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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/1492-1594 Language Arabic Subject Gifts

1. IOR/R/15/2/1548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1548
Title:
‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1930-19 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1549
Title:
‘File 16/41 Miscellaneous. Horses belonging to late Sir Hugh Biscoe – Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning two horses given to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1932. The majority of the correspondence takes place between staff a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1932-10 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1578
Title:
‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to gifts of ammunition cartridges made by British political officials to members of the ruling family of Bahrain, including the ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah. Included in the papers are letters of thanks from the recipients of these gifts, often in both Engli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)