IOR/R/15/2/1492-1594

The bulk of the surviving Miscellaneous subject files is made up of routine correspondence, exchanged with a number of organisations, many of which are of a governmental or commercial nature:

• the American Mission in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1493-1494);
• the Bahrain office of the shipping agent Mesopotamia Persia Corporation (IOR/R/15/2/1497);
• the Bahrain branch of Eastern Bank Limited (IOR/R/15/2/1503-1505, IOR/R/15/2/1529);
• the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/1530-1535);
• the Bahrain office of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company (IOR/R/15/2/1560-1561);
• other British Government officials in the Persian Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/1568-1569);
• the Bahrain branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran (IOR/R/15/2/1577);
• sports and social clubs in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1515, IOR/R/15/2/1562, IOR/R/15/2/1572);
• the Bahrain Customs Office (IOR/R/15/2/1512);
• other miscellaneous general correspondence (IOR/R/15/2/1506-1507).

Some files relate to the administration of the Political Agency at Bahrain, or other British political offices in the Gulf:

• distribution of political diaries (IOR/R/15/2/1511);
• political diaries for the Political Agencies at Bahrain and Kuwait (IOR/R/15/2/1498-1499, IOR/R/15/2/1511);
• opening hours and public holidays for the Political Agency (IOR/R/15/2/1552-1554);
• routines notes and orders for the Political Agency (IOR/R/15/2/1546);
• visits from officials and guests (IOR/R/15/2/1550-1551, IOR/R/15/2/1567).

A small number of files relate to or contain circulars, papers and publications distributed by Government officials (including the India Office, Foreign Office, Government of India):

• copies of the Iraq Government Gazette (IOR/R/15/2/1522);
• distribution of the Government of India Gazette (IOR/R/15/2/1571);
• implementation of the National Insurance Act, 1946 (IOR/R/15/2/1588);
• staff lists for of US Consular Officials in the Persian Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/1591), and staff at the British Middle East Office (IOR/R/15/2/1592);
• recruitment information for the Regular Army Reserve of Officers (IOR/R/15/2/1594).

Other subjects which are significantly represented in the Miscellaneous subject files are:

• anti-locust measures, and the activities of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit (MEALU) (IOR/R/15/2/1542-1545);
• visits to Bahrain by Church of England ministers (IOR/R/15/2/1547), expansion of the Christian cemetery, and Christian burials at Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1537-1538);
• the payment of military pensions from the Bahrain Treasury (IOR/R/15/2/1518-1521);
• the employment of local and foreign labour in Bahrain, including working terms, conditions, and compensation claims (IOR/R/15/2/1561, IOR/R/15/2/1589, IOR/R/15/2/1593).

Other subjects covered include: archaeological excavations of the Dilmun burial mounds at Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1513); maintenance of the Bahrain Agency gardens (IOR/R/15/2/1514); scholarships and bursaries offered by the British Council to students in the Persian Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/1526); collections for Earl Haig's Appeal (Poppy) Fund in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1558-1559); the calculation of local time relative to Greenwich Mean Time at Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1564); proposals for an Indian school in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1565); schedules for cinemas in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1575); and the development of the fishing industry in Bahrain and Muscat (IOR/R/15/2/1587).

The file IOR/R/15/2/1516 (File 16/20 Trucial Coast: daily news reports) is missing.