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81. IOR/R/15/1/532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/532
Title:
File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials but it also includes correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 May 1934-29 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

82. IOR/R/15/2/553

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/553
Title:
16/4 JAP. SHIPPING IN P.G. 21-5-34 TO 3-7-40 I
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to Japanese shipping activities in the Persian Gulf, 1934 to 1940. Topics discussed include: visits by Japanese trawlers to the region, possible justifications for excluding them from docking at local reports and how to discourage Japanese commercial pen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 May 1934-3 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (387 folios)

83. IOR/R/15/6/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/148
Title:
File 6-B/4 Foreign Interests: Closure of French Consulate at Bushire
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter in French (with a cover note in English) sent from the Consul General of France in Bushire to the British Political Resident and Consul General in Bushire. The letter confirms the closure of the French Consulate in Bushire effective from 31 August 1934.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Aug 1934-3 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 117-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 117-126
Title:
Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Camp Near Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns the Agent at Shiraz, Meerza Mahmood, and the matter of a gold watch which formerly belonged to the late Mr Tasker. Justin Sheil refers to Samuel Hennell's despatch, no. 273, dated 15 July 1850, in which Hennell stated that Mr Tasker had two or three watches. Sheil states tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Aug 1850
Extent:
10 folios

85. IOR/R/15/1/434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/434
Title:
'Muscat Rising'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from the previous file concerning the events of the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī against the authority of the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, al-Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Sep 1913-17 May 1914
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

86. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 78-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 78-84
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Captain John Ferrier, Commanding His Majesty's Ships and Vessels off Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding all the intelligence the Resident possesses concerning the plans and activities of the French from this quarter, with special attention given to information on two French officers travelling through the Gulf. It also requests that the Captain orders the HCC Teignmouth to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Mar 1808
Extent:

7 folios

87. IOR/R/15/2/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/85
Title:
File 1/13 II Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Persian Pretensions to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Persian claims to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The correspondence is mainly between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent, Bahrain. There is also correspondence from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. Enclosures to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Mar 1928-17 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 volume (316 folios)

88. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

89. IOR/R/15/1/10, f 91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, f 91
Title:
Letter from Adrian Dupre and Camille Alphonse Trezel, Bushire to Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is written in French with a note in English on the verso side. It concerns the arrival of two French officers (i.e. the authors) at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Mar 1808
Extent:

1 folio

90. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 54-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 54-79
Title:
Letter No 1323 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding correspondence related to the cession of Bombassa [Mombasa] to the British Government, and the related actions of Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen. It notes that Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd's (Imam of Muscat) claim to the island appears questionable, but that he has reason...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Dec 1824
Extent:

26 folios