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1. IOR/L/PS/12/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/556
Title:
Ext 5000/41(6) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, on a wide variety of miscellaneous topics which are ordered in the volume by chronology. Topics include: reopening of the railways oil stocks shortage of oil security of the oil-producing areas appointments to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1942-12 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 volume (460 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3827

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3827
Title:
Coll 30/105 'Trucial Coast: Debai Affairs'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns affairs at Debai [Dubai] on the Trucial Coast. This includes both individual incidents involving British subjects and developments in the internal politics of Dubai. The policy of the British Government was one of non-interference in the internal affairs of the Trucial States, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1929-18 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (248 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/417

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/417
Title:
File 35/87 IV (A 30) Muscat reforms
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the reform of the government of the Muscat. Topics include: finances of Muscat; the lease or purchase of Gwadur [Gwadar] from the Sultan of Muscat; judicial reforms; Captain MacCollum, the wazir; the question of the abdication of Sayyid Taimur and arrangements made f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1920-20 May 1921
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/88
Title:
File 1/16 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Sunni-Shiah relations.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns relations between the Sunni and Shiah communities in Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, but the file also contains correspondence with Shaikh Hamad, Deputy Governor of Bahrain [Ḥamad bin ‘Ī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1923-12 Sep 1929
Extent:
1 volume (234 folios)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/2/846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/846
Title:
File 35/1 (1 B/5 II) Social Legislation in Bahrain and Reform of Bahrain Laws
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a variety of topics grouped under the broad rubric of social legislation and legal reform. The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1938-30 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (168 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/847
Title:
File 35/2 (16/6) Agitation Regarding Administration of Estates and Proposed Reforms
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding disturbances that occurred in Bahrain following a government proclamation concerning inheritance law. The correspondence is primarily between Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Agent in Bahrain and Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1932-13 May 1932
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/848
Title:
File 35/3 The Divers' Riot of May 1932
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to unrest that took place in Bahrain in May 1932 and involved a number of the country's pearl divers. A detailed account of the protests written by Britain's Political Agent in Bahrain, Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior is enclosed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1932-28 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)