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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1656
Title:: File 19/3 II Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams, memoranda and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Rear Admiral Dunbar Nasmith), travelling with his wife to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries between 1933 and 1935 on board HMS Hawkin...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 12 Dec 1932-12 Mar 1935
Extent:: 1 file (334 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1657
Title:: File 19/3 III Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron, travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Shoreham between 1936 and 1937. The file contains programmes, lists of presents presente...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 31 Jul 1936-12 Oct 1937
Extent:: 1 file (227 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1658
Title:: File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf)
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville), travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1939. The file contains ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Aug 1938-13 Apr 1939
Extent:: 1 file (84 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1659
Title:: File 19/4 Tours of officers of the Residency, Bushire (EE, RS, Secretary etc)
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for visits of officers of the Political Residency to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries: the tours of the Assistant Engineer, Independent Persian Gulf, Bushire, in June 1934, January and November 1937, and October-Novemb...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 May 1934-25 May 1946
Extent:: 1 file (113 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1660
Title:: File 19/5 Corr re: Tour of Air Officer Commanding, RAF, Iraq
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Air Officer Commanding of the RAF in Iraq, and of the British Ambassador at Baghdad, to Bahrain and the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are: the Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force (R...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Jan 1935-10 Mar 1939
Extent:: 1 file (53 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1661
Title:: File 19/6 Tours. Tour of HBM's Minister and Legation Staff, Tehran
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the British Minister and the Legation Staff at Tehran to Bahrain and the Persian Gulf countries. The principal correspondents are: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited; the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaik...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 28 Jan 1934-9 Jan 1937
Extent:: 1 file (26 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1662
Title:: File 19/7 Tour of Mr Dundas, Educational Council Cairo to Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for Cyril Alfred Flux Dundas, from the British Council in Cairo, visiting Bahrain and Muscat. The correspondence includes a memorandum regarding centres of education not under the British Council's control.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 May 1940-18 Feb 1941
Extent:: 1 file (13 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1663
Title:: File 20/1- Vol: III Ceremonial and Celebrations: New Year's and King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:: The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King's Birthday and Christmas and New Year’s Day between 1935-1939. Christmas and New Year’s Day were announced as an official holiday at the Agency in Bahrain. The King's Birthday was celebrated in June each year, but was not an official...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:: 31 Oct 1935-4 Jun 1939
Extent:: 1 file (283 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1663, ff 252r-255v
Title:: Greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain'
Scope & Content:: Christmas and New Year greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain'. The card has a coloured map of Bahrain on folio 252, and features important sites in Bahrain, including, Shaikh's Hunting Lodge, Oil Wells and Water Wells. Folio 253v includes a photograph of the ancient mosque [of Manama now...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1939
Extent:: 1 item (4 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1664
Title:: File 20/1- IV Ceremonials and Celebrations: New Year's a King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:: The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King’s Birthday and New Year’s Day between 1939 and 1945 at the Agency in Bahrain. Due to the War, the arrangements for the King’s Birthday celebrations at the Agency were cancelled between the years 1940 and 1944, and invitations were on...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 29 May 1939-24 Dec 1944
Extent:: 1 file (218 folios)

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