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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141
Title:
Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman
Scope & Content:
The volume is Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1933). The volume was produced by the General Staff, India. The place name Bahrain is rendered in the title and elsewhere in the volu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:

1 volume (112 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C238
Title:
‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Precis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs.’
Scope & Content:
Part 1 of a Persian Gulf gazetteer of historical and political materials, a précis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf, and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs. The précis was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha, whose preface (under which his surname is erroneou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (80 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C250
Title:
Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)
Scope & Content:
A printed précis of correspondence on various Persian Gulf subjects, prepared for the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Simla, in July 1911 (Part I) and July 1913 (Part II). The document is divided into two parts. Most subjects relate to Turkish claims to sovereignty in the region, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913
Extent:

1 file (60 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C252
Title:
Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939
Scope & Content:
This volume contains geographical information and maps about the Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. It was produced by the General Staff, India, and printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1940. The volume is divided into two sections: 'Military Report' including general desc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket)

5. IOR/R/15/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3
Title:
Vol 3 Letters Outward (from Bushire)
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent outwards from the Residency in Bushire between 1778 and 1787. The majority of the letters are sent to East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Letters are also sent to numerous ship captains and a limited number are sent to local rulers. The letters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1778-22 Sep 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 252 items (180 pages)

6. IOR/R/15/1/187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/187
Title:
‘26 File 626 Qatar and Bahrain affairs: action of Shaikh Jasim ibn Muhammad Al Thani against al-`Udaid’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Ruler of Katr [Qatar], Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, and British officials, concerning relations between Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad and a variety of parties on the Arab coast, including Indian subjects in Qatar, the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1881-2 Sep 1886
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/216
Title:
‘File 5/190 II Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to thirty-seven manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. During the period covered by the file, seven different individuals held the post of Political Agent at Muscat. Most of the cases are straightforward affairs, in which the Muscat ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1921-11 May 1929
Extent:

1 volume (523 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/217
Title:
‘File 5/190 III Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains thirty-nine manumission subjects, each one involving the manumission request of one or more slaves, who had sought refuge at the Political Agency in Muscat (then under the charge of Major G. Murphy). Each manumission case follows a very similar pattern. Murphy sent a copy of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1929-32 Dec 1932
Extent:

One volume (353 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/219
Title:
File 5/190 V Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. The majority of the manumission cases featured in the volume are straightforward, with correspondence following a regular pattern. The Political Agent at Muscat (Major Watts for most ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1935-29 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (453 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/319
Title:
File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence about a number of topics regarding the relations of Bahrain and its ruler, Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, with foreign powers. The correspondence discusses the ownership of land by foreigners in Bahrain, Persian claims to sovereignty over Bahrain, the status o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
27 Jan 1913-5 Dec 1922
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)