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1. IOR/R/15/2/1847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1847
Title:
Miscellaneous Papers Regarding Judicial Matters
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a request for assistance to the Political Agency, Bahrain, from the Adlieyah of Nasriyah Ahwaz in a judicial relief case. The documents (in Arabic, Persian and English) concern a case filed by Rustam bin Ali [Rustam bin ‘Alī], a Persian resident of Bahrain, against Mohd. bin G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
2 Jun 1931-23 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1857
Title:
File A/13 Slave cases: Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to over thirty manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The manumission statements for each slave are included in the file, along with related follow-up correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Agency and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1939-16 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (172 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1846
Title:
File A/8 Correspondence regarding extradition of persons
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to four separate extradition requests in the Persian Gulf region, sent to the Bahrain Political Agency. In the first case Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, sought the extradition of a Bahraini subject alleged to have misappropriated mo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
29 Jul 1934-28 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1852
Title:
File A/11 II Slave cases Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file comprises eighteen manumission application cases numbered 13 to 30, cases 1 to 12 being contained in the Bahrain Agency file 'File A/11 I Slave cases Trucial Coast' (IOR/R/15/2/1851). The files contain a total of sixty-nine individual manumission applications (as well as one woman’s app...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1937-12 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (369 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1844

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1844
Title:
File A/6 Claims and complaints received and settled
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers and correspondence related to a host of claims and complaints, occurring both in Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast, that were brought to the attention of the Political Agent in Bahrain. The papers do not provide any detail of the court proceedings or the outcomes of any c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1936-1 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (285 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1938

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1938
Title:
File No. G/3 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Muharraq Notables.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding school enrolment and arrangements for a car to pick up the Political Agent upon his arrival from Basra. The correspondence is between the Political Agent in Bahrain (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Ahmed bin Yousuf Fakhroo and Khanbahadur Abdul Hay al-Hashimi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1932-22 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1841

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1841
Title:
File A/3 Miscellaneous correspondence with Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating to a number of miscellaneous slave matters, brought to the attention of, or communicated from, the Political Agency in Bahrain, including the following: an incident involving a Persian [Iranian] man, who had previously been convicted of selling...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1934-13 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1843

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1843
Title:
File A/4 Rules governing manumission of slaves
Scope & Content:
The file is comprised of extracts of correspondence and official notices, all referring to the manumission of slaves in the Persian Gulf. The contents of the file appear to have been compiled by staff at the Bahrain Political Agency over a number of years for reference purposes on how to deal wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 May 1926-12 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1856
Title:
File A/12 Arrest and capture of slaves
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to two slavery related incidents raised with the Political Agency in Bahrain. The first case (folios 1-22) involves two male ex-slaves who were apprehended by the Iranian police while travelling by boat to Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] to recover their belong...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1937-27 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1837

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1837
Title:
Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers (including slaves' statements) related to manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the cases involve slaves who have absconded or travelled from Muscat or Saudi Arabian territory. In those cases where a slave had ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1944-3 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)