Sub-sub-series
File 4 Bahrain State
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/195-210
What’s it about?
This record is about the File 4 Bahrain State dating from 1933-1945.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/2/195-210
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Title (The name of the record)
- File 4 Bahrain State
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1933-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Bahrain State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that relate to the development of the state of Bahrain, the running of its government and its finances. The files cover financial information and the development of state services (IOR/R/15/2/195-198), educational reform (IOR/R/15/2/200,208-210), health services (IOR/R/15/2/201), tensions with Qatar regarding the sovereignty of Zubarah (IOR/R/15/2/202-206) and the appointment of an Assistant Political Agent and attempts to hire a factor [agent] to manage the estate of Shaikh Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl Khalīfah, the ruler of Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/199).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The Bahrain State Files are a part of the Confidential Files series (IOR/R/15/2/139-916). The No. 4 in the former external references refers to 'Bahrain State'.
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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)
- 16 files (3,575 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/ee0ebea2-6c92-4a33-b54d-a25c6ac75e3a/
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 4 Bahrain State