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801. IOR/R/15/2/1237

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1237
Title:
File 6/22 Correspondence regarding Finger Print training to Bahrain Government servants
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding training in fingerprinting for Bahrain Government officials. The correspondence is between the following: Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Agent, Bahrain; Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al-Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], ruler of Bahrain; Charles Dalrymp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1929-22 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

802. IOR/R/15/2/1372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1372
Title:
‘File 12/5 Wrecks of sailing boats and vessels in the sea and salvages’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, statements made by nakhudas, bills and receipts, all related to incidents in which native vessels were wrecked or damaged in the Persian Gulf (and chiefly in the waters around Bahrain) usually as a result either of storms or collision with another vessel. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
17 Nov 1929-12 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (282 folios)

803. IOR/R/15/2/1624

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1624
Title:
File 17/21 Purchase of a Pick up for the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the purchase in 1941 of a Ford Pickup (1939 model) from Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo for the use of the Trucial Coast Agency, along with subsequent repairs and acquisitions of replacement parts; of particular concern is the necessity of fitting desert tires to the pickup. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1941-4 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

804. IOR/R/15/2/1676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1676
Title:
File 21/4 Aerodrome at Bahrein [Bahrain] and Royal Air Force Landing Ground
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome and landing ground at Manama and Muharraq, respectively. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Office of the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Air Officer Commanding and the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1927-26 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (271 folios)

805. IOR/R/15/2/1695

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1695
Title:
File 28/5 Visits of Tankers and other Ships to Sitrah
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on shipments of oil and movements of tankers and ships in and out of Sitra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1934-11 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)

806. IOR/R/15/2/1781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1781
Title:
File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the importation of vegetable ghee and cooking oil from India to the Gulf, primarily Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the impact of a ghee shortage in India and the import quotas that were allocated to merchants operating in the Gulf....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 May 1943-13 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

807. IOR/R/15/2/1819

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1819
Title:
‘M. Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam versus Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros of Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises court papers, including affidavits and exhibits (copies of correspondence, telegrams, invoices, transhipment notes) used in support of an arbitration case brought by M Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam in Tanganyika, against Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros. of Bahrain. The case was heard...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1947-15 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

808. IOR/R/15/2/1144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1144
Title:
File 4/26 II Payments of Rs 940/- on a/c of Dubai civil air agreement.
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of payments by the Political Agent, Bahrain to Shaikh Said bin Maktoom [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, under the terms of the Dubai Commercial Air Agreement, 1938. Under the terms of the agreement, the Ruler of Dubai was to receive 940 rupees per month fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1945-25 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (165 folios)

809. IOR/R/15/2/1664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1664
Title:
File 20/1- IV Ceremonials and Celebrations: New Year's a King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King’s Birthday and New Year’s Day between 1939 and 1945 at the Agency in Bahrain. Due to the War, the arrangements for the King’s Birthday celebrations at the Agency were cancelled between the years 1940 and 1944, and invitations were on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1939-24 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

810. IOR/R/15/2/1685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1685
Title:
File 21/34 Casualties sustained by the labourers in the R. A. F. and Payment of Compensation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to compensation payments to employees (or their families) who suffered injury or death while working at the Royal Air Force (RAF) camp in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Resident Agent at the RAF stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1945-7 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)