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1. IOR/R/15/1/52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/52
Title:
Vol 66: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, Major David Wilson, from various officials at the Government of Bombay. Correspondents include: Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay; Robert Cotton Money, Acting Persian Secretary to Gove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
21 Dec 1829-11 Jun 1830
Extent:
1 volume (40 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/15/1/350

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/350
Title:
File 19/176 I (C 39) Bahrain Finances
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed information regarding Bahrain's finances between 1924 and 1931. The file contains annual financial reports that include budget, revenue and expenditure details for the Government of Bahrain in this period. Education, the pearling industry and other economic issues a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1924-11 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (325 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/438
Title:
Education of Saiyid Said, son of H.H. the Sultan of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence on the education of Saiyd Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], son of the Sultan of Muscat, Taimur bin Faisal. Letters discuss his education at Mayo College, Ajmer in a school for the sons of Indian rulers. The Sultan, Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr ibn Fayṣal] wished him to attend a sc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1926-31 Jul 1928
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/545
Title:
File 53/89 I (D 154) Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait. The file contains correspondence from officials of the British Council regarding the council's activities in the Persian Gulf as well as visits to the region made by its officials C.A....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1936-13 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/546
Title:
File 53/89 II (D 169) Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait, with an emphasis on the role played by the British Council. The volume contains a number of reports on education in Kuwait authored by F J Wakelin, the Educational Adviser to the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Feb 1941-13 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/208
Title:
File 4/16 I Bahrain State Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to the development of education in Bahrain (with some reference to Kuwait). Specifically, the file contains details of the reform and expansion of Bahrain's educational system under Director of Education, C R L Adrian-Vallanc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1940-31 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/2/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/804
Title:
File 31/6 (4/7 II) EDUCATION OF YOUNGER MEMBERS OF AL KHALIFAH
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the education of the younger members of the Al Khalifah Ruling Family. Topics discussed include arrangements for judicial training in Palestine and the practicalities of starting a degree course at either Stanford University in the United States of Amer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1944-1 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (157 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/838-845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/838-845
Title:
File 34: Education
Scope & Content:
The Education subject files contain correspondence related to the development of education in Bahrain and Kuwait. The correspondence in the files discusses the role and activities of the British Council in the region, the recruitment of an educational advisor in Bahrain, the enrolment of Kuwaiti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
8 files and volumes (779 folios)