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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/644 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 26 Administration (Political)
Scope & Content:: There is only one surviving file. This file relates to the establishment of a new decoration of honour by the ruling family of Bahrain, known as the Order of the Al Khalifah.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1940-1941
Extent:: 1 file (27 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/846-852
Title:: File 35: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:: This sub-sub-series contains files related to the administration of the Bahraini state. The topics discussed in the files include the reform of Bahrain's public health services (IOR/R/15/2/849), the possibility of developing the country's agricultural sector (IOR/R/15/2/850) and incidents of p...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1932-1949
Extent:: 7 files (415 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:: File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:: These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:: 1932-1950
Extent:: 13 files (970 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/211-228
Title:: File 5 Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:: The Naval and Marine files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain files concerning: ports and anchorages at Bahrain; movements of British naval ship and non-military ships in the Persian Gulf; visits of United States naval vessels to Bahrain; lighting and buoying; the establishment of the Jufai...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1932-1949
Extent:: 18 files (901 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/180-194
Title:: File 3: Staff
Scope & Content:: The Staff files contain details regarding various positions within or reporting to the Bahrain Political Agency, including: Assistant Political Agent; Political Officer on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah; Agency Medical Officer; Censor Clerk; Upper Air Observatory staff; Post Office staff; Public Wo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1931-1949
Extent:: 15 files (838 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/175-176
Title:: File 1/B Administration (General)
Scope & Content:: The files contain papers concerning the finances of the Bahrain State, protests and suggestions for reform. Correspondents include: Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1932-1939
Extent:: 2 files (571 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/831-837
Title:: File 33 Electricity
Scope & Content:: This Sub-sub-series contains seven files related to electricity supply in Bahrain as well as other related infrastructure issues. The majority of the files (IOR/R/15/2/831-832 and 834-836) concern negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and other entities (including the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1934-1950
Extent:: 7 files (292 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/643 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: File 26 Medical
Scope & Content:: The file forming the 'Medical' subject file was produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file dates from 1934-1935. The 'Medical' subject file contains correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire and local rulers. The topics covered are: reques...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1934-1935
Extent:: 1 file (25 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/259-293
Title:: File 7 Royal Air Force
Scope & Content:: The files and volumes in the series deal with the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF), and to a lesser extent Imperial Airways/British Overseas Airways Corporation, in the Gulf, before, during and after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the files are the numerous incumben...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1929-1950
Extent:: 35 files and volumes (3,171 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/388-460
Title:: File 10 Oil and Minerals
Scope & Content:: The 73 volumes and files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The majority of the files and volumes date from 1932-1951 except for IOR/R/15/2/411, containing documents from 1916. The 'Oil and Minerals' subjec...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1916-1950
Extent:: 73 files and volumes (12,321 folios)

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