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Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/38

1. IOR/R/15/2/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/38
Title:
File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad and Kuwait, and Harry St John Philby, as well as ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Suwaylim, Amir of al-Qaṭīf. The file concerns Philby and Robert Edward John Hamilton's 1917/1918 mission to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1917-26 Jul 1918
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/380

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/380
Title:
File 9/36 Contract between Air Headquarters and Gray Mackenzie Limited
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Office of the Air Staff Liaison Officer at Bahrain regarding a contract between Air Headquarters Iraq and Gray Mackenzie & Co for embarkation services, landing and shipping service cargo and personnel at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1947-3 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/381
Title:
File 9/37 Foreign exchange
Scope & Content:
The file mainly contains applications submitted for US dollar exchange for importing goods, plus letters of credit granted by the Political Agent at Bahrain. Subjects discussed within the file are an increase in the quota for imports to the ports of Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat and Gwadur, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1947-12 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/382
Title:
File 9/38 Concession for Associated Ethyl Company in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Residency in Bahrain, concerning the possibility of granting to the Associated Ethyl Company a concession to manufacture ethyl fluid from sea water in Bahrain and sell it to the oil companies.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1947-14 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/383
Title:
File 9/39 Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the visit of the Director and the Chairman of the Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment to the Persian Gulf, to investigate the possibility of the sale of equipment in the area.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1947-24 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/384
Title:
File 9/41 Gray Mackenzie & Co Ltd at Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the operations of Gray Mackenzie & Co Ltd in Qatar, and the company's attempt to reach a lighterage agreement with the Ruler of Qatar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1948-21 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/2/386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/386
Title:
File 9/43 Invitation to Shaikh of Bahrain to attend the Karachi Economic Conference
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Government of Pakistan concerning an invitation to the Shaikh of Bahrain to attend the Economic Conference of Islamic countries, to be held in November 1949 in Karachi.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1949-28 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/R/15/2/388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/388
Title:
'File No: 10/1 (Vol: I). Oils & Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Colonial Office, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident in Bushire. Most correspondence is about the negotiations for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1932-25 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)