The records consist of subject files of the Political Residency, Bushire (from 1946, Bahrain). The records are arranged as follows: IOR/R/15/1/199-234: File 5: Slave Trade, 1892-1943; IOR/R/15/1/235-236: File 9: Arms and Ammunition, 1910-1932; IOR/R/15/1/237-238: File 13: Miscellaneous, 1912-19...
There is one surviving file in the ‘Interdicts’ subject category. It is a bound volume of British official correspondence about the election of the first Kuwait Legislative Council in 1938.
The Office Instructions sub-sub-series consists of one file that contains correspondence between British officials regarding instructions and regulations for the various British agencies and offices in the Persian Gulf region. The issues discussed in the file include the use of demi-official co...
There are six surviving files containing correspondence, dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about various aspects of British policy in the Middle East. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There are seve...
The files cover political affairs in Bahrain, including the possible migration of the Bu Sumait tribe from Bandar e-Lingeh; Persian claims on Bahrain; territorial jurisdiction of Bahrain's pearling banks; relations and disputes between members of the ruling Āl Khalīfah family; Britain's slave tr...
This Confidential subject file contains papers relating to vaerious personalities active in Bahrain in the 1920s and early 1930s, including: ‘Abd Allāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; ‘Abd al-‘Azīz and ‘Abd Allāh al-Quṣaybī; Muḥammad Sharīf bin Ḥājī Quṭb al-Dīn Awāzī; Muḥammad ‘Alī Nāsir; Jāsim Muḥammad a...
The Intelligence files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain records of confidential information passed by various sources to the Political Agent, Bahrain. Most of the information is political intelligence relating to Saudi Arabia. There are only three files: reports of the activities of a n...
The 31 files forming the 'Medical' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Medical' subject files mainly contain correspondence between personnel of the Victoria Memorial Hospital at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the P...