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51. IOR/R/15/1/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/184
Title:
12 File 323 I - Interference of Persian Agents in Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the Persian Government's claim of sovereignty over Bahrain and the actions of some its agents in connection to operations taken by the British Government against the chiefs of Bahrain that it had accused of acts of piracy. The correspondence include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
11 Nov 1869-18 Mar 1887
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

52. 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)

53. IOR/R/15/1/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/188
Title:
32 File 654 Intrigues of Persian officials on Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence discussing the concerns of British officials regarding the movement of Persian Government officials in the Gulf and their supposed attempts to challenge British power in the region. The movements of Haji Ahmed Khan (also given as Hajee Ahmed Khan and Hajee Ahme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
23 May 1887-24 Nov 1894
Extent:
1 volume (162 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/1/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/404
Title:
'Muscat French Flag Question'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence predominantly between Major W G Grey, Officiating Political Agent; Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and A Barnett Barker, Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Lapwi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1 Feb 1905-7 Aug 1905
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/1/405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/405
Title:
File 35/85 III A 10 French Flag Question
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Hague Arbitration Tribunal which decided on questions referred to it by Great Britain and France concerning the flying of French flags by dhows in Sur. Before the 2nd January 1892 when the Brussels Conference General Act was ratified France was entitled to authoriz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1905-2 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 volume (290 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/1/406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/406
Title:
'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a number of printed reports relating to the arbitration over the granting of French flags to Muscat dhows: A printed report in 1904 by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, relating to the arbitration on the issue of French flags to Omani dhows. An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904?-1905?
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/1/639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/639
Title:
File 86/1 II (D 78) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume continues on from IOR/R/15/1/638 in discussing a proposed Oil Concession for Kuwait which is negotiated by Major Frank Holmes on behalf of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited. The correspondence focuses on a proposed clause in the draft concession agreement, known as the 'Nati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1931-30 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/1/640

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/640
Title:
File 86/1 III (D 81) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the draft oil concession agreements presented to the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) by the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (A.P.O.C.). The correspondence focuses particularly on the individual c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1932-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (190 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/2/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1499
Title:
‘File 16/6 Diary weekly Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Fortnightly reports (as opposed to weekly reports, as stated on its cover) from the Political Agency in Kuwait. The reports are signed by the Political Agent (Major James Carmichael More; Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson), or, in his absence,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1926-31 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (381 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/2/1528

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1528
Title:
‘File 16/30 Visits of shaikhs, notables and others to Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits of foreign dignitaries (chiefly rulers from the shaikhdoms along the Arab coast of the Gulf) to Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence details the movements of these dignitaries, and their arrival in or departure from Bahrain, as report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1931-28 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)