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1081. IOR/R/15/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2
Title:
File A/4 Persian pretentions to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia’s claims of sovereignty over Bahrain. The first part of the volume (up to folio 44) contains confidential correspondence between the years 1906 and 1907, in which Persia’s claim over Bahrain is discussed between high-ranking B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
9 Feb 1906-20 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

1082. IOR/R/15/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/4
Title:
File A/6 Nasir bin Mubarak's claim to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to Shaikh Nāṣir bin Mubarak Āl Khalīfah's claim on Bahrain, and his subsequent attempts at reconciliation with the Bahrain ruler Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. The principal correspondents in the file are Captain Francis Prideaux, Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1903-12 Nov 1909
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

1083. IOR/R/15/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/5
Title:
File A/7 Draft of slave treaty with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to British jurisdiction over the slave trade in the Gulf. Folios 1b-11 are a letter dated 28 January 1914 (with enclosures dating back to June 1913) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (John Lorimer) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arthur Trev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1913-8 Mar 1914
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

1084. IOR/R/15/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/6
Title:
File A/9 I Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence and other papers concern the implementation of an Order of Council in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident and the Political Agent in Bahrain, each post being held by a number of different representatives throughout the period c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1895-31 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 volume (258 folios)

1085. IOR/R/15/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/7
Title:
File A/9 II Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the introduction of the Order in Council in Bahrain on 3 February 1919. A printed copy of the Order in Council is included at the front of the volume (folios 2-9), and marked with red, blue and black pencil annotations, marking incorrect or importan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1915-16 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

1086. IOR/R/15/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/9
Title:
File A/13 Correspondence between Shaikh `Isa and Turkish officials
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident, concerning letters received by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, from Turkish authorities, and chiefly from the Wali [governor] of Busreh [Basra]. Some items of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1909-24 May 1914
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

1087. IOR/R/15/2/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/10
Title:
File A/14 Shaikh Hamad bin Muhammad Al Khalifa and his intrigues with the Turkish authorities
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the actions and grievances of Shaikh Ḥamad bin Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, cousin of Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, the ruler of Bahrain. The key correspondents in the file are Shaikh Ḥamad and Shaikh ‘Īsá, and a succession of Political Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
23 Dec 1904-19 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 volume (123 folios)

1088. IOR/R/15/2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/11
Title:
File A/15 Jurisdiction over Hasawis
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file relates to the question of jurisdiction over Hasawis living in Bahrain, and is raised by specific incidents occurring in 1914 and 1917 in which Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, chief of Bahrain, ruled on the measures to be taken against certain Hasawis for their d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1914-16 Mar 1917
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

1089. IOR/R/15/2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/12
Title:
File A/18 Majlis al-Urfi: Correspondence regarding its Composition; also connected correspondence regarding "Jurisdiction"
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the membership and running of the Majlis al-Urfi (or civil court) in Bahrain, and negotiations between the Bahrain ruling family and the British Government, chiefly relating to the question of jurisdiction of foreign nationals in Bahrain. The principal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1919-29 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

1090. IOR/R/15/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13
Title:
File B/2 Oils and Minerals, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The letters, office notes and other items contained in the volume relate to the discovery and survey of bitumen (or asphalt) deposits in Bahrain, and subsequent discussions between British officials and the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, on securing exclusive concessions to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1907-12 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)

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