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471. IOR/R/15/5/218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/218
Title:
File 4/30 Activities of Shaikh Subah al Nasir As Sabah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities of Shaikh Subah [Sabah] al Nasir as Subah [al-Sabah], a member of the ruling family of Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence in the file relates to an incident in 1948 when Shaikh Nasir is alleged to have...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1944-18 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (108 folios)

472. IOR/R/15/5/220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/220
Title:
File 4/32 Presents for His Highness. Radio Sets, Launches etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to obtain a wireless radio transmitting set as a gift. The potential complications involved in such a gift and the broader political context are discussed. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1946-18 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

473. IOR/R/15/5/222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/222
Title:
File 4/35 Accounts of the Kuwait Municipality, Health, Food Supply and Revenue Departments
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the annual accounts of the Kuwait Municipality and the Government of Kuwait's Department of Health, Department of Food Supply and Department of Finance. In addition to these accounts, the file also contains related correspondence between officials at the Kuwait Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1947-31 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (160 folios)

474. IOR/R/15/2/19-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/19-23
Title:
File D Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
Each of the five Bahrain Affairs files covers a separate topic relating to matters of internal administration; four of them relate directly to the Ruler of Bahrain or members of his immediate family. The subjects covered are as follows: the banishment from Bahrain in 1905 of the Governor of Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1905-1921
Extent:
5 files (637 folios)

475. IOR/R/15/2/127-138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/127-138
Title:
File 9 Bahrain Reforms
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain Reforms files cover different aspects of the reforms and other modernisation programmes introduced by British officials into Bahrain during the 1920s. These include: judicial reforms and civil/criminal code reforms; economic reforms to Bahrain's pearl diving industry; Government fina...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1778 folios)

476. IOR/R/15/2/211-228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/211-228
Title:
File 5 Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The Naval and Marine files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain files concerning: ports and anchorages at Bahrain; movements of British naval ship and non-military ships in the Persian Gulf; visits of United States naval vessels to Bahrain; lighting and buoying; the establishment of the Jufai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1949
Extent:
18 files (901 folios)

477. IOR/R/15/2/1631-1649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1631-1649
Title:
File 18: Buildings and Works
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series mostly consists of files relating to the maintenance of, repairs to, and building works being carried out at, the Bahrain Political Agency building and compound. It includes files relating to the following: the move of the Post Office from inside the Political Agency build...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
19 files (3,089 folios)

478. IOR/R/15/1/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/214
Title:
‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire Political Residency staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
18 Jan 1913-31 Jan 1938
Extent:

One volume (158 folios)

479. IOR/R/15/1/251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/251
Title:
14/102 I Sir Abu Nu`air
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the island of Sir Abu Nu'ayr[Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr],its use and ownership. It consists mainly of letters in Arabic with English translations. The main correspondents are Shaikh Za'id bin Khalifah, Chief of Abu Dhabi; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Residenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1902-25 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 volume (26 folios)

480. IOR/R/15/1/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/281
Title:
14/201 II, TRUCIAL COAST MISCELLANEOUS, B 57
Scope & Content:
This file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Karachi, and Muscat. It covers the following topics: Anti-British activities of Abdullah bin Faris, Shaikh of Sharjah's Secretary. Calim [soldiers] of Makhoom bin Baroot against Shaikh of Sharjah. Dibah-Ra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1935-28 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (205 folios)

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