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1. IOR/R/15/1/685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/685
Title:
'D.142 CONFIDENTIAL. 86/13-i. P.C.L. KUWAIT.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the India Office (John P Gibson, Maurice Clauson, Roland T Peel, John C Walton); the Foreign Office (George Rendel, Lacy Bagallay); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard C Fowle); the Political Agent at Kuwait (Gerald Simpson de Gaury);...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1936-17 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/159
Title:
File 1/A/38 III Negotiations with Bin Saud re: Eastern Boundary of Saudi Arabia.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns negotiations between the British and Saudi Arabian governments over the definition of the eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia, particularly the border with Qatar and Abu Dhabi. The King of Saudi Arabia is commonly referred to in the papers as Bin Saud or Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1935-6 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/438
Title:
File 10/14 II Bahrain unallotted area
Scope & Content:
The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Limite...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1938-30 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 volume (391 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/785

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/785
Title:
‘File 29/25 DATES QUOTA – 1944-’45 FOR BAHRAIN AND TRUCIAL COAST’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about a British Ministry of Food scheme in 1944 for ensuring a controlled supply of Iraqi dates at reasonable prices to the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms during the Second World War (1939-1945), because local date crops were insufficient and imported dates were subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1944-24 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/178
Title:
File 3/8 Affairs of Sh. Khaz`als sons.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the heirs of Shaikh Khaz‘al [Khaz‘al bin Jabir bin Merdaw Āl Ka‘bī], the late Arab Shaikh of Mohommerah [Khorramshahr], and their requests for British assistance. The first few items of correspondence concern Shaikh Khaz‘al's eldest son, Shaikh Chassib bin Khaz‘al [Shaikh C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1942-17 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (252 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/311
Title:
File 9/1 Slave Traffic
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence regarding the trade in enslaved people in the Persian Gulf, and particularly in Kuwait (where there was no anti-slavery agreement between the British Government and the Ruler of Kuwait). Much of the correspondence is concerned with the preparation of informat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1929-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/213
Title:
File 8/27 SULTAN'S TOURS to INDIA, U.K., FAR EAST, U.S.A. June to Dec 1937.
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] travels abroad. It includes discussion of proposed visits in 1937/1938 to India, Singapore, Japan, the United States, London, France, and Italy. Most of the correspondence discusses arrangements for the Sultan's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1937-15 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/214
Title:
File 8/27 III 1). H.H. THE SULTAN. 2. SULTAN's VISIT TO INDIA AND EUROPE.
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to proposed and planned visits by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to Japan, the United States, Europe (i.e. England, France, Germany and Italy), and India. Related matters of discussion include the following: the Sultan's correspondence with fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1938-16 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/236
Title:
File 8/54 Muscat State Affairs: Affairs of members of ruling family
Scope & Content:
This file concerns members of the ruling family of Muscat. Most of the file relates to the financial affairs of Dhiyab bin Fahad [Dhiyab bin Fahad bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd], a cousin of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence begins with a request from Dhiya...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
25 Apr 1941-29 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/242
Title:
'File 8/62 Muscat State Affairs: Principal Shaikhs and Tribes of Oman'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the shaikhs of the Omani tribes. Much of the correspondence discusses the Sultan's ambition to secure the allegiance of the Omani shaikhs and consolidate his authority in the interior of Oman. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1938-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)