Archive Reference (shelfmark): IOR/R / Language: Arabic - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2009
Title:: File 22/8 Dubai Reforms
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding political developments in Dubai in 1938, specifically the tensions that developed between the ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm and members of the Al Bu Falasah branch of his tribe, as well as the related reform movement tha...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 9 Jul 1938-29 May 1939
Extent:: 1 file (403 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2010
Title:: File 22/8 II Dubai Affairs
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Dubai, primarily the impact (and continuation) of events as described in file IOR/R/15/2/2009, in which a reform movement opposed to Dubai's ruler emerged in the Shakyhdom but was subsequently quashed...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 5 Apr 1939-9 Apr 1940
Extent:: 1 file (317 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2010A
Title:: File 22/15 Dubai-Abu Dhabi Boundary Dispute
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding a period of tensions and hostilities that took place between the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm and Shaikh Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān respectively. The correspondence discusses the reasons behind this c...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 19 Oct 1945-26 Aug 1946
Extent:: 1 file (292 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2011
Title:: File 22/21 Shaikh Sultan bin Salim of Ras-Al-Khaimah
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding political developments in Ras Al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], particularly regarding its ruler, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī. The correspondence discusses tensions and sporadic conflict that arose between Shaikh Sultan and members of his family, pr...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 31 Aug 1946-11 Jun 1950
Extent:: 1 file (315 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2012
Title:: File 38/7 P. C. L. Umm Al Quwain Concession
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Concessions Limited for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Umm al-Quwain. The file contains a copy of an agreement that was signed in 1938 between Petroleum Concessions Limited and Shaikh Ahmad...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 12 Jan 1945-5 Mar 1946
Extent:: 1 file (84 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2013
Title:: File 38/9 P.C.L. - Ras Al Khaimah Concession
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Concessions Limited for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Ras Al Khaimah. The file contains a copy of agreement signed between the British Government and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 10 Apr 1938-2 Aug 1948
Extent:: 1 file (100 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2014
Title:: File 38/14 Petroleum Concessions Limited - Kalba
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Kalba. The file contains copies of agreements made in this regard betw...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 20 Dec 1938-30 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (127 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2015
Title:: File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding the delimitation of the boundaries of the Trucial states with an emphasis on the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. On this topic, the file contains a detailed letter by Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer on the Trucial Coast that includes a...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 30 Apr 1947-23 Mar 1950
Extent:: 1 file (111 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2016
Title:: File B/17 Kalba - Affairs regarding.
Scope & Content:: The volume concerns political developments at Kalba, particularly the consequences of the death of Shaikh Said bin Hamad; the minority of Shaikh Hamad bin Said; the involvement of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, in Kalba affairs; and the appointment...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 4 May 1937-12 Nov 1937
Extent:: 1 volume (279 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2016 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: Vernacular Office File
Scope & Content:: The records consist of one volume only: IOR/R/15/2/2016: 'File B/17 Kalba - Affairs regarding.' This a file produced by the Vernacular Office of the Political Agency, Bahrain, which is separate from the main run of Vernacular Office papers (IOR/R/15/2/1824-1980). The volume concerns political af...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1937
Extent:: 1 volume (279 folios)

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