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9931. IOR/R/15/2/662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/662
Title:
‘File 28/1 K II Defence of oil field and refinery’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, memoranda and other papers, many marked ‘Most Secret’, relating to plans for the defence and emergency demolition of oil fields and refineries operated by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, and to a lesser extent, those operated by the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1942-30 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (287 folios)

9932. IOR/R/15/2/776

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/776
Title:
‘File 29/20 – Vol II FOOD STOCK POSITION – Monthly Return’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and statistics about the monitoring and maintenance of adequate supplies of quota rice, wheat, sugar and also cotton piece goods, in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, in the years following the Second World War (1939-1945). These essential commodities con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1948-5 Dec 1950
Extent:

1 file (120 folios)

9933. IOR/R/15/2/1135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1135
Title:
File 4/20 II Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the arrangements for the supply of funds by the Political Agency, Bahrain for expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1936-10 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)

9934. IOR/R/15/2/1657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1657
Title:
File 19/3 III Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron, travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Shoreham between 1936 and 1937. The file contains programmes, lists of presents presente...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1936-12 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

9935. IOR/R/15/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/127
Title:
'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Feb 1939-29 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 volume (154 folios)

9936. IOR/R/15/5/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/320
Title:
'File 1/80 LOCAL STAFF OF THE POLITICAL AGENCY, KUWAIT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains complaint and resignation letters from the only two locally-engaged clerical staff working at the British Political Agency in Kuwait: Abdul Mohsin, the passport clerk, and Israel Kadoo (also spelt Kaddo), the interpreter. The complaints centre around their pay, allowances and l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1948-4 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

9937. IOR/R/15/5/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/324
Title:
‘File 14/3 VOL. II A_G_E_N_C_Y S_T_A_F_F LEAVE, APPOINTMENTS, ETC., OF CLERICAL ESTABLISHMENT'
Scope & Content:
The file contains three letters: from Mr Israel Ibrahim Kadoo, Interpreter at the Kuwait Agency to the Political Agent at Kuwait, asking for an increase in rent allowance for his house; from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, in support of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1949-2 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

9938. IOR/R/15/6/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/63
Title:
‘File XXXVIII/4 BOMBARDMENT of SUR. OCT:- NOV: 1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to events taking place at Sur and the involvement of various Omani tribes, mainly the Bani Bu Ali and the Janabah. The events at Sur include: attacks made on merchants and caravans; the besieging of forts; t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1928-21 Nov 1928
Extent:

1 volume (176 folios)

9939. IOR/R/15/6/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/64
Title:
‘File XXXVIII/5 VOL I. SUR Nov: 1928- Feb: 1931’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and reports related to tribal disturbances at Sur. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the issue of the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali rebelling against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and claiming the following rights: to rule over Sur, to pay n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Gujarati
Date Range:
14 Jun 1928-11 Apr 1931
Extent:
1 volume (340 folios)

9940. IOR/R/15/6/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/80
Title:
File 2/6 KARACHI - ADEN AIR ROUTE by IMPERIAL AIRWAYS (B.O.A.C). II-A/8
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, and reports related to the establishment of the Karachi-Aden, and the Muscat-Aden Air routes. The correspondence in the volume is also about the agreement between the Government of India and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 May 1941-8 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

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