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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Name Trucial Coast Political Agency, 1930s-1971

1. IOR/R/15/2/1160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1160
Title:
File 4/52 Sharjah Agency Dubai Hospital A/C.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of the Dubai Hospital Account, which was maintained by the British Agency, Sharjah. The papers include statements of the Dubai Hospital Account for the quarters ended June 1949 to September 1950 inclusive, and associated financial statements. The accounts cover s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1949-30 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1629
Title:
File 17/28 Government Motor Vehicles for Agency
Scope & Content:
This file documents the purchase and supply of two official vehicles for the Bahrain Political Agency: a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and an Austin Sixteen Shooting Brake. Near the beginning of the file the Political Agent states a preference for Humber models as the Agency's official cars (specifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1946-8 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1760
Title:
File 31/2 III Correspondence re Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the purchase of books by the Political Agency at Bahrain, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, and the supply of empty manumission forms. The documents in the file include advertisements, orders for books and magazines, cheques, and receipts of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1937-21 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1780
Title:
File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the supply of spare car parts in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence in the file is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain; the State Engineers Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Residency Agency in Sharjah. Also...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1942-27 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (292 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1781
Title:
File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the importation of vegetable ghee and cooking oil from India to the Gulf, primarily Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the impact of a ghee shortage in India and the import quotas that were allocated to merchants operating in the Gulf....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 May 1943-13 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1918

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1918
Title:
File E/26 REQUESTS FOR TRACING OF PERSONS IN BAHRAIN
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding requests for the tracing of persons in Bahrain. The main correspondence is between the Government of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, the British Agency at Sharjah, and the Political Agency, Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1950-18 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4
Title:
Residency Agency, Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
Very few files have survived from the Residency Agency, probably because there was little methodical record keeping before the appointment of the British Political Officer in 1939. The series contains only seventeen files dating from 1930 to 1951. Subjects covered include boundaries, Sharjah Air ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1930-1951
Extent:
17 files (1878 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/43
Title:
File 11/5 Titles. Koweit 15 Recommendations for Titles and Honours
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); his successor Shaikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; the Secretary to the Most Exalted Order of the Star ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1907-2 Jun 1929
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)