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1. IOR/R/15/2/62 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/62 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 7 Customs
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. This relates to improvements to the customs pier at Bahrain funded by a loan from Bahrain merchants. It includes a list of those merchants who made contributions.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/63 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/63 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 16 Office Instructions
Scope & Content:
The Office Instructions sub-sub-series consists of one file that contains correspondence between British officials regarding instructions and regulations for the various British agencies and offices in the Persian Gulf region. The issues discussed in the file include the use of demi-official co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1918
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/64 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/64 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 25 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. The file relates to the correction of shortages in weights used by foreign shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain, and the supply of sets of standard weights for the state.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1909-1917
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/65 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/65 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 27 Al Khalifa Family
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. This relates to the succession to Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Isá bin ‘Ali Al Khalifah] in Bahrain in 1914-17, and the recognition of his son Hamad as successor.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1917
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/66 (Sub-sub-series

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/66 (Sub-sub-series
Title:
File 28 Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. This relates to births and marriages of British and American nationals in Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1921
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/67-72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/67-72
Title:
Miscellaneous unnumbered files
Scope & Content:
The records consist of the following miscellaneous files: miscellaneous official and demi-official correspondence relating to the outbreak of World War One and its impact on Bahrain, 1914-1917; reports from the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Eastern Bureau, Basra 1916-1917; a file of miscella...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1914-1920
Extent:
6 files (373 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/601
Title:
‘File 20/1 I Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, in response to Sir George Maxwell’s (British adviser to the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Slavery) requests for information on the extent and nature of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Copies of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1931-30 Jul 1937
Extent:

1 volume (332 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/601-604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/601-604
Title:
File 20 Slavery: Slave Trade in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
These slavery files consist of confidential correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to the nature and extent of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf region. The files contain: reports and statistical data on the slave trade, gathered for the League of Nations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
4 files and volumes (1176 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/604
Title:
File 20/1 IV Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the slave trade and slavery in the Gulf region. A significant portion of the papers relate to allegations of slave trading into Qatar. In a letter dated 14 October 1945, Lady Kathleen Simon, a prominent representative of the Anti-Slavery Society, draw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1945-20 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (275 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/605-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/605-615
Title:
File 21 Qatar
Scope & Content:
The Qatar subject files comprise confidential correspondence and other papers, sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, relating to miscellaneous affairs concerning Qatar, including: ongoing disagreements between the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, and the Ruler...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1940-1949
Extent:
11 files and volumes (478 folios)