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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, 1926-1957

91. IOR/R/15/2/925-937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/925-937
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Information Files
Scope & Content:
The thirteen surviving Information Files contain correspondence, reports and guidance relating to the following topics: British intelligence gathering in the Middle East, 1939-1943; the monitoring of anti-British news reporting in Arabic newspapers and radio broadcasts in the Gulf States, 1934-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
13 files (266 folios)

92. IOR/R/15/2/1168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1168
Title:
File 4/62 Bahrain Govt Share of Court Fees Collected.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of covering letters from the Political Agency, Bahrain to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) for sums of money (cheques and cash) representing the Government of Bahrain's share of net receipts on account of Joint Court fees collected during the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1950-30 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

93. IOR/R/15/2/1189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1189
Title:
File 5/7 ORGANISATION AND FUNCTION OF SALIFAH COURT.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) concerning the Salifah Court, Bahrain, which handled judicial cases relating to the pearl diving trade in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns the o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1927-26 Jan 1929
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

94. IOR/R/15/2/1194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1194
Title:
File 5/11 II King's Regulations and Amendments under Bahrain Order-in-Council
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning amendments and proposed amendments (by means of King's Regulations) to the Bahrain Order in Council, 1913 (and later Bahrain Orders in Council). The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1945-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

95. IOR/R/15/2/1196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1196
Title:
File 5/13 Miscellaneous Judicial Enquiries
Scope & Content:
The file contains enquiries received by the Political Agent, Bahrain on miscellaneous judicial matters. The enquiries are from individuals, companies, and government bodies, and are accompanied by the Political Agent's replies. The file includes correspondence from the Adviser to the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1936-5 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

96. IOR/R/15/2/1200-1312

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1200-1312
Title:
File 6: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain State files of the Political Agency, Bahrain cover a range of matters connected to the running of the state in Bahrain, such as education, public works, road building, policing, marine regulations, customs, agriculture, personnel, municipal matters, state finances, public health, dri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, and Urdu
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
113 files (10,236 folios)

97. IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340
Title:
File 9: Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
The Arms and Ammunition subject files contain records concerning the request and issuing of No Objection Certificates, licenses and permits for the import, export and possession of arms, ammunitions, and other potentially lethal weapons such as explosives, marine flares, knives and daggers, and r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1938-1950
Extent:
7 files (769 folios)

98. IOR/R/15/2/1381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1381
Title:
‘File 12/11 Piracy. (1) Alleged piracy in Muscat territory of boom belonging to Ibrahim bin Juma Doi, merchant of Muharraq Bahrain (2) Jolliboat No. 1495 BN belonging to Mohamed bin Amin of Muharraq reported missing since 2 June 1935’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to at least two alleged or suspected cases of piracy. The first case in the file (case number 2 in the file title) comprises a letter from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1935-24 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

99. IOR/R/15/2/1383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1383
Title:
‘File 12/13 Shipping. Agents for foreign steamship companies’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to foreign shipping companies operating at Bahrain, and agents representing foreign shipping companies operating at Bahrain. Correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Bahrain (chiefly Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Edward Birkbec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1932-23 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

100. IOR/R/15/2/1384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1384
Title:
‘File 12/14 Shipping. Miscellaneous accidents between dhows and steamers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence concerning three cases involving dhows, as follows: correspondence relating to a collision between a Bahrain-registered dhow and an Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tug at Khorramshahr in November 1943. Much of the follow-up correspondence concerns the seizure by the I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1943-23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)