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1. IOR/R/15/2/1-72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1-72
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
Scope & Content:
Two separate parts in this sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/1-50, a group of confidential files divided by subject and numbered in an alphabetical sequence, and IOR/R/15/2/51-72, miscellaneous files containing some confidential papers also divided by subject but numbered haphazardly with Roman or Arabic nu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1921
Extent:
72 files

2. IOR/R/15/2/13-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13-18
Title:
File B Commercial
Scope & Content:
The confidential commercial subject files deal with matters of commercial concern arising in Bahrain, as follows: the discovery and survey of bitumen and oil deposits in Bahrain; the efforts by British and foreign concerns to gain concessions for sponge fishing, pearl fishing, and pearl exports,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1907-1921
Extent:
6 files and volumes (333 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/67-72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/67-72
Title:
Miscellaneous unnumbered files
Scope & Content:
The records consist of the following miscellaneous files: miscellaneous official and demi-official correspondence relating to the outbreak of World War One and its impact on Bahrain, 1914-1917; reports from the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Eastern Bureau, Basra 1916-1917; a file of miscella...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1914-1920
Extent:
6 files (373 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/63 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/63 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 16 Office Instructions
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1918
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1-12
Title:
File A Political
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1920
Extent:
12 files and volumes (900 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/50 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/50 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File W War
Scope & Content:
The Confidential subject file contains correspondence concerning the anti-British revolt of the Tangsiri and Qashqai tribes, headed by Ra’īs ‘Alī Dalvārī under the influence of Wilhelm Wassmuss, and the aftermath of the attack on the British Residency at Bushire on 12 July 1915.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1915-1918
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/59-61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/59-61
Title:
File 5 British Protection
Scope & Content:
This Confidential subject file contains papers related to British protection in Bahrain. Covered in these files are the establishment of a Christian cemetery in Manamah in 1901 and its upkeep; Bahraini shipping vessels and the Tangistan blockade in 1916; and the issue of a young Iraqi Jewish woma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1901-1920
Extent:
3 files (154 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/62 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/62 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 7 Customs
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. This relates to improvements to the customs pier at Bahrain funded by a loan from Bahrain merchants. It includes a list of those merchants who made contributions.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/64 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/64 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 25 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. The file relates to the correction of shortages in weights used by foreign shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain, and the supply of sets of standard weights for the state.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1909-1917
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/65 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/65 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 27 Al Khalifa Family
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one file only. This relates to the succession to Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Isá bin ‘Ali Al Khalifah] in Bahrain in 1914-17, and the recognition of his son Hamad as successor.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1917
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)