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271. IOR/R/15/2/941-944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/941-944
Title:
File 22 Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The Trucial Coast subject files from 1951 contain correspondence and other papers relating to affairs on the Trucial Coast; more specifically affairs at Kalba and Fujairah, and the islands of Abū Mūsá and Tunb. The principal correspondents across these files are: the Political Resident in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951
Extent:
4 files (132 folios)

272. IOR/R/15/2/1694 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1694 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 25: Qatar
Scope & Content:
The English Office subject file contains correspondence regarding various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags flown by the Shaikh of Qatar, as well as by the sheikhs of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1929-1938
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

273. IOR/R/15/5/293-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/293-307
Title:
File 7: Judicial
Scope & Content:
The Judicial Files relate to the judicial functions of the Kuwait Political Agency over British Protected Persons, as defined by the Kuwait Order in Council. IOR/R/15/1/294-297 are concerned with the drafting of the original (1925) Order in Council, and subsequent reissues in 1935 and 1949; thes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1919-14 Dec 1949
Extent:
15 files (1175 folios)

274. IOR/R/15/6/183-297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/183-297
Title:
File 8: Muscat State Affairs
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Muscat State Affairs' documents the involvement of the British Government in the administration of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's domestic and foreign affairs from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Whilst the sub-sub-series contains material rangin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Turkish, and Urdu
Date Range:
1890-1961
Extent:
115 files and volumes (10,106 folios)

275. IOR/R/15/6/402-413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/402-413
Title:
File 12: Roads and Communications
Scope & Content:
The Roads and Communications files of the Political Agency, Muscat mostly concern mail and telegraph services in Muscat and Gwadar. The files cover the following topics: a single letter discussing the possibility of a commercial motor route from Kuwait to Haifa, 1937 (IOR/R/15/6/402); the opera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1951
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1260 folios)

276. IOR/R/15/5/109-125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/109-125
Title:
File I: Kuwait/Saudi Arabia Relations
Scope & Content:
Subject File I is comprised of papers relating to British involvement in relations between Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (spelt Saudiyeh in some files; referred to as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932), and Britain’s relations with the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1929-1949
Extent:

16 volumes and files (2,192 folios)

277. 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

278. IOR/R/15/2/538-542

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/538-542
Title:
File 14 Foreign Interests
Scope & Content:
The files contain correspondence, notes, and memoranda exchanged between various British Government offices, regional governments, and representatives of several commercial companies and other institutions. Many of the files relate to the activities and employment of foreign nationals (American, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1936-1949
Extent:
5 files (105 folios)

279. IOR/R/15/2/651-765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651-765
Title:
File 28 [Second World] War
Scope & Content:
The Second World War subject files cover a wide range of topics affecting Bahrain in the time leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of, the Second World War. The files may be broadly arranged under the following categories: oil production at Bahrain, managed by the Bahrain Petroleum Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1930-1950
Extent:
115 files (13,409 folios)

280. IOR/R/15/2/801-813

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/801-813
Title:
File 31 Al Khalifa Family
Scope & Content:
The Al Khalifah subject files from 1931 contain correspondence and other papers relating to the Al Khalifah ruling family of Bahrain. The principal correspondents across these files are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-colonel Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle; Lieutenant-Colonel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
13 files (932 folios)