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1041. IOR/R/15/1/598

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/598
Title:
File 61/19 I (D 68) Bin Saud. Supply of personnel and aircraft
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the institution and maintenance of a Hejaz Air Force by British Government officials based in the Gulf region and in London. In late 1929 the British Government authorised the sale of four Wapati planes, 1000 twenty-pound bombs and other equipment t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1929-30 Jun 1930
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

1042. IOR/R/15/2/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/273
Title:
‘File 7/6 Proposal to construct ammunition dump at Bahrain & Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the establishment of an ammunition and bomb store at the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Sharjah. Mention is made of the requirement for a bomb store at the RAF base at Bahrain at the beginning of the file, but it does not constitute a significant part of the file....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1935-26 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

1043. IOR/R/15/2/511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/511
Title:
‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence relating to requests from foreign airlines – chiefly the Dutch company Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Air France – to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and its aerodrome facilities at Bahrain, Gwadur [Gwādar, then a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

1044. IOR/R/15/2/602

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/602
Title:
File 20/1 II Slavery in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to a number of issues concerning the slave trade and slavery in the Gulf region: Correspondence related to the League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts, and its request for information about slavery in the Persian Gulf region. The papers include ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1937-21 Jul 1938
Extent:

1 volume (283 folios)

1045. IOR/R/15/2/929

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/929
Title:
‘File 4/8 (2/4a) Article regarding Bahrain-U.K. Treaty; Dismissal of Ali bin Hussain, Secretary to the Manama Municipality’
Scope & Content:
The file contains an exchange of confidential correspondence, following Arab press reports of a new friendship treaty between the Sheikhs of Bahrain and the British Government. The correspondence is mainly between Meredith Worth (Officiating Political Agent, Bahrain), Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1934-19 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

1046. IOR/R/15/2/1008

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1008
Title:
File 1/22 Handing Over and Taking Over by the Head Clerks on Transfer: Correspondence re
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of valuables kept on deposit [some as a result of legal cases], and firearms, ammunition, documents, and other items stored securely at the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers include statements, lists, notes, receipts, and a small amount of correspondence, and cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1930-3 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (89 folios)

1047. IOR/R/15/2/1799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1799
Title:
File 36/60 Minutes of the Commercial Advisory Committee Meetings
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the minutes of Bahrain's Commercial Advisory Committee. The Committee was a body composed of its president, Political Agent Major Tom Hickinbotham, a number of prominent local merchants based in Bahrain and G W R Smith, Director of Customs. The Committee is occasiona...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1943-9 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

1048. IOR/R/15/5/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/25
Title:
File X/2 Bin Saood, Koweit [Kuwait] & Ibn Rashid
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his conflict with the Al Rashid rulers of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar (or Emirate of Ha'il) as well as his relations with the Ottoman Empi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1909-7 Feb 1923
Extent:
1 file (527 folios)

1049. IOR/R/15/5/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/300
Title:
‘File 7/3 Representations by Foreign Powers on behalf of their Subjects’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with representations made to the Kuwait Political Agency by foreign powers, requesting that the British investigate complaints made by their subjects against the ruling authorities of Kuwait; it should be noted that the nationality of complainants is sometimes disputed. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1934-21 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

1050. IOR/R/15/5/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/314
Title:
File 13/4 II 'American Mission in Arabia (Includes Acquisition of Land)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to the American Mission. It includes correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Dr C S G Mylrea of the American Mission, Kuwait, and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1930-17 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

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