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1. IOR/L/PS/9/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/18
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, JULY-SEP 1871’, Vol 18
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 3 July-23 September 1871. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 20 Ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1871-23 Sep 1871
Extent:
1 volume (542 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/66B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/66B
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF 1882-83', Vol 6
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, minutes, and reports relating mainly to political affairs of the Persian Gulf region. The correspondence consists of political despatches, with enclosed letters and reports, from Lieutenant-Colonel (Colonel from March 1885) Edward Charles Ross, Political Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1882-8 Dec 1885
Extent:
1 volume (681 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/668
Title:
'Vol D.144. Confidential 86/5-ii HASA OIL'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident (Trenchard Craven Fowle; Percy Gordon Loch); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch; Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the British Minister and Legation at Jedda (Sir Reader Bullard; Andrew Spencer Calvert); the Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1934-9 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/691
Title:
'B. 53. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - iv BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle); Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the India Office (John Percival Gibson, John Charles Walton); the Shaikh of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah); the Adviser to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1938-14 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/79
Title:
File 1/4 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Matters affecting Ruler of QATAR.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the political affairs of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani (there are various spellings in the file) [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar: especially relations with Bahrain, the British Government, and Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1922-20 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/141
Title:
File 1/A/5 I Qatar Affairs.
Scope & Content:
The volume is a correspondence file concerning affairs in Qatar, which came under the administration of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; the India Office; the War Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1932-12 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/359
Title:
File 9/11 Smuggling of Arms
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent and received by the Political Agency at Bahrain, the other Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, the India Office in London and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, concerning the smuggling of arms and ammunitions from the Arab side of the Gulf into Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1934-24 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/607

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/607
Title:
‘QATAR. PUNITIVE ACTION AGAINST QATAR – INAUGURATION OF RATIONING ETC. ACTION AGAINST DARWISH BROTHERS’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the lifting of travel restrictions imposed in 1944 by the British authorities in the Gulf on three members of the Darwish family from Qatar – Jasim bin Darwish, Abdulla bin Darwish and Abdur-Rahman bin Darwish. Correspondents in the file include the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1946-20 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/783

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/783
Title:
File 29/23 i Contravention of Food Regulations and smuggling of quota goods
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about investigations conducted by the Political Agent, Bahrain into the maritime smuggling of rice, sugar, tea, matches, cotton piece goods and other essential commodities in short supply during the Second World War (1939-1945). Supply and trade in these goods be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1944-16 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1525
Title:
‘File 16/28 II Miscellaneous assistance given to Persons other than Govt servants for Passages etc’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to requests for assistance received at the Political Agency, from individuals not employed by or associated with the British Government. A large proportion of the requests come from Indians employed in Bahrain who, as British subjects, request assistance in various matter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1941-1 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (246 folios)