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1. IOR/R/15/1/341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/341
Title:
File 19/166, 168 (C 25) (1) Nejdis and Persians (2) Mehdi Al Jishi
Scope & Content:
Most of the papers in this file relate to disturbances that broke out between Nejdis (people from the Nejd central region of the Arabian Peninsula) and Persians in Bahrain in 1923. The broader ramifications of the violence as well as its causes are discussed in detail. The file also includes cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1923-10 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/343
Title:
File 19/169 II (C 76) Agitation in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
A collection of correspondence that primarily relates to agitation that took place in Bahrain between 1935 and 1938. The main topics discussed are the reform of Shia religious courts in Bahrain, the factors involved in the unrest, a brief history of the Baharnah (the Shia community in Bahrain), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1935-27 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/573-587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/573-587
Title:
File 18 Judicial
Scope & Content:
The Judicial files each relate to a separate issue. The main categories are: Penal matters (IOR/R/15/2/573, IOR/R/15/2/587); the framing, application and interpretation of judicial legislation governing a variety of matters, including the question of British jurisdiction over American nationals ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Spanish
Date Range:
1933-1950
Extent:

15 files (824 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1865
Title:
‘File B/9 I (30/9-II) Residency Agent, Sharjah’s News Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a series of bi-monthly news summaries about events in Trucial Oman, for the years 1935 and 1936, compiled by the Residency Agent, Sharjah and sent to the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The news summaries are also referred to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1935-18 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (418 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/20
Title:
File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1919-14 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/21
Title:
File 9/4 ‘Political Agency Koweit. IX/4. Civil Cases from 1909’
Scope & Content:
The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a record of hearing proceedings held at the British Political Agency in Kuwait. These case papers relate to the investigation and resolution of 27 individual claims that were submitted to the Political Agent, Kuwait ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Persian, and Tamil
Date Range:
29 Sep 1908-18 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 file (299 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/51
Title:
File 14/1 'Piracies & Irregularities at Sea'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation and prosecution of nine cases of piracy by the Political Agent, Kuwait. These cases concern attacks by Arab, Persian and Somali pirates, mainly on Kuwaiti cargo and passenger boats, their passengers and crew, in the Persian Gulf and o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1907-10 Jan 1914
Extent:
1 file (301 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/293-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/293-307
Title:
File 7: Judicial
Scope & Content:
The Judicial Files relate to the judicial functions of the Kuwait Political Agency over British Protected Persons, as defined by the Kuwait Order in Council. IOR/R/15/1/294-297 are concerned with the drafting of the original (1925) Order in Council, and subsequent reissues in 1935 and 1949; thes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1919-14 Dec 1949
Extent:
15 files (1175 folios)