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551. IOR/R/15/2/1869

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1869
Title:
‘File B/10-2 CLAIMS OF VIRUMAL VALABDAS OF DUBAI’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the debt recovery claims made in 1933 and 1935 by the Indian merchant Viroomal Vallabdas (also spelt Virumal Valabdas) of Dubai. His claims are against Shaikh Said bin Maktum the Ruler of Dubai [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] and his b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 May 1933-20 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

552. IOR/R/15/2/1285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1285
Title:
File 6/66 Correspondence regarding casualties reported at the house of Haji Muhammad Tayib Kunji - a Persian merchant of Manamah - during distribution of alms on the 10th Muharram/14th April 1935
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning an incident on 14 April 1935 which resulted in the deaths of at least 75 people due to crushing and suffocation. The incident occurred at the home of the Persian merchant Mohammed Tayeb Khunji, where a crowd had gathered to receive alms. The correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1935-6 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

553. IOR/R/15/2/1879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1879
Title:
‘FILE. B/11. KIDNAPPING ON TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation of individual cases of the kidnapping and sale into slavery of Arab and Persian inhabitants of Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwin [Umm ul-Qaiwain]. These offences are committed mainly by Bedouins belonging to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1936-20 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

554. IOR/R/15/2/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/72
Title:
Shaikh Abdulla's Visit to London, 1919-1920
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to the visit to London in 1919 of Sheikh Abdullah [also spelled Abdulla in the papers] [Sheikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], the son of Sheikh Isa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain (also referred to in the papers as Bahrein). The volume consists mainly o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1919-27 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

555. IOR/R/15/2/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/76
Title:
File 1/3 Sultan of Nejd, 1921-22
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (also referred to Ibn Sa'ud), Sultan of Najd (also referred to as Nejd), particularly in relation to frontier disputes with Kuwait and Iraq. The file contains correspondence between the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1921-6 Oct 1928
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

556. IOR/R/15/2/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/114
Title:
File 5/24 Khalid bin Mohamed Al Faraj
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Agent at Kuwait; Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Ṭāhir, Editor of the Cairo-based al-Shūrá newspaper; and Khālid bin Muḥammad al-Faraj. These corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1927-17 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

557. IOR/R/15/2/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505
Title:
‘File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the establishment of an aerodrome at Bahrain, for the use of the British air transport operator Imperial Airways Limited. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior until No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (147 folios)

558. IOR/R/15/2/1374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1374
Title:
‘File 12/6 Marine Note of Protest’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the raising of notes of protest by various parties, in response to damage sustained to vessels at sea, or loss of cargo from vessels while at sea. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Master of the SS Begum, O G Rowland Jones; the Chief Local...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-14 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

559. IOR/R/15/2/1578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1578
Title:
‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to gifts of ammunition cartridges made by British political officials to members of the ruling family of Bahrain, including the ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah. Included in the papers are letters of thanks from the recipients of these gifts, often in both Engli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

560. IOR/R/15/2/1940

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1940
Title:
File No. G/5 V. O. Correspondence with the Qadhis regarding judicial matters.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, petitions and reports, regarding divorce cases of local women in Bahrain. The correspondence is between a Qatari local woman, the Bahrain Sharia Court, the Bahrain Political Agency, and the Ruler of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim Al-Thani). The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 May 1932-20 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

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