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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Name Shaikh of Kalba, al-Qāsimī dynasty, 1871-1952

1. IOR/R/15/1/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/277
Title:
'14/194 II. Deposition of Shaikh of Sharja and accession of his successor. 14/196/II Punishment of the Shaikh of Fujairah. 14/200 projected establishment of customs houses at Debai, Sharjah etc by Shaikhs. 14/211 Refractory conduct of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaima. 14/217 Murder of the Shaikh of Hamriyah. 14/233 Regarding Shaikh of Kalba. 14/243 Abu Dhabi customs and revenues. 14/252 I. Notices issued by Shaikh of Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the following topics: The dispute between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and the sons of Shaikh Khalid, a former ruler of Sharjah, over the area of Dhaid and how this affected a geological expedition. Correspondents include Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1929-5 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 volume (88 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/278
Title:
14/196 I Punishment of the Sheikh of Fujairah. Sheikh Hawad bin Abdullah Sharqiyin.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence relating to actions taken against the Shaikh of Fujairah. The main correspondents are the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Political Agent Muscat; Residency Agent Sharjah; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Shaikh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1925-10 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/287
Title:
File 14/235 I (B Series 8/2) Succession to the Shaikhdom of Kalba and Kalba affairs
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence on two topics: the succession of the Shaikhdom of Kalba and secondly, Kalba affairs. Letters report that in 1937 Shaikh Said of Kalba died and the people of Kalba elected his son Hamad, a boy of twelve, but the right of succession by the firstborn child was no...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1937-26 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/288
Title:
'B Series POLITICAL 8/2 SUCCESSION TO THE SHAIKHDOM OF KALBA (A Series: 14/238 II)'
Scope & Content:
This file consists mainly of letters (with translation in Arabic) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad al Qasimi, Regent of Kalba. The file discusses how the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf informs Shaikh Khalid that he His Majesty's Government is ple...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1938-30 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/621
Title:
‘File 22/22 Trucial Coast – Kalba Succession’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the succession to the Trucial Coast shaikhdom of Kalba, following the death of its Ruler Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad] on 30 April 1937, leaving a seven-year-old son, the minor Shaikh Hamad bin Said [Ḥamad bin Sa‘īd], as heir. Discussion focuses o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1931-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/622
Title:
‘File 22/22 – VOL.II K_A_L_B_A’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter in March 1948, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, requesting British recognition of Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad bin Salim [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Muḥammad bin Sālim al-Qāsimī] as the new Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1922-19 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/941

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/941
Title:
‘File 22/6 I Kalba’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to affairs on the Trucial Coast in 1951, chiefly the assassination of the Ruler of Kalba, Hamad bin Sa’id [Ḥamad bin Sa’id Āl Qāsimī] by Saqr bin Sultan bin Salim [Ṣaqr bin Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī], son of the former ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah, Sheikh ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 May 1951-19 Nov 1951
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1141
Title:
File 4/25 I Corr. re: Kalba payments.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of payments to the Ruler of Kalba for air facilities, for the period 28 September 1936 to 27 December 1944. The papers consist of covering letters from the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Residency Agent, Sharjah forwarding monthly payments of 400 rupees 'for rent of s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1936-6 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (339 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1944
Title:
File G/7 III Id Calls. Correspondence with the Shaikhs of the T. Coast.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and various Gulf rulers and shaikhs mainly on the occasions of ‘Eid al-Fitr and ‘Eid al-Adha between 1944 and 1950. A memorandum was sent by the Agency to the Naval Officer in charge that the Agen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1944-30 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (398 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/2016

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2016
Title:
File B/17 Kalba - Affairs regarding.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns political developments at Kalba, particularly the consequences of the death of Shaikh Said bin Hamad; the minority of Shaikh Hamad bin Said; the involvement of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, in Kalba affairs; and the appointment...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1937-12 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)