Sub-sub-series
File 41 Arms and Ammunition
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/896-898
What’s it about?
This record is about the File 41 Arms and Ammunition dating from 1945-1949.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/2/896-898
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Title (The name of the record)
- File 41 Arms and Ammunition
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Arms and Ammunition subject files contain correspondence and papers relating to arms control, and incidents of arms theft or arms smuggling, occurring at Bahrain and elsewhere along the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf:. arms licenses for the nakhudas of boats sailing on the Arab coast of the Gulf, and letters sent by the Political Agent at Bahrain to the region's rulers, reminding them of their obligations in respect of existing arms treaties and agreements (IOR/R/15/2/896); reports of arms smuggling around the Arabian Peninsula, chiefly from the Arab coast to the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, and specifically from Dubai to Bandar-e Lengeh; also reports of instances of the theft of arms and ammunition (IOR/R/15/2/897); investigations into the theft of ammunition belonging to the Government of Bahrain, and subsequent investigations into the case, and the Government of Bahrain's use, storage, and security of its ammunition (IOR/R/15/2/898)
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The Arms and Ammunition subject files are arranged by file number, where 41 is the subject number (Arms and Ammunition), and 1, 2 and 3 are the file numbers.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Arabic; English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 files (207 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3bb25c2c-e28e-48fe-8407-65772c943027/
Series information
IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/R
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Within the series: IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
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File 41 Arms and Ammunition