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1821. IOR/R/15/2/659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/659
Title:
‘File 28/1 I Defence against parachutists, obstruction of aerodromes and landing grounds, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and memoranda containing guidance relating to the perceived threat of enemy troops parachuting into British-Indian territory. Though the threat is most strongly perceived in the north-western provinces of India and Baluchistan, the guidance was distrib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1940-13 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

1822. IOR/R/15/2/683

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/683
Title:
‘File 28/5 VI Licenses for export of oil from Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises requests made by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for licences to export petroleum products from Bahrain, sent by the Chief Local Representative for Bahrain (J O Fifer during 1945; R M Brown during 1946) to the Political Agency. Each of the export licence requests, which...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1945-14 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (392 folios)

1823. IOR/R/15/2/695

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/695
Title:
‘File 28/10-(d) Tirath Das (Agent of Messrs. Dhamanmal Issardas in Dubai)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and memoranda relating to allegations of anti-British sentiments expressed by Tiradas Dhamanmal, manager of Indian trading agents Dhamanmal Isardas of Dubai, and the Political Agent at Bahrain’s orders to have Dhamanmal expelled from the Trucial Coast and sent b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1940-16 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

1824. IOR/R/15/2/703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/703
Title:
‘File 28/16 I Defence measures in the Gulf – Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to plans for the defence of Bahrain and the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf in general, in the event of a global war. Much of the correspondence deals specifically with the defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1937-24 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)

1825. IOR/R/15/2/752

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/752
Title:
‘File 28/57-V Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942 (Working of)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the rescission of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, made under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939), which prohibited employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1944-27 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

1826. IOR/R/15/2/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/793
Title:
File 29/32 CIGARETTES FOR BAHRAIN & TRUCIAL COAST from INDIA
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding tobacco quotas imported from India, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to Bahrain, Kuwait, Trucial Coast, Muscat, and Gwadur [Gwadar]. The correspondence is mainly about fixing quota distributions between manufacturers. It also discusse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1944-18 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

1827. IOR/R/15/2/799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/799
Title:
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP BRITISH TANKERS IN THE SUEZ CANAL
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the possibility of an attempt to blow up British tankers in the Suez Canal by means of bringing up a small boat alongside. The Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf communicated this to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent, Bahrain, and R M Brown, C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1947-18 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

1828. IOR/R/15/2/1004

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1004
Title:
File 1/17 Revision Scheme for Clerical Cadre of the Persian Gulf Residency
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the administration of a scheme to improve the quality of the Clerical (later Ministerial) Establishment in the Persian Gulf Residency generally, and specifically in Bahrain. The file opens with a report by Lieutenant Colonel Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth, Political Resident ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1928-9 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (113 folios)

1829. IOR/R/15/2/1086

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1086
Title:
FILE NO. 3/6 I cf. 1929. PURCHASE, UPKEEP, AND REPAIRS TO LAUNCHES.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the purchase, upkeep and repair to the Bahrain Agency steam launches John Lambert and Felix Jones. The John Lambert was made in 1918 by the Royal Indian Marine Dockyard at Calcutta and had a thorough overhaul in May 1930. A large part of the correspondence is requests ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1929-19 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 volume (276 folios)

1830. IOR/R/15/2/1105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1105
Title:
File 3/21 I Construction of a Jolly Boat Launch for Bandar Abbas Consulate
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to construction of a jolly boat in 1935 and launch in 1947 for Bandar Abbas Consulate. The correspondence discusses, costs, construction materials, place of construction. It includes a hand-drawn diagram for the design of the jolly-boat (folio 5) and a brochure for the Ke...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1934-15 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

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