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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/686
Title:: ‘File 28/6 War. Arrangements for the Control of Norwegian, Danish and other neutral ships, etc.’
Scope & Content:: The file comprises communications and correspondence relating to the restrictions and orders imposed by the British Government on foreign vessels, and in particular those regarded as neutral or ‘enemy’ during wartime. The papers chiefly relate to Danish and Norwegian vessels, prompted by the Ger...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Apr 1940-15 May 1942
Extent:: 1 file (212 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/694
Title:: ‘File 28/10-(c) Anti-British Activities of Abdullah bin Faris, Secretary of the Shaikh of Sharjah’
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and other papers related to anti-British and pro-German propaganda being disseminated at Sharjah, and specifically that being allegedly spread by the Ruler of Sharjah’s Secretary, Abdullah bin Faris. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Age...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 28 Jun 1940-21 Jan 1941
Extent:: 1 file (48 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/859
Title:: File 37/2 (12/9 A) Duke of Gloucester's visit and presentation of Italian guns to Shaikh of Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain regarding Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's visit to Sharjah and Bahrain. The file contains lists of invitees to formal parties in hon...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 Jun 1942-26 Nov 1943
Extent:: 1 file (116 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/873
Title:: File 39/2 (1 B/8) Effect of abrogation of APOC concession by Persian Government on oil market in Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The file contains a letter from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and a letter from Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), regarding the situation in Bahrain after the dispute between Britain and Persia, due to the cancellation of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession (see IOR/R/15/1/636). The file als...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 5 Dec 1932-15 May 1933
Extent:: 1 file (38 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/157
Title:: File 1/A/38 I Negotiations with Bin Saud re:- Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar & Trucial Oman.
Scope & Content:: The volume concerns the Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar and Trucial Oman (also referred to as the Trucial Coast), and negotiations over the boundary between British officials and Ibn Saud (referred to also as Bin Saud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Sa...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Oct 1934-24 Feb 1935
Extent:: 1 volume (219 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/422
Title:: File 10/5 II Hasa oil: CASOC's activities in Hasa; development of Ras Tannura; Political Agent's visit to Hasa
Scope & Content:: The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire on the oil concession in Saudi Arabia, the activities of California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) in Hasa, Saudi Arabia, and the development of the port and the refinery at Ras ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Jan 1935-26 Mar 1941
Extent:: 1 volume (326 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/170
Title:: File 1/A/48 II Food Control
Scope & Content:: The volume concerns the implementation in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast of the Civil Requirements Programme Middle East. The programme was a Ministry of War Transport initiative to assess the likely civil import needs of the Middle East in view of pressure on available shipping, and the difficul...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 27 Jun 1941-1 Mar 1942
Extent:: 1 volume (291 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/171
Title:: File 1/A/48 III FOOD CONTROL.
Scope & Content:: The file concerns the effects of the implementation of controls on the import and export of food and other commodities in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast during the Second World War (1939-45). The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield); the Government of ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 31 Jan 1942-8 Aug 1942
Extent:: 1 file (278 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/172
Title:: File 1/A/48 IV FOOD SUPPLIES.
Scope & Content:: The file concerns the availability of food supplies in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast, at a time when rationing and a quota system for imports had been introduced as a result of the Second World War (1939-45). The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield);...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Gujarati
Date Range:: 27 Jul 1942-1 Nov 1942
Extent:: 1 file (330 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/502
Title:: File 12/15 Political Agent's tour
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and telegrams sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weightman, mostly from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political agent at Sharjah, regarding arrangements and programmes for his official visits to the Trucial Coast and Qa...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Jan 1937-1 Feb 1945
Extent:: 1 file (233 folios)

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