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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Bahrain Political Agency, 1900-1971 Digitised Content No

1. IOR/R/15/1/199-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-234
Title:
File 5: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The majority of the Slave Trade subject files contain papers relating to the manumission of slaves or kidnapping incidents, heard by the Political Residency, and received from the Political Agencies in Bahrain (1924-43) and Muscat (1921-42), and the Native Agent at Sharjah (1921-40). The rest of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1892-1943
Extent:
36 files and volumes (9,000 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2
Title:
Political Agency, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The political (IOR/R/15/2) and judicial (IOR/R/15/3) series of the Political Agency, Bahrain, make up the largest collection in the IOR/R/15 group. The arrangement of the IOR/R/15/2 series reflects the three branches into which the Agency was divided: namely the Confidential Office 1899-1951, th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1899-1953
Extent:
2022 files

3. IOR/R/15/6/70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/70-71
Title:
File 1 Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File 1 Arms Traffic’ consists of one volume (1/1), and one file (also 1/1). The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to arms trafficking in Oman mainly in Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Masirah, Suwaiq, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. Among the ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1947
Extent:
2 files (388 folios)