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1. IOR/R/15/2/790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/790
Title:
‘File 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of various essential commodities from India, by sea from Bombay and Karachi to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, during the Second World War (1939-1945). Several commodities are mentioned including spi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
9 Sep 1943-25 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1384
Title:
‘File 12/14 Shipping. Miscellaneous accidents between dhows and steamers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence concerning three cases involving dhows, as follows: correspondence relating to a collision between a Bahrain-registered dhow and an Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tug at Khorramshahr in November 1943. Much of the follow-up correspondence concerns the seizure by the I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1943-23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1863

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1863
Title:
File B/7 Miscellaneous correspondence with Residency Agent, Sharjah, and notables and Shaikhs of Oman
Scope & Content:
The file contains numerous courtesy letters expressing friendship, congratulations and thanks, which are exchanged mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The majority of courtesy letters received by the Political Agent, Bahrain are from the D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, German, and Persian
Date Range:
17 May 1932-2 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1866

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1866
Title:
‘File B/10 I (30/12) Miscellaneous Complaints and claims at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation and settlement of several debt recovery claims made against mainly Arab subjects of the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, by merchants of Dubai and Sharjah who are British Indian subjects. The main correspondents are the Political Agent at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Persian, and Sindhi
Date Range:
25 Mar 1933-19 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (340 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/4/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/11
Title:
File 3/1 Local affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about local affairs in Trucial Oman. These mainly focus on the hostile relations between the Shaikhs of Trucial Oman, and the involvement of some rulers in the restriction of local activities. The file also contains reports sent between the Bahrain Agency, the Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
5 Jul 1932-24 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 file (261 folios)