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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Political Agent, Bahrain, 1905-1971

71. IOR/L/PS/12/2200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2200
Title:
Coll 7/32 'Persian Gulf: supply of arms and ammunition to the Shaikh of Qatar'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding requests from the Shaikh of Qatar ('Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī) to import arms and ammunition, under the terms of his 1916 treaty with Britain. The correspondence documents attempts to convince the Shaikh to purchase British-manufactured arms and ammunition, on the gr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1935-28 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/12/2201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2201
Title:
Coll 7/33 'Saudi Arabia: regulations concerning the importation and possession of arms'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns regulations regarding the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the Hejaz kingdom, and later the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The regulations were all published in the Saudi newspaper Umm al Qura [Umm al-Qurá], and consist of the following: a high decr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1931-13 Aug 1936
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/12/3327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3327
Title:
Coll 25/22 'Order-in-Council: Bahrein: Deportation and Expulsion Orders'
Scope & Content:
Copies of prohibition and deportation orders issued by the Political Agent, Bahrain, under the articles of the Bahrain Order in Council, 1913. The orders were passed against people of various nationalities but the majority are Iranians for travelling without a passport. Correspondence, minute pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1936-2 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (394 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/12/3332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3332
Title:
Coll 25/27 'Orders-in-Council: Trucial Coast: Jurisdiction over foreigners in the Trucial Coast Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf; Revision of Persian Gulf Orders in Council'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and notes concerning the drafting of The Trucial States Order in Council. The majority of the file relates to the discussion between officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Office, Political Agency in Bahrain, India Office, and Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1938-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (334 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/12/3334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3334
Title:
Coll 25/29 'Orders in Council: Bahrein: Legislation for the control of motoring in the State of Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the drafting and issue of The Bahrain Motor Vehicles Regulation, 1939. The legislation was made for the licensing, registration, and control of drivers and vehicles in Bahrain. Correspondents include officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Residency in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1938-30 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (108 folios)

76. IOR/L/PS/12/3336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3336
Title:
Coll 25/31 'Orders in Council: Defence Regulations (Persian Gulf) Order in Council: Application to the Arab States of the Persian Gulf of draft Trading with the Enemy Bill'
Scope & Content:
Copies of legislation passed during the Second World War and relating to the Persian Gulf. Numerous incarnations, in the form of amendments, of the following orders are included in the file: Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939 Trading with the Enemy (Specified Persons) Trading with the Enemy (Custo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1939-26 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (703 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/12/3369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3369
Title:
Coll 27/9 ‘Passports. British Protected Persons. Travel documents for persons proceeding to, and for natives of, certain British Protectorates and Arab states.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to passports and visas for persons travelling to, and for natives of, certain British Protectorates and Arab states. It includes papers concerning the following: the procedure in connection with the issue of these travel documents; fees...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1924-27 Sep 1939
Extent:

1 volume (618 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/12/3384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3384
Title:
Coll 27/21(1) 'Passports. For employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mainly relating to visas for countries in the Persian Gulf for employees and wives of employees of oil companies, mostly the Kuwait Oil Company, Limited (for Kuwait), but also other oil companies including: the Iraq Petroleum Company, Limited (for Bahrain and Qat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1945-6 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (463 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/12/3552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3552
Title:
Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the business case to transfer the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain. The file is composed of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office (C W Baxter), the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Apr 1929-5 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 volume (447 folios)

80. IOR/L/PS/12/3553

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3553
Title:
Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including Central Public Works Department (A Croad), India Office officials (John Charles Walton, R Peel, E P D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1937-31 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (402 folios)