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181. IOR/R/15/1/282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/282
Title:
Confidential B24 File No. 14/205 Capture by Persian Customs Preventive Service Boat of a Debai Boat off Tamb Island
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the seizure by a Persian customs launch of a boat carrying tea and sugar and implications for British prestige on the Arab coast. The file includes a sketch map of Jezirat Tunb [Tumb] (folio 4) and Jezirat Abu Musa (folio 9). Correspondents include the Senior Naval Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1928-31 Mar 1930
Extent:
1 Volume (366 folios)

182. IOR/R/15/1/555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/555
Title:
File 60/54 Imperial Bank of Iran, Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains the agreement to open a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Dubai. It is signed by Sheikh Sa‘īd II bin Maktūm, Ruler of Dubai, and F. H. Johnson, Representative of the Imperial Bank of Iran, and witnessed by Clive Murphy, Political Officer, Sharjah, dated 5 January 1946.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

183. IOR/R/15/1/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/276
Title:
ARAB COAST 14/194 Deposition of Shaikh Saqar bin Khalid and Succession of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar as Shaikh of Sharjah. 1924.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the deposition of Shaikh Saqar bin Khalid and succession of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar as Shaikh of Sharjah. The Political Resident Persian Gulf brokered an agreement over this succession which included the place of residence for the former ruler and payments. Includes ge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1924-5 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios)

184. IOR/R/15/1/396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/396
Title:
File 35/34 I Muskat: Grievances of the Banians about notification issued by the Sultan fixing 19 maund as the weight of a rice bag
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning complaints from Banians about notification issued by Sultan fixing the weight of rice bags in the unit of measurement of weight known as a maund. Correspondence discusses the difference between a Muskat maund and a Bengal maund and issues relating to the sale of rice by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1897-4 Nov 1897
Extent:
1 volume (47 folios)

185. IOR/R/15/1/741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/741
Title:
Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and Adjacent Territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following two documents: Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and adjacent territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913 and Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Boundaries of Aden and of Ottoma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:

1 volume (45 folios)

186. IOR/R/15/1/389-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/389-390
Title:
File 33: Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The two surviving Naval and Marine files in the records of the Political Residency, Bushire both relate to the Royal Navy base at Jufair in Bahrain. The first file records the Admiralty decision to close the naval base at Henjam [Hengam] Island and to establish a new base at Jufair, with later pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
2 files (87 folios)

187. IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 5-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/37, ff 5-7
Title:
Letter No. 154 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a communication sent by Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay to Rahma bin Jabir [Raḥmah bin Jābir], Shaikh of the Jalahamah tribe, dated 16 January 1826, in response to a letter received from him, dated 7 November 1825. The enclosure is in Arabic and includes a tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1826
Extent:

3 folios

188. IOR/R/15/1/49, ff 11-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/49, ff 11-18
Title:
Letter No. 448: William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, transmits an original letter, dated 16 April 1829, from the Governor of Bombay, Sir John Malcolm, to His Highness the Imaum of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat] along with copies in English and Arabic,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1829
Extent:
8 folios

189. IOR/R/15/1/411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/411
Title:
File 35/86 IV Muscat Treaty
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Sa'id bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman signed in 1937 to replace a treaty signed in 1891. The file includes correspondence on municipal tax; prolongation of 1891 treaty; the Sultan's draft wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1937-15 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 Volume (204 folios)

190. IOR/R/15/1/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/49
Title:
Vol 59: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters received by David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, and Charles Norris, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. The letters cover the following subjects: the concerns of Mahomed B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1829-21 Jul 1829
Extent:
1 volume, 3 items (18 folios)