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1. IOR/R/15/2/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/50
Title:
File W/4 Hostilities in Persia: Tangistan Blockade; Confiscation of Tea for Tangistan
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident at Bushire, as well as Sheikh ‘Isā bin ‘Alī Āl Khalifah, ruler of Bahrain, and Sheikh Qāsim bin Mahzā’, Qāḍī of Bahrain. The correspondence concerns the anti-British revolt of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Jul 1915-30 Jul 1918
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/500

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/500
Title:
File 12/10 Tours of the Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weightman, mostly from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political agent at Sharjah, regarding arrangements and programmes for his official visits to the Persian Gulf in 1939 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1935-30 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/501

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/501
Title:
File 12/14 Accession and coronation of King George VI: Bahrain arrangements
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning arrangements for the coronation of King George VI, including a detailed programme for the coronation service, the Police parade and the evening reception on 11 May 1937 in Bahrain (folios 33-39). The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1937-4 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/502
Title:
File 12/15 Political Agent's tour
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weightman, mostly from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political agent at Sharjah, regarding arrangements and programmes for his official visits to the Trucial Coast and Qa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1937-1 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (233 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505
Title:
‘File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the establishment of an aerodrome at Bahrain, for the use of the British air transport operator Imperial Airways Limited. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior until No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (147 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/506
Title:
‘File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file is related to the silting up of a creek at Dubai, which is of potential concern for flying boats following the Arab coast route, if they want to stop at Dubai. The file contains an assessment of the creek, made in 1941, by a chartered civil engineer named Bernard Wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1939-7 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/507
Title:
‘File 13/2 VII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the negotiation of new or continuing civil air agreements between British Government representatives and the Sheikhs of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arnold Crawshaw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Sep 1945-25 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/508
Title:
‘File 13/2 VIII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the implementation of civil air agreements, and the use of air facilities, at Britain’s aerodromes along the Arab coast (chiefly Bahrain (Muharraq), but also at Sharjah, Kuwait, and Qatar) in the period directly following the Second World War. The principal correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1946-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/509
Title:
‘File 13/2 A Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms. Routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file relates to fuelling instructions at the aerodrome in Bahrain. A copy of a letter from the Branch Manager of the BP [British Petroleum] Aviation Service, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 20 March 1949 (f 4), states that the company will permit fuelling of aircraft whil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1949-23 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)