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81. IOR/R/15/2/1361

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1361
Title:
File 10/25 American Trade Interests in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file consists of letters from the American Consular Service, American Consulate General, Baghdad, Iraq, requesting statistical information on United States interests and trade in Bahrain, and specific information relating to motor vehicles, January 1936 - April 1938, together with replies fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1936-27 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

82. IOR/R/15/2/1362

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1362
Title:
File 10/26 Financial status of commercial firms and merchants
Scope & Content:
Enquiries, reports and miscellaneous information about trading companies and merchants in Bahrain. The file describes the financial position and reputation of many individual companies and merchants and assesses their reliability as importers and agents. The term 'morality' is used as a synonym ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1936-16 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (262 folios)

83. IOR/R/15/2/1363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1363
Title:
File 10/27 Bahrain. General Merchants' Association. Correspondence - re.
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the Bahrain General Merchants' Association, which was a self-constituted body of merchants. The file includes a letter from the Honorary Secretary, Bahrain General Merchants' Association, to the Political Agent, Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), dated 10 August 1939 announcing the for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1939-17 Oct 1950
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/2/1364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1364
Title:
File 10/30 Requests from foreigners for opening business in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file includes requests to start up commercial operations in Bahrain from companies in Karachi, Bombay, Agra (all India), Tanganyika Territory (Tanzania), the United Kingdom, and Cyprus, and covers the following business areas: opticians, tailors, general goods, machinery, electrical and mecha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1945-22 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

85. IOR/R/15/2/1365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1365
Title:
File 11/1 Correspondence re - SLAVE TRAFFIC AND Kidnapping etc: of Slaves (including Proclamations)
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of covering letters and extracts of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation sent between 1926 and 1938. The letters were sent by Political Residency staff to British representatives in the political agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait. The file contains five copies of the ex...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, and Urdu
Date Range:
20 Apr 1926-13 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

86. IOR/R/15/2/1365-1367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1365-1367
Title:
File 11: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Slave Trade subject files comprise: extracts of the 1873 Proclamation prohibiting the Slave Trade; reports and correspondence on freed slaves; applications for manumission certificates.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1926-1938
Extent:
3 files (266 folios)

87. IOR/R/15/2/1366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1366
Title:
File 11/2: Jamileh and 4 others slave girls - Correspondence re.
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports and correspondence regarding five female slaves who were freed from kidnappers and sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file includes documents in Arabic, a translation of a report containing statements from the five women, explaining what happened to them (foli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1925-24 Jul 1926
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

88. IOR/R/15/2/1367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1367
Title:
File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION
Scope & Content:
The file mostly contains applications for manumission certificates granted by the British Residency in the Persian Gulf. The file also contains correspondence about the inheritance of a deceased manumitted slave (folios 2-7) in which both the former master who freed him, and his widow claim his i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1930-11 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

89. IOR/R/15/2/1368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368
Title:
‘File 12/1 Casaulties – Rules for Boats approaching steamers etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to incidents and accidents involving steamers at Bahrain, including: boats approaching steamers before they have anchored (ff 4-5); an accident leading to the death of a sailor on board SS Bandra (ff 6-7); instances of steamers running aground on sand b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1926-1 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

90. IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390
Title:
File 12: Shipping
Scope & Content:
The Shipping subject files comprise correspondence and papers relating to commercial shipping at Bahrain and in the wider Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the files are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; representatives of the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1924-1950
Extent:
23 volumes and files (2293 folios)