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Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/7

61. 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)

62. IOR/R/15/2/747

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/747
Title:
‘File 28/56 Motor cycles for Bahrain police’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence relating to the purchase of motorcycles for use by the Defence Police in Bahrain, with details of the motorcycles requested by the Political Agent at Bahrain (three with sidecars and three without, ff 2-3), and negotiations between the Political Agent an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1939-12 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/2/748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/748
Title:
‘File 28/57 I Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) to undertake military service in time of war, and correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1939-23 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 volume (337 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/2/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/749
Title:
‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) for emergency commission to the military forces, and correspondence concerning official policy towards volunteers for military duty, and proposals for the introduction in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1930-2 Feb 1942
Extent:

1 volume (351 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/2/750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/750
Title:
‘File 28/57-III Volunteers for National Service: Conscription of Labour, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the introduction and application of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, issued under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939). The Regulation stipulated that British subjects employed at the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1941-20 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (254 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/2/751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/751
Title:
‘File 28/57-IV Industrial conscription’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the status of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (and to a lesser extent Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ)), in relation to Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1942-28 Feb 1944
Extent:
1 file (397 folios)

67. 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)

68. IOR/R/15/2/753

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/753
Title:
‘File 28/61 War. BAPCO and A.I.O.C. – Attitude of employees regarding enlistment in armed forces at outbreak of war’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the appointment of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) as special police officers, to be engaged as part of BAPCO’s oil refinery defence scheme in time of war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1939-2 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/2/754

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/754
Title:
‘File 28/62 Complaints about the behaviour of British, American and Indian troops in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning complaints made by the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, of the behaviour of British, United States and Indian troops in Bahrain, and in particular reports of their ‘interference’ with women in local villages (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1945-11 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/2/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/755
Title:
‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to customs and transit duties payable on equipment and stores owned by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ) that are passing from Qatar through Bahrain, as a consequence of the shutdown of the Company’s operations in Qatar in 1942. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1942-19 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)