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1. IOR/R/15/2/342-387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342-387
Title:
File 9 Trade and Commerce
Scope & Content:
The forty-six volumes and files forming the 'Trade and Commerce' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the files and volumes date from 1928-1950. The 'Trade and Commerce' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1928-1950
Extent:
46 files and volumes (4028 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/369
Title:
File 9/24 I Post-war trade
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning measures to increase the export of goods from the United Kingdom and India after the end of the Second World War, when American products started arriving in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1945-11 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/387
Title:
File 9/49 Abu Dhabi Guano
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the import of guano into the United Kingdom from Abu Dhabi.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1949-31 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/378

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/378
Title:
File 9/34 Currency in Arab Shaikhdoms
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and the Eastern Bank Limited regarding which currency they should use in Bahrain after the independence of India and Pakistan. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1947-30 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/364
Title:
File 9/16 Eastern Bank Ltd, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence with the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) regarding banking in Bahrain by the Eastern Bank Limited, in particular transportation and insurance of notes from India to Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1940-29 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/366
Title:
File 9/21 Lighterage cargo statistics
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Ltd, including monthly reports submitted by the company for the cargo loaded and discharged in the Gulf ports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1942-12 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/352
Title:
File 9/10 II Export of silver and gold
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Advisor to the Government of Bahrain concerning the restriction of the licences to export gold, silver and currency from Bahrain during wartime. The volume also contains monthly letters from the Eastern Bank Limited...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 May 1941-11 May 1942
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/385
Title:
File 9/42 Holloway Bros, Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and Holloway Bros, an engineering company in London, which is seeking to establish a branch in Dubai. There is correspondence with the Ruler of Dubai, in Arabic with English translation.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1949-11 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342
Title:
File 9/1 Confidential correspondence regarding Bahrain food supplies
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Gulf regarding imports to Bahrain of rice from India and sugar. There is also mention of correspondence regarding import of vehicles (not included in the file).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/346
Title:
File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah. The correspondence refers to merchants mixing Japanese cultured pearls with real pearls in the Trucial Coast, thereby damaging the reputation of the industry with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1933-7 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)