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1. IOR/R/15/1/199-703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-703
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
Scope & Content:
The records consist of subject files of the Political Residency, Bushire (from 1946, Bahrain). The records are arranged as follows: IOR/R/15/1/199-234: File 5: Slave Trade, 1892-1943; IOR/R/15/1/235-236: File 9: Arms and Ammunition, 1910-1932; IOR/R/15/1/237-238: File 13: Miscellaneous, 1912-19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kanarese, Marathi, Persian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
506 files and volumes

2. IOR/R/15/1/1-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of correspondence received ('letters inward') and sent ('letters outward') by the Political Residency, Bushire. Much of the early correspondence is with the East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]; later with the Government of Bombay in its various departments, other Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1763-1849
Extent:
118 files and volumes

3. IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630
Title:
File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series largely relates to the acquisition of stationery, tools, materials, supplies, and motor vehicles for the Political Agency, Bahrain. The files concerning stationery document the purchase of items such as rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and court fee stamps. Other files co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
36 files (6567 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/2017-2022

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2017-2022
Title:
Registers of legal documents
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series consists of registers of legal papers deposited at the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers include land sales, tenancy agreements, marriage certificates, contracts of employment, powers of attorney, and last wills and testaments. Many of the documents are in Arabic without ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1913-1953
Extent:
6 files (1199 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/454-463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/454-463
Title:
File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:
The Government Property sub-sub-series contains files and volumes that discuss issues concerning buildings, land (including cemeteries) and other property owned by the British Government inside the borders of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The majority of the correspondence in these files i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1912-1948
Extent:
10 files (1,216 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/183-192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/183-192
Title:
Bushire Political Residency correspondence: subject compilations
Scope & Content:
Subject compilations of secret and general correspondence. There were a number of holders of the office of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf during the period in question, but the following Residents: Captain James Felix Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1852-1900
Extent:
10 volumes (2105 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/183-297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/183-297
Title:
File 8: Muscat State Affairs
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Muscat State Affairs' documents the involvement of the British Government in the administration of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's domestic and foreign affairs from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Whilst the sub-sub-series contains material rangin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Turkish, and Urdu
Date Range:
1890-1961
Extent:
115 files and volumes (10,106 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/470 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/470 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 52: Persian Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series is composed of one file that contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status and ownership of Qais [Kish] island off of the coast of Iran. The file contains a discussion of the island's history and a copy (with English translation) of the sanad (deed) th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 file

9. IOR/R/15/1/119-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119-198
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Political Residency, Bushire. The volumes are bound in subject compilations. The records are as follows: IOR/R/15/1/119-144: subject compilations, 1850-1855; IOR/R/15/1/145-179: subject compilations, 1854-1863; IOR/R/15/1/180-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1850-1918
Extent:
80 volumes

10. IOR/R/15/5/365-398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/365-398
Title:
Miscellaneous official and non-official printed material
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series consists of official and some non-official printed material collected at the Kuwait Agency, presumably for reference purposes. The material includes dictionaries, gazetteers, travel diaries, reports, indexes, and manuals.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1829-1940
Extent:
58 files and volumes