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1. IOR/L/PS/9/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/16
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF’, Vol 16
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 May-30 December 1870. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 2 March...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 May 1870-30 Dec 1870
Extent:
1 volume (836 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/20
Title:
'LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX. JAN-JUN 1872', Vol 20
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 13 January-26 June 1872, forwarding copies of his despatches to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay. The despatches contain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Jan 1872-26 Jun 1872
Extent:
1 volume (857 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/81
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 1 'Bahrain: situation; disurbances (1904-1905); Sheikh Ali's surrender; Question of Administration Reforms (Customs etc)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to disturbances in Bahrain and the consequent discussion over administrative changes. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1904-Aug 1914
Extent:

1 volume (260 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3552
Title:
Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the business case to transfer the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain. The file is composed of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office (C W Baxter), the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Apr 1929-5 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 volume (447 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/50
Title:
File W/4 Hostilities in Persia: Tangistan Blockade; Confiscation of Tea for Tangistan
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident at Bushire, as well as Sheikh ‘Isā bin ‘Alī Āl Khalifah, ruler of Bahrain, and Sheikh Qāsim bin Mahzā’, Qāḍī of Bahrain. The correspondence concerns the anti-British revolt of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Jul 1915-30 Jul 1918
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/484-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:
File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (970 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/575
Title:
File 18/3 Application of Indian Arms Act to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file mainly relates to a proposal to curb the proliferation of arms in Bahrain [often referred to in the papers as Bahrein] by the issue of a proclamation (also referred to as an Alaan and an 'Alan) by the Ruler of Bahrain banning the import and export of fireams and other weapons and provid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
5 Jan 1935-22 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)