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251. IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 140-158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 140-158
Title:
Letter no.403 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the Persian Gulf squadron’s expedition to Bahrain and Al-Qaṭīf, to attack the boat and position of the fugitive Humud bin Mujdell, and to obtain reparations from Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah at Bahrain. There are three principal enclosures to Kemball’s letter, some of whic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1854
Extent:
19 folios

252. IOR/R/15/1/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/245
Title:
14/86 ATTACK ON AJMAN AND MURDER OF THE CHIEF AND SUCCESSION ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file relates mainly to the issues of succession in Ajman and some other Trucial States. The main correspondents are the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; and Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1900-16 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

253. IOR/R/15/1/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/324
Title:
File 19/109 VII (C 59) Shaikh's Relations with other Foreign Powers
Scope & Content:
The file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire and Bahrain. The bulk of the correspondence relates to reports that Bahrain nationals resident in Gusba in Persia were being forced by the Persian government to forego their Bahraini nationality and ad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1933-30 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

254. IOR/R/15/1/446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/446
Title:
Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal]and the accession of his son, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. The file includes a letter in Arabic (folio 97) from Sultan Taimur with a translation in English, giving reasons as to why he cannot return to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1931-1 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

255. IOR/R/15/1/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/221
Title:
File 5/191 Kidnapping of Baluchis and Indians on the Mekran Coast and exporting them for sale at Oman and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between various British Government officials in the Persian Gulf, who were responding to a perceived increase in the trade of slaves across the Gulf of Oman, from the Baluchistan coast to the Batinah and Trucial coasts on the Arabian Peninsula. A significant pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1921-29 Jul 1922
Extent:

1 volume (249 folios)

256. IOR/R/15/1/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/233
Title:
'File 5/198 II, 199, 200 Kidnapping of persons on the Trucial Coast; purchase and export of slaves from the Trucial Coast; Saudi Government's regulations on the slave traffic'
Scope & Content:
The contents of subject file 5/198 II relate to four kidnapping and slave trade incidents that occurred on the Trucial Coast between 1938 and 1941. In one incident (folios 8-22), the boat of the suspected trader, used to transport slaves, had its rudder and sail removed by the Shaikh of Dubai's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1935-30 May 1941
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

257. IOR/R/15/1/701

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/701
Title:
'Confdl. 86/47 Umm-al-Qawain Oil'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a letter from Ernest Vincent Packer, Manager for Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) enclosing a copy of the concession agreement signed with Shaikh Aḥmad bin rāshid Āl Mu'alla ( of Umm-al-Qawain [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1945-10 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

258. IOR/R/15/1/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/207
Title:
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1921-26 Nov 1943
Extent:

One volume (164 folios)

259. IOR/R/15/1/279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/279
Title:
File 14/198 Attempted murder by Abdur Rahman of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul-Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the attempted murder of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah at the instigation of Abdur Rahman, headman of the village of al-Hira. Correspondence discusses how the Residency Agent acquired many enemies in the execution of his official duties in co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1925-14 Jul 1929
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

260. IOR/R/15/1/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/288
Title:
'B Series POLITICAL 8/2 SUCCESSION TO THE SHAIKHDOM OF KALBA (A Series: 14/238 II)'
Scope & Content:
This file consists mainly of letters (with translation in Arabic) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad al Qasimi, Regent of Kalba. The file discusses how the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf informs Shaikh Khalid that he His Majesty's Government is ple...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1938-30 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)