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IOR/R/15/1/314-377

Record Id:

038-000227759

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x000066

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/314-377

Title:

File 19: Bahrain

Scope & Content:

The Bahrain subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics and include correspondence regarding the nature and development of British involvement in Bahrain, financial information, Bahrain's foreign relations, information related to customs and transit fees, the reforms enacted in the 1920s, Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain, the territorial dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah, relations between the Sunni and Shi'a communities in Bahrain and the appointment of Charles Belgrave as adviser to Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

The files also contain a limited number of maps and photographs.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227759

Is part of:

IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files

IOR/R/15/1/314-377 : File 19: Bahrain

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0006]/038-000227759

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R

Record Type (Level):

SubSubSeries

Extent:

64 files and volumes (12,090 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
English
Farsi
French

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1895

End Date:

1946

Date Range:

1895-1946

Era:

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Arrangement:

The Bahrain files are arranged by file and part number, in which, for example, the reference 19/98 II is composed of the subject reference 19 (Bahrain), the file number 98 and the part number II. Numbers in brackets after the reference show that the file also formed part of the 'Confidential' series held at the Residency in Bushire, in which C stands for Bahrain.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Āl Khalīfah, Family, 1783-

Subjects:

Arab nationalism
Armed forces
Economic reform
Foreign relations
National economy
Religious conflicts
Rights of states
Social reform

Places:

Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Sitra, Bahrain