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2171. IOR/R/15/2/1637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1637
Title:
‘File 18/6 III Buildings. Special Repairs’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of papers, mostly correspondence, cost estimates, and invoices, mainly relating to cost estimates and payments, for works to be carried out to the Political Agency building and compound in Bahrain. It includes papers relating to the following: The shipping of sanitary fittings...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1938-14 Nov 1940
Extent:

1 file (260 folios)

2172. IOR/R/15/2/1863

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1863
Title:
File B/7 Miscellaneous correspondence with Residency Agent, Sharjah, and notables and Shaikhs of Oman
Scope & Content:
The file contains numerous courtesy letters expressing friendship, congratulations and thanks, which are exchanged mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The majority of courtesy letters received by the Political Agent, Bahrain are from the D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, German, and Persian
Date Range:
17 May 1932-2 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

2173. IOR/R/15/2/670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/670
Title:
‘File 28/1 Q Provision of armed guard for British Overseas Airways Corporation Limited; Cable & Wireless etc.’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file (ff 2-6), containing correspondence dated 1940, chiefly from the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Station Superintendent at Bahrain, concerns the provision of armed guards as an anti-sabotage measure for BOAC aircraft on night stops at Bahrain. The correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1940-25 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

2174. IOR/R/15/2/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/761
Title:
‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, reports and other papers concerning oil storage facilities requested by the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC) at Muharraq airfield in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1943-14 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

2175. IOR/R/15/2/1608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1608
Title:
File 17/7 Electric Installation – E. Engine spare parts & Use of current in the Agency Buildings – Telephones.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the supply of electrical goods, engine parts, and other mechanical devices to the Political Agency, Bahrain. It includes correspondence with electrical and engineering companies, as well as memoranda, invoices, receipts, product brochures, and price lists. Correspondents incl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1926-15 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

2176. IOR/R/15/2/540

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/540
Title:
File 14/5 Visits of German Agents
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visits of suspected German agents to the Persian Gulf region. The main correspondents include: Tom Hickinbotham (later Hugh Weightman), Political Agent at Bahrain; Trenchard Craven William Fowle (later Charles Geoffrey Prior), Political Resident a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1937-2 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

2177. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

2178. IOR/R/15/2/1626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1626
Title:
File 17/25 Stationery purchased from firms
Scope & Content:
This file consists largely of correspondence concerning stationery supplied to the Political Agency, Bahrain. Items ordered include rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and printed forms. Much of the correspondence relates to the details of orders and the granting of export permits (from the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
7 Feb 1942-8 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)

2179. IOR/R/15/2/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/138
Title:
File 9/11 Grant of Passports and Permits by the Bahrain Government and Treaty with Persia relative to withdrawal of claim to
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia's withdrawal of claims to sovereignty over Bahrain. The majority of the file's correspondence takes place between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Barrett until N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1 May 1929-14 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

2180. IOR/R/15/2/685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/685
Title:
‘File 28/5 (a) II War. Proped Extention [sic] of Export Licences System. (Monthly Statements of Imports & Exports on main Commodity into & from Bahrain & the Trucial Coast)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of statistical reports on the imports and exports of important commodities into and out of Bahrain and Sharjah and Dubai on the Trucial Coast, as part of the wider export licence controls and Navicert system of trade and contraband control during the Second World War. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1943-Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (255 folios)

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