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1. IOR/R/15/2/724

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/724
Title:
‘File 28/32 I Recruitment in Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to investigations into the prospect of recruiting large numbers of labourers from the Persian Gulf, for non-combatant military work in Basra, and later on, civilian (oil refinery) labour at Abadan. The principal correspondents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1942-28 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/740

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/740
Title:
‘File 28/45 Oil field personnel for war purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence concerning the deployment and retention of oil company personnel for war purposes, and includes: correspondence dated October and November 1942, relating to a request forwarded from H S Bowlby of the Petroleum Department, London, to the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1942-14 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/749
Title:
‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) for emergency commission to the military forces, and correspondence concerning official policy towards volunteers for military duty, and proposals for the introduction in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1930-2 Feb 1942
Extent:

1 volume (351 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/750
Title:
‘File 28/57-III Volunteers for National Service: Conscription of Labour, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the introduction and application of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, issued under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939). The Regulation stipulated that British subjects employed at the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1941-20 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (254 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/816

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/816
Title:
File 32/6 I (4/4A) Recruitment of British Police for Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding arrangements for a number of British policemen to be seconded to work for the Bahrain Police Force. The file contains correspondence covering the following: the reason why the British police officers are needed; the logistics needed to facilitate the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1944-8 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1501

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1501
Title:
‘16/8 Miscellaneous:- Surveyor required for Khassab to take temperature readings under British Residency Bushire’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a request from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, made to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) via the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Reginald George Evelin William Alban), for a surveyor, who is required to take temperatur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1927-17 May 1928
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1535

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1535
Title:
‘File 16/32 VII Correspondence with the Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’ (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1945-20 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1822
Title:
‘Foreign Office circulars. Particulars regarding temporary officers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of circulars and other papers received at the Bahrain Political Agency from the Foreign Office (FO), relating to the administration of the Foreign Service at home and abroad. The file is arranged in three parts: The first part (ff 2-23) is headed ‘Establishment’ and co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1946-26 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/142
Title:
File 5/16 EMPLOYMENT UNDER H.M.GOVERNMENT: MINISTERIAL STAFF
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the recruitment of staff of the Political Agency, Muscat (and the British Agency, Gwadur [Gwadar]) for service under HM Government, following the handover of responsibility for the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from the Government of India to the Foreign Office. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1947-4 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/199
Title:
File 8/15 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: DEPUTATION OF A CUSTOMS OFFICER TO THE MUSCAT STATE.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a request from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for the services of a Government of India customs officer. The correspondence covers requirements for the role, terms of service, the sourcing of potential candidates, and the deputation of Mohammed (a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1938-18 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (57 folios)