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1. IOR/R/15/2/121-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/121-126
Title:
File 8 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous files cover a variety of topics arising in Bahrain during the 1920s; the response to political reforms carried out by the Political Agent Major Clive Daly in the early 1920s; challenges facing Bahrain's pearling industry, specifically declining profitability and pressures for it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
6 files and volumes (560 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/123
Title:
File 8/4 Bahrain customs
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence on a range of issues related to the running and organisation of the Bahrain customs house. They cover allegations of mismanagement and embezzlement by customs house officials before British-instigated reforms, made by an anonymous 'well wisher of the British Emp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1921-12 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 volume (111 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/125
Title:
File 8/10 Lighting and buoying in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to proposals for the installation of lighting and bouys at various ports on the Arab coast of the Gulf (Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1923-14 May 1928
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/122
Title:
File 8/3 Pearling industry
Scope & Content:
The contents of the volume relate to Bahrain's pearl diving economy, and fall under two major concerns: 1) The industry's declining profitability, and the impact this has had upon pearl divers. A large portion of the file is occupied by handwritten balance sheets (all undated) of saibs (pullers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1912-18 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/126
Title:
File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agency and others (including the Political Residency and the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Belgrave) discussing the publication in newspapers and journals of texts that were critical of Britain's policy in the Mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1921-19 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/124
Title:
File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Oct 1922-10 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 volume (184 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/121
Title:
File 8/2 Public petitions etc. Letters to Major Daly (P.A.) thanking him for his interest in Bahrain affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains a number of petitions (or 'madbatas') written by Bahraini merchants and other Bahrain inhabitants of native, Persian, Nejdi and Indian origin, praising the actions of the Bahrain Political Agent, Major Clive Daly. The original petitions in Arabic and Persian are included, along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
7 Jul 1921-3 Jul 1924
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)