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241. IOR/R/15/1/235-236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/235-236
Title:
File 9: Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
There are two surviving files in the ‘Arms and Ammunition’ subject category. The earlier file relates to a search for concealed firearms in Dubai by British forces in 1910 and the civil disturbance this caused. The later file contains a series of monthly administrative reports 1929-1931, compile...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1910-1932
Extent:
2 volumes (536 folios)

242. 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)

243. IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1595-1630
Title:
File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series largely relates to the acquisition of stationery, tools, materials, supplies, and motor vehicles for the Political Agency, Bahrain. The files concerning stationery document the purchase of items such as rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and court fee stamps. Other files co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
36 files (6567 folios)

244. 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)

245. IOR/R/15/5/51 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/51 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 14: Piracy
Scope & Content:
The Piracy sub-sub-series consists of one surviving file. The file contains details about several criminal investigations and prosecution cases that were conducted by the British Political Agent at Kuwait. These offence cases relate to acts of piracy and murder at sea in the Persian Gulf and off ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1907-1914
Extent:
1 file (301 folios)

246. IOR/R/15/6/25-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/25-26
Title:
File XXII: Houses and Landed Property
Scope & Content:
File XXII: Houses and Landed Property consists of two files: file XXII/2 and volume XXII/5. The files contain correspondence dating from 1883 until 1905. The correspondence is mainly in the form of notifications, conveyances and sale deeds of properties owned by British subjects or British protec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1883-1905
Extent:
2 files (40 folios)

247. IOR/R/15/6/27-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/27-30
Title:
File XXIII: Travels in Oman
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series consists of files that contain correspondence and reports related to a number of journeys made in and around Oman by both British Government officials and private explorers. It also contains details of a number of planned journeys that did not eventually take place.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1894-1927
Extent:
4 files (144 folios)

248. IOR/R/15/2/73-95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/73-95
Title:
File 1 Political
Scope & Content:
The Political files of the Political Agency, Bahrain for this period deal with important political developments in the Persian Gulf affecting Bahrain itself and wider British interests in the region. The principal topic covered in the papers is relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1915-1937
Extent:
23 files and volumes (4748 folios)

249. 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)

250. IOR/R/15/6/454-463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/454-463
Title:
File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:
The Government Property sub-sub-series contains files and volumes that discuss issues concerning buildings, land (including cemeteries) and other property owned by the British Government inside the borders of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The majority of the correspondence in these files i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1912-1948
Extent:
10 files (1,216 folios)