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IOR/R/15/2/538-542
- Record Id:
- 038-000228816
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x0000ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/538-542
- Title:
- File 14 Foreign Interests
- Scope & Content:
- The files contain correspondence, notes, and memoranda exchanged between various British Government offices, regional governments, and representatives of several commercial companies and other institutions. Many of the files relate to the activities and employment of foreign nationals (American, Japanese, German, and Italian) deemed a potential threat to British security and interests in the Persian Gulf just before, during, and just after the Second World War. One of the files (14/7) concerns relations between the Government of Bahrain and the newly-independent Government of India.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228816 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/538-542 : File 14 Foreign Interests - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/538 : File 14/3 Foreign Interests - American (General)
IOR/R/15/2/539 : File 14/4 Visits of Japanese representatives and agents
IOR/R/15/2/540 : File 14/5 Visits of German Agents
IOR/R/15/2/541 : File 14/7 Indian Representation in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2/542 : File 14/9 Employment of Italians in Bahrain
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/538-542 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0016]/038-000228816
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 5 files (105 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1936-1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- The Foreign Interests files are arranged by file number, by which, for example, the reference 14/5 is composed of the subject reference 14 (Foreign Interests) and the file number 5 (Visits of German Agents). The file number references of the surviving files (3, 4, 5, 7, and 9) show that there are gaps where files may have been lost or destroyed.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Places:
- Persian Gulf, Asia