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1. IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817
Title:
File 36: War: Export and Imports
Scope & Content:
The 'War: Exports and Imports' sub-sub-series contains files related to the Political Agency in Bahrain's regulation of all imports/exports in to and out of Bahrain and the broader Persian Gulf region during and after the Second World War. As such, the files in this sub-sub-series primarily co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1950
Extent:
45 files (6,535 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1773

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1773
Title:
File 36 War Charities
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding attempts by Hugh Weightman, the Political Agent in Bahrain to encourage British nationals working in the country to make a monthly contribution to British war charities. The file contains a copy of a letter that was sent by Weightman to all British wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1940-25 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1814

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1814
Title:
File 36/104 Requirements from Europe During January-June, 1946
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the Government of Bahrain's projected requirements of imports from European countries (including the British-administered zone of Occupied Germany in 1946). This correspondence is between the Political Agency, the Political Residency, the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1945-4 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1805

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1805
Title:
File 36/72 Imports of Goods from Mombasa
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a request made to the Political Agency by a Bahraini merchant named Mohamed Makki Albaharnah to import simsim [sesame] oil from Mombasa, Kenya into Bahrain. This request was refused by the East African Production and Supply Council due to shortages ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1944-22 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1797
Title:
File 36/58 Raw Cotton
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the importation of cotton twist from India into Bahrain for the purpose of sail-making. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast, the External Affairs Department of the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1943-14 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1817
Title:
File 36/107 Prohibition Regarding Sale of Service Property
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the sale of surplus military equipment (including vehicles) and other supplies by British military forces in Bahrain and Sharjah after the end of the Second World War. These supplies were purchased by the Government of Bahrain and a number of other p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1946-10 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (222 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1783

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1783
Title:
File 36/39 II Programmes from U.K.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Agency and the Customs Administration in Bahrain, regarding the allocation of shipping space to merchants in the country for the importation of goods from the United Kingdom to the Gulf (largely into Bahrain, but also Kuwait and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1944-28 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (99 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1803
Title:
File 36/69 Supplies to Qatar through Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from the Political Agent in Bahrain, Major Tom Hickinbotham to the Political Agency in Sharjah sent to report that since friendly relations between Bahrain and Qatar had been restored, it had been decided that Qatar should receive supplies via Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1788
Title:
File 36/44 Cigarettes & Matches from U.K. & U.S.A.
Scope & Content:
This file contains applications for shipping space and related correspondence that were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain from a number of merchants active in Bahrain. The applications relate to requests to import cigarettes (and matches) from the United Kingdom and the United States into ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1945-30 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1795

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1795
Title:
File 36/56 Lack of Shipping Space for Goods from India
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding delays in goods being shipped to Bahrain from India. The Correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Government of India and the Government of Bahrain Customs Department.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1944-30 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)