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811. IOR/R/15/2/1242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1242
Title:
File 6/27 Tutor for Shaikh's sons
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the appointment of a tutor for the sons of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]. The correspondence is between the Political Agent in Bahrain, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, Adviser to the Government of Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1929-13 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

812. IOR/R/15/2/1245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1245
Title:
File 6/30 I Agricultural Adviser for the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the appointment of an Agricultural Expert to the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Directors of Agriculture in Bombay and Punjab, Po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1929-3 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

813. IOR/R/15/2/1267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1267
Title:
File 6/49 Artesian wells in Bahrain - Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding artesian wells in Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, Abdulaziz Alqosaibi & Bros, Yousuf Abdulrehman Fakhroo, the Air Ministry Works Directora...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1932-29 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

814. IOR/R/15/2/1564

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1564
Title:
‘File 16/53 Enquires Re: Calculation of Local Time’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and various governmental, commercial and military institutions in Bahrain, aimed at gathering a consensus on the standardisation of time in Bahrain, and the establishment of a set local time in relation to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1940-1 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

815. IOR/R/15/2/1611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1611
Title:
File 17/9 Government Property: Bahrain Toshakhana Articles and Returns
Scope & Content:
The file concerns articles in the Bahrain Toshakhana, the store where items received as gifts from tribal chiefs and princes were deposited. Such items were often later presented as gifts to other rulers. Most of the material comprises correspondence between: the Political Resident in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1927-30 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (249 folios)

816. IOR/R/15/2/1613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1613
Title:
File 17/10 II Flagstaff — flags and other stores
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with orders of flags and related supplies for the Bahrain Agency's flagstaff and for use on the Agency's launch. It therefore contains a range of records concerning orders, deliveries, payments, related correspondence, and internal agency notes. Most of the supplies are acq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1939-27 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (236 folios)

817. IOR/R/15/2/1619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1619
Title:
File 17/16 Binding of files of the Agency records
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the redeployment of the Political Residency's bookbinder at various points between 1933 and 1945, for the purpose of binding some of the Bahrain Political Agency's files, as well as some of the other Gulf Agencies' files. Most of the file consists of correspondence between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1933-26 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

818. IOR/R/15/2/1629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1629
Title:
File 17/28 Government Motor Vehicles for Agency
Scope & Content:
This file documents the purchase and supply of two official vehicles for the Bahrain Political Agency: a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and an Austin Sixteen Shooting Brake. Near the beginning of the file the Political Agent states a preference for Humber models as the Agency's official cars (specifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1946-8 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

819. IOR/R/15/2/1143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1143
Title:
File 4/26 I Correspondence re - payment of Rs. 440/- a month on account of the Dubai Commercial Air Agreement.
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of payments by the Political Agent, Bahrain to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, under the terms of the Dubai Commercial Air Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, signed on 22 July 1937, the Ruler of Dubai was to receive 440 ru...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1937-6 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (335 folios)

820. IOR/R/15/2/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1499
Title:
‘File 16/6 Diary weekly Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Fortnightly reports (as opposed to weekly reports, as stated on its cover) from the Political Agency in Kuwait. The reports are signed by the Political Agent (Major James Carmichael More; Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson), or, in his absence,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1926-31 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (381 folios)