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601. IOR/R/15/2/746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/746
Title:
‘File 28/55 Provision of machine guns for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of machine guns by the Government of Bahrain, through the Political Agency, for use in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1938-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

602. IOR/R/15/2/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/762
Title:
‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

603. IOR/R/15/2/883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/883
Title:
File 39/13 (10/13) Visit of APOC officials to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Resident at Bahrain, concerning visits of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives to Bahrain. The file also include a letter from J MacPherson, Vice-Presid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1945-31 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

604. IOR/R/15/2/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/230
Title:
File 6/6 W B Steele - State Engineer; (2) Group Captain H P G Leigh State Engineer
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the appointment of holders of the post of State Engineer to the Bahrain Government. The papers include: papers relating to the appointment of William Benjamin Steele as State Engineer, May 1932 - July 1939; correspondence concerning telephones and charges levied by the State ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1931-15 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

605. IOR/R/15/2/375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/375
Title:
File 9/31 Report that illicit trade between Bahrain and Persia is encouraged by the Political Agent Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Embassy at Tehran and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, concerning allegations of illegal trade between Bahrain and Iran by a merchant from Bushire, who was responsible for smuggling sugar, tea and opium...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1946-24 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

606. IOR/R/15/2/504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/504
Title:
File 12/19 B II Resignations, leave and discharge of BAPCO and PCL Indian and other employees
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weightman, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited representatives regarding the resignation, leave and discharge of BAPCO and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1943-31 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (385 folios)

607. IOR/R/15/2/705

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/705
Title:
‘File 28/17-A Action to be taken in the event of entry into the war by Spain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence received from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India, relating to the prospects of Spain entering the war against the Allies. A Government of India telegram, dated 29 June 1940, sets out the immediate actions to be taken in the eve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1940-29 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

608. IOR/R/15/2/807

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/807
Title:
File 31/8 1 b/7. AL KHALIFAH PROPERTY IN BAHRAIN. (Municipal Meat Market and Slaughter House)
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter and note from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to the British Political Agent, Bahrain, explaining the issue concerning disputes over landownership in Bahrain based on the practice of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa of giving out scrap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1931-7 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (207 folios)

609. IOR/R/15/2/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/273
Title:
‘File 7/6 Proposal to construct ammunition dump at Bahrain & Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the establishment of an ammunition and bomb store at the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Sharjah. Mention is made of the requirement for a bomb store at the RAF base at Bahrain at the beginning of the file, but it does not constitute a significant part of the file....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1935-26 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

610. IOR/R/15/2/278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/278
Title:
‘File 7/12 II Protection of aerodromes by levies (and locally recruited guards)’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the withdrawal of Royal Air Force (RAF) levies from the RAF bases at Bahrain and Sharjah in response to the end of the Second World War, and subsequent arrangements to replace the levies with guards to maintain security at these bases. The principal correspondents in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1945-24 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

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