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1. IOR/R/15/2/551-556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/551-556
Title:
File 16 Shipping
Scope & Content:
The 'Shipping' files consist of six surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about the passage of shipping in the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; and the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1946
Extent:
6 files (700 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/324
Title:
File 8/23 III Cargo Returns
Scope & Content:
The file consists of fortnightly reports on ships entering and departing the port of Bahrain between June 1944 and August 1948. Each report is compiled by the Director of Customs and Port Officer and comes in the form of a table with the following information: name of ship; nationality of ship; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1944-17 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/211-228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/211-228
Title:
File 5 Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The Naval and Marine files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain files concerning: ports and anchorages at Bahrain; movements of British naval ship and non-military ships in the Persian Gulf; visits of United States naval vessels to Bahrain; lighting and buoying; the establishment of the Jufai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1949
Extent:
18 files (901 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1990

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1990
Title:
‘Transport requirements; Truck for office’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the shipment from Basra to Bahrain of a Dodge truck for use by the Public Relations Office in Bahrain, and the shipment in the opposite direction of a Hudson saloon car. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Public Relations Officer in Basra (M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1945-13 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/701

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/701
Title:
‘File 28/14-Annexe. Ship warrants (routine file).’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the issue of ship’s warrants and other shipping regulations applicable to oil tankers passing through Bahrain during wartime. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1940-24 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1539
Title:
‘File 16/34-II Letters of guarantee. Issue of:–’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the principal shipping agents at Bahrain: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, and Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited. The correspondence is routine, and relates to the exchange of bills of lading and redemption of let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1935-11 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/712

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/712
Title:
‘File 28/21 Landing of enemy agents, war materials, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the undertaking of controls to ensure that enemy agents or war materials cannot be landed at British ports. A letter from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (Commodore Cosmo Moray Graham) to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 22 January 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1940-26 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/708

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/708
Title:
‘File 28/17-D Action to be taken in the event of entry into war of Bulgaria’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: a piece Government of India correspondence, dated 29 December 1940, containing instructions to be followed by Government officials in the event of Bulgaria’s entry into the Second World War. The instructions state that Bulgarian vessels, or vessels carrying cargo consigned to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1508
Title:
‘File 16/11 Arab shipping companies’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a single piece of correspondence, a letter sent by the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Cornelius James Pelly) to the British Political Agents and Consuls in the Persian Gulf region, dated 2 January 1947 (f 2). Enclosed with the letter is a typewritten e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1946-2 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/697

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/697
Title:
‘File 28/10-(f) Italian on board “Helka”’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the presence on board the tanker Helka, sailing from Aden to Bahrain, of an Italian, whom British officials instruct should not be allowed to land at Bahrain. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the Chief...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1940-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)