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21. IOR/R/15/1/237-238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/237-238
Title:
File 13 Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The file and volume consists of correspondence, memos, and file notes relating to those subjects deemed miscellaneous within the Bushire Residency records. The first covers the evolution of the forms of address used for the various rulers of the Persian Gulf region. The second concerns locust sur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1912-1945
Extent:
2 files and volumes (226 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

23. IOR/R/15/1/295-313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/295-313
Title:
File 18 Judicial
Scope & Content:
The Judicial records of the Political Residency Bushire include papers relating to proposals for new Orders in Council; the drafting and publication of Orders in Council; proposals for amendments to existing Orders in Council by means of King's Regulations; the drafting and publication of King's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1910-1948
Extent:
19 files and volumes (2,423 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/1/314-377

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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
64 files and volumes (12,090 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/1/384-388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/384-388
Title:
File 26: Arabistan and Luristan
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain correspondence, reports, maps, and memoranda relating to British interests in the Arabistan [Khūzestān] and Luristan [Lorestān] provinces of south west Persia following their political and commercial penetration of the region in the late nineteenth-century. The documents cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1905-1946
Extent:

5 volumes (1073 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/1/389-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/389-390
Title:
File 33: Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The two surviving Naval and Marine files in the records of the Political Residency, Bushire both relate to the Royal Navy base at Jufair in Bahrain. The first file records the Admiralty decision to close the naval base at Henjam [Hengam] Island and to establish a new base at Jufair, with later pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
2 files (87 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/1/391-467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/391-467
Title:
File 35: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Muscat files cover a large number of topics in the period 1895 - 1946. The files contain correspondence concerning the nature of British involvement with Muscat. Key topics include the foreign relations of Muscat, rebellions against the Sultan, negotiation of a new British commercial treaty ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
77 files (12,788 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/1/468 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/468 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 45: Interdicts
Scope & Content:
There is one surviving file in the ‘Interdicts’ subject category. It is a bound volume of British official correspondence about the election of the first Kuwait Legislative Council in 1938.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 file (222 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/1/469 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/469 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 51: Telegraph Department
Scope & Content:
There is one surviving file in the ‘Telegraph Department’ subject category. The file contains a single document from 1947, about opening a telegraph station in Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 file (6 foios)

30. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)