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11. IOR/R/15/1/638-703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/638-703
Title:
File 86: Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises detailed records of the negotiations for, and awarding of, oil concessions in the Persian Gulf. Also included are records of the exploitation of the concession through geological surveying, drilling, and the construction of refineries and pipelines. The main concess...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1925-1948
Extent:
66 files and volumes (7898 folios)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. IOR/R/15/1/378-381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/378-381
Title:
File 22 Gwadar
Scope & Content:
The files cover general affairs in Gwadar, particularly oil exploration, 1914; the dispute concerning jurisdiction over the area between the Sultan of Muscat and the Khan of Kalat, 1920s; frontier demarcation; trade and administrative reports; papers relating to outbreaks of communal violence be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1947
Extent:
4 files and volumes (377 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/1/391-467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/391-467
Title:
File 35: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Muscat files cover a large number of topics in the period 1895 - 1946. The files contain correspondence concerning the nature of British involvement with Muscat. Key topics include the foreign relations of Muscat, rebellions against the Sultan, negotiation of a new British commercial treaty ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
77 files (12,788 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/1/180-182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/180-182
Title:
Native Letters Sent
Scope & Content:
These volumes contain drafts of letters in English together with Arabic and Persian translations from the Political Resident at Bushire to British Native Agents, Persian officials and members of ruling families, as well as merchants, British Indian subjects and others. Events covered within these...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1856-1872
Extent:
3 volumes (477 folios)

17. 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)

18. 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)

19. IOR/R/15/1/6-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/6-9
Title:
Bushire Diaries
Scope & Content:
The first two volumes bear the original title 'Diary of the Proceedings of the Resident at the Honourable Company's Factory at Bushire'. The volumes consist of chronological diary entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received, and notes on the arrival and departure of vesse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1807
Extent:
4 volumes (612 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/199-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-234
Title:
File 5: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The majority of the Slave Trade subject files contain papers relating to the manumission of slaves or kidnapping incidents, heard by the Political Residency, and received from the Political Agencies in Bahrain (1924-43) and Muscat (1921-42), and the Native Agent at Sharjah (1921-40). The rest of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1892-1943
Extent:
36 files and volumes (9,000 folios)