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3862. 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
3863. 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)
3864. IOR/R/15/1/550-551
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/550-551
- Title:
- File 58: Qatar
- Scope & Content:
- The Qatar subject files contain various miscellaneous correspondence regarding Qatar affairs between 1903 and 1934, and the drafting of the Qatar Order in Council 1935 and 1939.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1903-1939
- Extent:
- 2 files (260 folios)
3865. IOR/R/15/1/552-553
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/552-553
- Title:
- File 59: Buildings
- Scope & Content:
- The subject file title ('Buildings') is incorrect. Instead, the two volumes contain correspondence relating to British relations with Muscat, and the increasing French influence in the affairs of the Sultan of Muscat. The dispute concerning Muscat ships using the French flag to transport slaves f...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1902-1909
- Extent:
- 2 volumes (413 folios)
3866. IOR/R/15/1/554-555
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/554-555
- Title:
- File 60: Financial
- Scope & Content:
- There are two surviving files in the ‘Financial’ subject category. The earlier file, which is a bound volume, contains correspondence about banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly the rival operations of the Eastern Bank, the Imperial Bank of Persia (later the Imperial...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, and French
- Date Range:
- 1918-1946
- Extent:
- 2 files and volumes (205 folios)
3867. 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)
3868. IOR/R/15/1/610-615
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/610-615
- Title:
- File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
- Scope & Content:
- These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, and French
- Date Range:
- 1911-1919
- Extent:
-
6 files and volumes (1107 folios)
3869. IOR/R/15/1/616 (Sub-sub-series)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/616 (Sub-sub-series)
- Title:
- File 78: Pearl Fisheries
- Scope & Content:
- A single file of correspondence and papers relating to the Gulf pearl fisheries.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1937-1940
- Extent:
- 1 file (82 folios)
3870. IOR/R/15/1/617A-B
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/617A-B
- Title:
- File 79: Second World War
- Scope & Content:
- The files and volumes contain correspondence pertaining to emergency legislation, regulations, and precautions put into place in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and the Trucial Coast during the Second World War. The correspondence is between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1939-1947
- Extent:
- 2 files and volumes (323 folios)