/15/2/894

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/894
Title:
File No. 40/4 Red Oxide at Abu Musa
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the concession for red oxide (also known as ferric oxide) which the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Company Limited (Eric Innes Pocock) was exploiting at Abu Musa [Abū Mūsā] including the company’s relationship with the Shaikh of Sharjah (Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī) and wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1935-14 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

678. IOR/R/15/2/261

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/261
Title:
‘File 7/1 II Land purchased by H.M.G. at (a) Muharraq. (b) Qudhaibiyah. (c) Jufair for R.A.F. (d) Royal Navy’
Scope & Content:
The volume, which is a continuation of ‘File 7/1 I RAF and naval bases in Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/2/260) comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the acquisition in 1934 of land at Manama and Muharraq by the British Government, for air and naval facilities. The principal correspondents i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1934-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 volume (139 folios)

679. IOR/R/15/2/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/367
Title:
File 9/22 Opening of second bank in Bahrain: Imperial Bank of Iran
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in Bushire, the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran on the opening of a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Bahrain. The bank in question is the second bank in Bahrain, and the new branch ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1944-3 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

680. IOR/R/15/2/536

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/536
Title:
‘File 13/32 Joint use of Bahrain and Sharjah airfields by civil and military aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the proposed joint-use of the aerodromes at Bahrain and Sharjah for both civil and military purposes, and are chiefly comprised of a series of papers entitled ‘General Principles and Practices to be followed at Joint-User Airfields Overseas’, issued by the Ministry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1948-2 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

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