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1. IOR/R/15/1/370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/370
Title:
File 19/243 II (C 72) Zubarah
Scope & Content:
File contains correspondence related to hostilities that occurred between the forces of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qassim Al Thani of Qatar and the Al Naim tribe that took place in June and July 1937. At this time, the Al Naim tribe was allied to the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain who claimed Zu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1937-24 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/611
Title:
'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edward Grey...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613
Title:
File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/618-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/618-637
Title:
File 82: Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The twenty files forming the 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files were produced by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire. The 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Anglo-Persian Oil Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1939
Extent:
20 files (4277 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/733

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/733
Title:
Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government
Scope & Content:
The volume is Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1926). The volume contains transcripts of treaties and agreements dated 1915 to 1925...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:

1 volume (23 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/24-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/24-44
Title:
File E: Mainland
Scope & Content:
The Mainland files contain correspondence concerning Eastern Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. Included within the correspondence are details concerning: copies of papers from the Bushire files relating to Bahrain affairs between 1862 and 1895; the treatment and status of Hindu merchants in Eastern Arabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1900-1921
Extent:
21 files and volumes (4518 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/410
Title:
File 10/3 I Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Political Agency in Bahrain regarding the oil concessions in Qatar. It contains copies of the exclusive exploration agreement granted by Abdullah Ibn Qasim al Thani, Sheikh of Qatar, on 27 August 1932, permit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1932-7 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/411
Title:
File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume date mostly from 1933-1934. The volume contains copies of correspondence between the Political Resident at Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India in London about oil concession in Qatar and the negotiations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Shei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916-1934
Extent:
1 volume (252 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/412
Title:
File 10/3 III Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in Bushire, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India, on the Qatar oil concession, on the Southern boundary of Qatar and on the role of Ibn Saud in the negotiation. The volume includes: meeting notes, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1934-24 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/413
Title:
File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the India Office and the Shaikh of Qatar, the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and H.M.'s Ministry at Jedda in regard to the borders of Qatar, the oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdoms with Ibn Said. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1934-20 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)