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71. IOR/R/15/2/1949

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1949
Title:
File H/2 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Muharraq Schools and Club
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Ministry of Education in Bahrain, the Political Agent, and various schools in Bahrain. The papers consist mainly of invitations to annual school events. The file notes at the end of the file contain some information about anti-British political dissen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1934-15 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/2/1737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1737
Title:
File 28/40 Petroleum Concessions Limited: compensation cases
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited representatives and the Political Agent at Bahrain on compensation cases for injuries and accidents.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1947-03 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

73. IOR/R/15/2/1746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1746
Title:
File 29/5 Sharjah Funds
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers regarding two financial funds that were created in the Trucial Coast during the Second World War; the Subsidizing Fund (to provide cereals at subsidized prices locally) and the Dubai Hospital Fund (to fund the future construction of a hospital in Dubai).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1945-27 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/2/191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/191
Title:
'Censor Clerk'
Scope & Content:
This file contains two correspondence from T C Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, to Hugh Weightman, Political Agent at Bahrain. The first letter (f. 1), which is copied to the Political Agencies in Kuwait and Muscat, is marked 'Secret: To be kept in the personal possessio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1939-09 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

75. 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)

76. IOR/R/15/2/646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/646
Title:
27/2 I Etiquette
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the etiquette of various social occasions involving British officials in the Gulf, members of Gulf ruling families and visiting dignitaries. There are numerous seating plans for dinner parties as well as Christmas greetings and lists of expenditures ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1933-29 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

77. IOR/R/15/2/1954

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1954
Title:
File J/34 'Correspondence with Defence Office on Judicial Matters'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the jurisdiction of military staff to imprison or detain military personnel in civil prisons. Several folios in the middle of the file (4-9) pertain to one such case in Bahrain with regards to soldiers from the Indian Army stationed at Bahrain during 1941.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1941-22 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

78. IOR/R/15/2/65 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/65 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 27 Al Khalifa Family
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. This relates to the succession to Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Isá bin ‘Ali Al Khalifah] in Bahrain in 1914-17, and the recognition of his son Hamad as successor.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1917
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

79. IOR/R/15/2/1955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1955
Title:
File J/36 'Correspondence received from outside Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence with claimants of funds and estates from outside Bahrain, but who either have relations in Bahrain or used to reside there as foreign subjects. Most papers relate to civil cases of divorce and inheritance, primarily between Bahrain, Iran and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1946-17 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

80. 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)

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