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11. IOR/R/15/2/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/359
Title:
File 9/11 Smuggling of Arms
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent and received by the Political Agency at Bahrain, the other Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, the India Office in London and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, concerning the smuggling of arms and ammunitions from the Arab side of the Gulf into Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1934-24 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/2/607

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/607
Title:
‘QATAR. PUNITIVE ACTION AGAINST QATAR – INAUGURATION OF RATIONING ETC. ACTION AGAINST DARWISH BROTHERS’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the lifting of travel restrictions imposed in 1944 by the British authorities in the Gulf on three members of the Darwish family from Qatar – Jasim bin Darwish, Abdulla bin Darwish and Abdur-Rahman bin Darwish. Correspondents in the file include the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1946-20 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/2/772

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/772
Title:
'File 29/19 FOOD SUPPLIES EXPORT CONTROL'
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about Indian tea and sugar exports to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah under the quota system and the export licensing restrictions imposed by the Government of India during the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities wer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1943-5 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/2/783

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/783
Title:
File 29/23 i Contravention of Food Regulations and smuggling of quota goods
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about investigations conducted by the Political Agent, Bahrain into the maritime smuggling of rice, sugar, tea, matches, cotton piece goods and other essential commodities in short supply during the Second World War (1939-1945). Supply and trade in these goods be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1944-16 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/2/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/897
Title:
‘File 41/2 Arms traffic’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/898
Title:
‘File 41/3 Theft of ammunition from Jida store’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the storage and security arrangements for small arms ammunition (SAA) held by the Government of Bahrain, prompted by the theft of 18,000 rounds of ammunition from a store on Jida [Jiddah] Island, in October 1945. The principal correspondents in the f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1945-11 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/1808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1808
Title:
File 36/86 II Export of Gold and Silver from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the movement of currency and precious metals (gold and silver) around the Persian Gulf. The Correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Eastern Bank Limited. A small...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1942-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (378 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/5/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/46
Title:
File 13/6 Arms Traffic General
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, telegrams, statements and notes regarding incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling incidents in Kuwait. The file includes: accounts from the Commander of the Persian Gulf Division regarding rifles carried by pearling dhows; request for all vessels leaving the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1912-10 Jun 1929
Extent:
1 file (246 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/5/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/48
Title:
File 13/7 Illicit Trade of Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
The file concerns incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling in Kuwait. The file contains general correspondence on arms smuggling; statements and memoranda; lists of arms and ammunition smuggled; lists of Persian firms exporting arms and ammunition; list of Persian merchants of importance in K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1890-29 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 file (184 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/5/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/112
Title:
‘1/1 Volume IV Koweit Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and British officials’ efforts to negotiate the lifting of a trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the of King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). The vol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1935-21 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)