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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Name Bahrain Political Agency, 1900-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3728
Title:
Coll 30/18(1) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein, Customs dues on goods in transit; attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia and its precursor states, the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926-1932) and the Sultanate of Nejd (1921-27). ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1920-31 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (576 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3729

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3729
Title:
Coll 30/18(2) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Transit Dues: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia. The correspondence also discusses relations between the two countries generally and the role of Britain. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-24 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (388 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3736A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3736A
Title:
Coll 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Economy Proposals; Grant of Tariff Autonomy; Increase in Customs Duties; Developments in Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
This file contains annual budgets and financial accounts of the Government of Bahrain as well as related correspondence between British Government officials and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain. Much of this correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1932-24 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4126
Title:
Coll 35/20 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; installation of a telephone communication between the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications Ltd at Manamah and the landing ground at Muharraq'
Scope & Content:
The initial part of the file concerns the negotiations for the installation of a telephone service between the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications Ltd at Manamah and the landing ground at Muharraq, in 1934-35. The second part contains correspondence from 1944, focusing ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1934-21 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (214 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/199-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-234
Title:
File 5: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The majority of the Slave Trade subject files contain papers relating to the manumission of slaves or kidnapping incidents, heard by the Political Residency, and received from the Political Agencies in Bahrain (1924-43) and Muscat (1921-42), and the Native Agent at Sharjah (1921-40). The rest of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1892-1943
Extent:
36 files and volumes (9,000 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/1
Title:
File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to affairs in Sharjah. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent or the Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire (Bahrain from 1946). Matters covered by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1937-14 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/2
Title:
File 0210 Fujairah affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the history and status of Fujairah following its ruler, Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad Ash-Sharqi's [Muḥammad bin Ḥamad al-Sharqī] wish to enter into formal treaty relations with the British government. Included is the discussion over the interest of Petro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1941-1 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/3
Title:
File 0255 Boundaries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the definition of tribal territories and boundaries in the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates). The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent and Political Officer in Sharjah, the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1934-29 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (162 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/4
Title:
File 0425 Copies of Agreements, Concessions etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of the following agreements: Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Kalba, for facilitation of an airfield, 28 August 1936; Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum [Sa‘īd bin M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1930-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/5
Title:
File 0436 Sharjah Air Agreement
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement between the British government and the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī]. The correspondence is between the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast at Sharjah, Gordon Noel Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1948-28 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)