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141. IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817
Title:
File 36: War: Export and Imports
Scope & Content:
The 'War: Exports and Imports' sub-sub-series contains files related to the Political Agency in Bahrain's regulation of all imports/exports in to and out of Bahrain and the broader Persian Gulf region during and after the Second World War. As such, the files in this sub-sub-series primarily co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1950
Extent:
45 files (6,535 folios)

142. IOR/R/15/2/1819-1823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1819-1823
Title:
Un-numbered Files
Scope & Content:
The un-numbered files comprise correspondence and papers covering a miscellaneous range of subjects: a court case, heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain in 1950, relating to a legal dispute between M Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam, and Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros of Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/1819); de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1950
Extent:
5 files (387 folios)

143. IOR/R/15/2/1998-2015

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1998-2015
Title:
Confidential Files
Scope & Content:
The Confidential Files sub-sub-series contains files related to the Shaikhdoms along the Trucial Coast, primarily Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Ras al-Khaimah. These files discuss the following topics: political developments in Ras al-Khaimah, notably regarding the actions of its ruler, Shaikh Sul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1950
Extent:
19 files (3,964 folios)

144. IOR/R/15/2/2016 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2016 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
Vernacular Office File
Scope & Content:
The records consist of one volume only: IOR/R/15/2/2016: 'File B/17 Kalba - Affairs regarding.' This a file produced by the Vernacular Office of the Political Agency, Bahrain, which is separate from the main run of Vernacular Office papers (IOR/R/15/2/1824-1980). The volume concerns political af...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

145. 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)

146. IOR/R/15/5/1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/1-4
Title:
File 1: Establishment
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence about staff at the Political Agency at Kuwait, and at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and British Consulate in Bushire. Most correspondence deals with changes in staff. Some of the correspondence concerning staff members at the Kuwait Agency is of a personal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1949
Extent:
4 files (539 folios)

147. IOR/R/15/5/10-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/10-11
Title:
File 4: Buildings
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub series IOR/R/15/5/10-11 is comprised of a volume and file regarding accommodation for the Medical Officer of the Kuwait Political Agency, and regarding the lease of a new agency building.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1946
Extent:
2 files (263 folios)

148. IOR/R/15/5/14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/14-15
Title:
File 6: Maps and Books
Scope & Content:
Two files consisting of various memoranda, letters, receipts and lists of maps, books, and military reports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1929
Extent:
2 files (401 folios)

149. IOR/R/15/5/17-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/17-19
Title:
File 8 Al Sabah Family
Scope & Content:
There are 3 surviving files of ‘File 8 Al Sabah Family’. These are files 8/1, VIII/3, and VIII/6, and they contain correspondence dating mainly from 1904 till 1945. The files contain correspondence related mainly to the ruling family in Kuwait, including reports on the political and social situat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1945
Extent:
3 files (318 folios)

150. IOR/R/15/5/20-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/20-23
Title:
File 9: [Claims]
Scope & Content:
The four surviving Claims files contain correspondence, witness statements and other related documents. The first and second files concern the investigation and prosecution of criminal and civil offences in Kuwait, falling within the jurisdiction of the British Political Agent for Kuwait. In mos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Persian, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1908-1930
Extent:
4 files (579 folios)