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641. IOR/R/15/5/181

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/181
Title:
File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the supply of arms and ammunition to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Contrary to the file's title, the majority of this correspondence concerns the Shaikh's purchase of several Lewis Machine Guns (and am...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1929-4 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (221 folios)

642. IOR/R/15/2/175-176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/175-176
Title:
File 1/B Administration (General)
Scope & Content:
The files contain papers concerning the finances of the Bahrain State, protests and suggestions for reform. Correspondents include: Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1939
Extent:
2 files (571 folios)

643. IOR/R/15/4/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/10
Title:
File 0629/2 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding oil concession grants for land beneath the sea beyond the three mile territorial limit. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, and Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan [Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1950-6 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

644. IOR/R/15/6/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/13
Title:
'Political Events Oman and Muscat'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the proposed sale of Tunb Island to Muscat by the Shaikh of Lengeh; correspondence between the Political Agent in Muscat and Faisal bin Turkee; appointment of Louis Maguire as US Consul at Muscat; administrative and political affairs in Gwadur [Gwadar]; dispu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1880-1 Feb 1881
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

645. IOR/R/15/6/184, f 96

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/184, f 96
Title:
Sketch Map of Gwadur and Surrounding Region
Scope & Content:
This sketch map is a south-north depiction of Gwadur [Gwadar] and the surrounding area, with place names and landmarks written in Arabic. Scale not given.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 map

646. IOR/R/15/2/831-837

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/831-837
Title:
File 33 Electricity
Scope & Content:
This Sub-sub-series contains seven files related to electricity supply in Bahrain as well as other related infrastructure issues. The majority of the files (IOR/R/15/2/831-832 and 834-836) concern negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and other entities (including the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1950
Extent:
7 files (292 folios)

647. IOR/R/15/6/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/5
Title:
Slave Trade Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1872-14 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)

648. IOR/R/15/6/69 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/69 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XVII/2 Gwadar
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File XVII/2 Gwadar’ consists of one volume, XVII/2. The correspondence in the sub-sub-series is related to the restoration of the port of Gwadur [Gwadar], which is in the possession of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to the Khan of Kalat in return of a money payment. Among th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1885-1907
Extent:

1 volume (88 folios)

649. IOR/R/15/1/199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199
Title:
‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot (Political ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925
Extent:

1 volume (137 folios)

650. IOR/R/15/1/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/211
Title:
File 5/168 VII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains in excess of 120 manumission statements, taken down by the Residency Agent ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) at Sharjah between July 1938 and June 1939. Correspondence accompanying the statements sent by al-Razzaq includes details of the appearance of slaves as an indication of possibl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1938-28 Jun 1939
Extent:

1 volume (340 folios)

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