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036-000228236 Subject Concessions

1. IOR/R/15/2/953

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/953
Title:
'189 Trade Report, Bahrain Islands. From 1923-1924.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly), the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (W Meikle), and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo regarding the value of pearls exported from Bahrain April 1923-March 1924 for inclusion in the 1923-1924 Bahrain Trad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1924-11 May 1924
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/122
Title:
File 8/3 Pearling industry
Scope & Content:
The contents of the volume relate to Bahrain's pearl diving economy, and fall under two major concerns: 1) The industry's declining profitability, and the impact this has had upon pearl divers. A large portion of the file is occupied by handwritten balance sheets (all undated) of saibs (pullers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1912-18 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1344

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1344
Title:
File 10/4 I Trade Reports
Scope & Content:
Trade Reports and related correspondence, Bahrain. The file includes trade reports, Bahrain, for the financial years 1924-25 to 1931-32, inclusive, with associated correspondence. The reports list twenty-five countries from which imports were received (notably India, Iraq, Arabia, and Persia) und...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1926-27 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (547 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1349
Title:
File 10/6 Pearl diving and pearl trade: Correspondence re:
Scope & Content:
The file contains a paper entitled 'Vocabulary of diving terms', giving a list of terms for types of divers and persons related to diving, and descriptions of four diving systems; notes on advances and payments; notes on accounts; list of general terms relating to diving; miscellaneous notes on d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1929-18 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/3
Title:
File A/5 Pearl fisheries of Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to the British Government’s concerns over growing British and international interest in the Gulf’s pearling industry, hitherto almost exclusively exploited by the region’s indigenous inhabitants. 1) The first half of the file (folios 2-13) comprises copies of Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1904-19 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/14
Title:
File B/3 Sponge and Pearl Concessions
Scope & Content:
The file’s letters, memoranda and other papers relate to attempts by foreign and British commercial concerns to obtain concessions in the Gulf for sponge fishing and the fishing and export of pearls. The principle correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1905-9 Jan 1918
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/346
Title:
File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah. The correspondence refers to merchants mixing Japanese cultured pearls with real pearls in the Trucial Coast, thereby damaging the reputation of the industry with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1933-7 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/87
Title:
File 1/15 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- DOWASIR tribe & their removal from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the removal of the Dowasir [Dawāsir] (also spelled Dawasir) tribe from Bahrain following disturbances between the Dowasir and other Bahraini communities. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Political Resident in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1922-26 May 1928
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/127
Title:
File 9/1 Institution of Reforms & Sunni opposition intrigues
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume (folios 2 to 146) covers the period 1922 to 1927, and concerns proposals for reforms in the Sheikhdom of Bahrain, and their subsequent implementation and impact on the kingdom. This part of the volume contains letters exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1922-19 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

10. 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)