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51. IOR/R/15/2/1877

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1877
Title:
‘File B/10 IX Claim of Maginmal Likumdas of Dubai’
Scope & Content:
The file contains two letters written in both Arabic and English, in July 1933. The first letter is a report from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain about a claim of fraud made by Maginmal Likumdas (also spelt Lakamdas) of Dubai, against a former slave called Sultan Al H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/2/1825

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1825
Title:
File A/2 I Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to around sixty cases, involving slaves who have applied for manumission at the Agency in Bahrain. Copies of correspondence relating to many of these cases can also be found in the following Bushire Residency files: 'File 5/161 IV Manumission of slaves at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1932-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (343 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/2/1826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1826
Title:
File A/2 II Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file is correspondence relating to about forty-eight manumission applications, most of which were made at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Some applications are made with the Residency Agent at Sharjah, and forwarded to the Agency at Bahrain for submission to the Political Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
20 Dec 1934-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (349 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/2/1833

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1833
Title:
File A/2 IV [3 II] Slavery: cases of Trucial Coast slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to over forty manumission requests heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The cases involve slaves that had escaped from the towns of the Trucial Coast, notably Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Ra's al-Khaymah. Enclosed with most cases is the slave's statement,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1946-20 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/2/1838

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1838
Title:
File A/3 III (3 B II) Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to thirteen manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the slaves making the applications had travelled to Bahrain from Muscat and the al-Batinah region of Oman. In these cases, correspondence was exchanged...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1945-24 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (99 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/2/1896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1896
Title:
File No. E/2 V. O. Correspondence with the ADVISER and the BAHRAIN COURTS on Judicial Matters.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of proclamations, memoranda, reports on judicial matters and petitions. Petitions were raised by local residents, land and property owners or heirs, as well as by foreign residents of Bahrain. The petitions cover topics such as registration or sale of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1929-9 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/2/1913

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1913
Title:
File E/21 Papers about the appointment of Husain bin Yusuf al-'Uraifi as an Agency Dallal.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Husain bin Yusuf al-‘Uraifi as an official Dallal (broker) for the Government of Bahrain in place of the deceased Sayid Izzat, the Dallal in Manama. Al-‘Uraifi was also appointed as the official Dallal of the Political Agency, Bahrain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1937-6 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/2/1861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1861
Title:
File No. B/5 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Sultan of Muscat.
Scope & Content:
The file contains two letters from the Political Agent, Bahrain, (Geoffrey Prior) to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (Sa‘id bin Taymur al-Bu Sa‘idi). The first letter is to congratulate the Sultan on his accession to the throne, and the second is to inform him about the handing over of the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1932-29 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/2/1885

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1885
Title:
‘File B/19 CORRESPONDENCE WITH RESIDENCY, BUSHIRE, ABOUT DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENCY AGENT, SHARJAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the disposition of the estate of Shaikh Mazkoor (also spelt Mazkur) Nassori of Gabandi in Bahrain, following his death in Tehran in 1935, as well as the arrangements to be made for the care of his sons. The main correspondents are the Political Agent a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1935-11 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/2/1901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1901
Title:
File No. E/6 V. O. Correspondence about the Senior joint Courts.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the Senior Joint Courts in Bahrain. It mostly consists of letters from the Political Agent to the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa informing him of the dates and times of the court sittings. Shaikh Salman's replies confirm whether he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1942-6 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)