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1. IOR/R/15/2/946-962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/946-962
Title:
Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
Scope & Content:
The English Office files comprise 18 unrelated files on topics and matters affecting Bahrain including: administration and finance - including administration reports for Bahrain, official Government of India communications, use of cypher codes, and the process of administrating claims against de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1951
Extent:
18 files and volumes (2020 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/960

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/960
Title:
'V M Hospital Building'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence regarding the construction and operation of the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain. Included in the volume is correspondence related to the initial proposal from a group of merchants in Bahrain in 1901 to donate money to a subscription scheme to raise fun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1901-27 Jun 1951
Extent:
1 volume (374 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/955
Title:
206 Cypher Codes. Correspondence re.
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of telegrams written in cypher, some of which have the decoded words written above in pencil. The cyphers in use in the file are the Government Telegraph Code and the Indian Word Code, and correspondence from the Government of India is also included regarding the update...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1918-16 Mar 1926
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/946

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/946
Title:
'Registration of Documents. File No. 24 of 1922-23.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises applications, in Arabic, for the payment of sums of money to the Agency Court, Bahrain in relation to the formal registration of documents as part of criminal or civil proceedings being heard there. Also included are applications for certified copies of previously submitted fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1923-1 Feb 1924
Extent:
1 file (114 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/950
Title:
176 Decorations and medals: instructions to wear
Scope & Content:
The file comprises letters of notification and congratulation, in Arabic and English, to individuals being conferred awards and honours by the British Government. The majority of the correspondence relates to the conference of the titles Khan Sahib or Rai Sahib on a number of prominent Bahraini'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1918-3 Feb 1926
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/956

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/956
Title:
'209 English-Arabic School. Educational Activities.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Director of Education in Baghdad regarding the need for a primary school head teacher in Bahrain and enquiring as to the process of recruiting someone suitable. The file also includes an Iraq Department of Educatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1919-9 Dec 1919
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/953

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/953
Title:
'189 Trade Report, Bahrain Islands. From 1923-1924.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly), the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (W Meikle), and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo regarding the value of pearls exported from Bahrain April 1923-March 1924 for inclusion in the 1923-1924 Bahrain Trad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1924-11 May 1924
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/958
Title:
'Customs dues Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the decision by Shaikh Isa [ʻIsá ibn ʻAlī Āl Khalīfah] in April 1916 to raise the customs duty on the transhipment of goods through Bahrain, as wartime conditions had resulted in a difficult financial situation for Bahrain. This decision was prompted by a drop in the num...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-13 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/952

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/952
Title:
'189 Trade Report of Bahrain Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The volumes comprise trade and commerce reports, primarily for Bahrain but also for Arabistan and Bushire covering the period 1918-1924. The reports included in the volumes are: Report on the Trade of the Bahrain Islands for the year ending 31 March 1918 (ff 7-39) Report on the Trade of the Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1918-28 Aug 1950
Extent:

2 volumes (374 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/947

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/947
Title:
File No. 40 Muharraq: sanitary measures in.
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a letter to the Political Agent at Bahrain outlining steps that could be taken to improve the cleanliness and sanitation of Muharraq and Manama, including employing street cleaners, naming streets and numbering the houses, improving the quality of street lights, and developing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1918-9 Feb 1918
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)