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1. IOR/L/PS/10/156/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/1
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Taona piracy case’
Scope & Content:
Part 3 comprises correspondence relating to an incident occurring in 1902 in which four Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] pearl fishers (described as being of the Sudan tribe) were murdered near Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Persia, by inhabitants of the nearby port of Taona [Bandar-e Ţāḩūneh]. The part’s princ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1905-16 Jun 1913
Extent:

102 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1329
Title:
Pol Ext 16269/48 'Sheikh of Abu Dhabi's Boundary Claim'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding a search for India Office papers datingfrom 1895 that may be relevant to a disputed claim over the north-easternborder of Abu Dhabi. The primary correspondents are: Political Resident,Persian Gulf; Foreign Office; Commonwealth Relations Office; Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1948-31 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1990

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1990
Title:
Coll 5/36 ‘Persian Gulf Air Route: Air facilities at Yas Island and at Abu Dhabi’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning negotiations with Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for air facilities at Yas Island [Sir Bani Yas] and Abu Dhabi. The required air facilities include emergency landing grounds, moorings for flying boats, and petrol storage faci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1934-8 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4099
Title:
Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and minute papers concerning the slave trade in Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Coast. The papers consist of intelligence reports, parliamentary notices, memoranda, letters, and telegrams. Matters covered by the file include: Concern over a lack of application of anti-slavery legisla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1936-20 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (235 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B469
Title:
Agreement between [the] Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan bin Za'id [Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession of 11 January 1939. The agreement details the general terms and c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1939
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B474
Title:
Agreement relating to the Abu Dhabi Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession agreement which was arranged between Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Shaik of Abu Dhabi. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1940
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/187
Title:
‘26 File 626 Qatar and Bahrain affairs: action of Shaikh Jasim ibn Muhammad Al Thani against al-`Udaid’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Ruler of Katr [Qatar], Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, and British officials, concerning relations between Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad and a variety of parties on the Arab coast, including Indian subjects in Qatar, the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1881-2 Sep 1886
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/189
Title:
33 File 665 Hostilities between Shaikh Zaid and Shaikh Jasim
Scope & Content:
The volume contains memos, reports and correspondence exchanged between the British officials in the Persian Gulf, the Political Resident and his Agents at Sharjah and Bahrein [Bahrain], the Ruler of Katr [Qatar], Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Zayid bin K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1888-9 Jun 1890
Extent:
3 volumes (404 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

10. IOR/R/15/1/671

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/671
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-I B.34. OIL TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), the India Office (Maurice Clausen, John Charles Walton) and Edward Henry Ommaney Elkington, General Manager of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 May 1935-4 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)