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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Place Hawar Islands, Persian Gulf, Bahrain

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3895
Title:
Coll 30/159 'Ownership of Hawar Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the disputed claims of the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands. The issue arose afresh in 1936 in response to a request from Petroleum Concessions Limited to settle the issue of ownership, in order that the Company could claim oil concession rights...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1936-15 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/689
Title:
'Confidential 86/14-ii B.47 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. BAHRAIN'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard C Fowle, Percy G Loch, Olaf K Caroe, Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy G Loch, Hugh Weightman, Tom Hickinbotham, John B Howes), the India Office (Maurice J Clauson, Roland T Pee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1936-12 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/690
Title:
'Confidential 86/14-iii B.49 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence in English and Arabic between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Shaikh of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1938-7 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/692
Title:
'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1939-2 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/693
Title:
'VOL. B. 60. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - vi. BAHRAIN UNALLOTTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Admiralty (Clifford George Jarrett), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1939-1 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/430
Title:
File 10/10 I Bahrain additional area
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the temporary modifica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1943-27 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/431
Title:
File 10/10 II Bahrain Additional Area
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah, the Sheikh of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Qasim Al Thani, the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), on the division of the sea-bed betwee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1947-9 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/547
Title:
15/7 HAWAR ISLANDS
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence discussing the ownership and status of the Hawar Islands and the competing claims of Bahrain and Qatar. It includes the following: a translation and original letter from Abullah bin Qasim Al Thani to Hugh Weightman, Political Agent, Bahrain (ff 6-9); a petitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1938-15 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (267 folios)