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1. IOR/R/15/2/654

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/654
Title:
‘File 28/1 C Ammunition for Bahrain Government’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a consignment of 100,000 rounds of ammunition given to the Government of Bahrain as a gift by the Government of India. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the Political Resident in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1939-18 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1578
Title:
‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to gifts of ammunition cartridges made by British political officials to members of the ruling family of Bahrain, including the ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah. Included in the papers are letters of thanks from the recipients of these gifts, often in both Engli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/746
Title:
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1938-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/142
Title:
File 1/A/5 II Administration: Qatar affairs
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence concerning Qatar affairs, particularly the supply of arms and ammunition to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani, the Ruler of Qatar [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1937-31 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1616
Title:
File 17/14 II Toshakhana articles for Bushire — Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the Bushire Residency [Persian Gulf Political Residency] Toshakhana — a store of gifts kept with the Bahrain Political Agency, so that they would be available for presentation to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs when needed. Regular stock accounts are submitted to Bushire to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1942-16 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (259 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/728
Title:
‘File 28/35 Defence of Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file, while entitled ‘Defence of Qatar’, chiefly concerns the issue of six rifles and 1,200 rounds of small arms ammunition (SAA) to British personnel employed by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in Qatar during the war. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1939-20 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/141
Title:
File 1/A/5 I Qatar Affairs.
Scope & Content:
The volume is a correspondence file concerning affairs in Qatar, which came under the administration of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; the India Office; the War Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1932-12 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1615
Title:
File 17/14 I Toshakhana Articles for Bushire Correspondence regarding.
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the Bushire Residency [Persian Gulf Political Residency] Toshakhana — a store of gifts kept with the Bahrain Political Agency, so that they would be available for presentation to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs when needed. Regular stock accounts are submitted to Bushire to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1930-29 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (335 folios)