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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/941
Title:: ‘File 22/6 I Kalba’
Scope & Content:: The file comprises correspondence relating to affairs on the Trucial Coast in 1951, chiefly the assassination of the Ruler of Kalba, Hamad bin Sa’id [Ḥamad bin Sa’id Āl Qāsimī] by Saqr bin Sultan bin Salim [Ṣaqr bin Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī], son of the former ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah, Sheikh ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 9 May 1951-19 Nov 1951
Extent:: 1 file (58 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/942
Title:: ‘File 22/6 II Kalba’
Scope & Content:: The file comprises correspondence relating to discussion amongst British officials over the fate of the Sheikhdom of Kalba in the wake of the assassination of its ruler, Ḥamad bin Sa’id Āl Qāsimī. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 22/6 I Kalba’ (IOR/R/15/2/941). The princi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Nov 1951-13 Dec 1951
Extent:: 1 file (18 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/943
Title:: ‘File 22/7 Fujairah’
Scope & Content:: The file comprises correspondence relating to the Sheikh of Fujairah’s [Muḥammad bin Ḥamad Āl Sharqi] desire to enter into a treaty agreement with the British Government, thus putting his territory on a footing similar to those of the other Trucial Coast states. The principal correspondents in t...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Feb 1951-16 Nov 1951
Extent:: 1 file (21 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/944
Title:: ‘File 22/14 Tunb and Abu Musa Islands’
Scope & Content:: The file comprises correspondence relating to Sharjah’s sovereignty over the islands of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá] and Tunb, chiefly in response to a Persian challenge to this sovereignty over Abu Musa. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1951-25 Nov 1951
Extent:: 1 file (35 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/945
Title:: FILE NO. 38/3 OF 1951. Petroleum Concession Limited Sharjah Concession.
Scope & Content:: The file comprises correspondence relating to the question of defining the boundaries of Sharjah and the other Trucial Coast states so that Petroleum Concessions Limited (Basil Henry Le Riolet Lermitte) could continue with their oil concession exploitation. Included in the file is the followin...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Jan 1951-30 Dec 1951
Extent:: 1 file (46 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/946
Title:: 'Registration of Documents. File No. 24 of 1922-23.'
Scope & Content:: The file comprises applications, in Arabic, for the payment of sums of money to the Agency Court, Bahrain in relation to the formal registration of documents as part of criminal or civil proceedings being heard there. Also included are applications for certified copies of previously submitted fo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Oct 1923-1 Feb 1924
Extent:: 1 file (114 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/947
Title:: File No. 40 Muharraq: sanitary measures in.
Scope & Content:: The file comprises a letter to the Political Agent at Bahrain outlining steps that could be taken to improve the cleanliness and sanitation of Muharraq and Manama, including employing street cleaners, naming streets and numbering the houses, improving the quality of street lights, and developing...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 9 Jan 1918-9 Feb 1918
Extent:: 1 file (7 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/948
Title:: File-No. 52 of 1922 Bahrain Order in Council.
Scope & Content:: The file discusses the Bahrain Order in Council 1913 which owing to the First World War and other factors was not introduced formally in Bahrain until 1919. The file comprises reports written by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) in 1921 and 1922 regarding its implementation...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Jan 1918-26 Oct 1923
Extent:: 1 file (31 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/949
Title:: 159 Jurisdiction over Najdis and Hasawis 1918.
Scope & Content:: The file discusses the question of jurisdiction in Bahrain over Nejdis [Najdis], Hasawis and other subjects of Arab rulers, which had been under discussion by the British Government prior to the commencement of the First World War to which a decision had not yet been reached. Included are note...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 17 May 1918-30 May 1918
Extent:: 1 file (16 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/950
Title:: 176 Decorations and medals: instructions to wear
Scope & Content:: The file comprises letters of notification and congratulation, in Arabic and English, to individuals being conferred awards and honours by the British Government. The majority of the correspondence relates to the conference of the titles Khan Sahib or Rai Sahib on a number of prominent Bahraini'...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 11 Jul 1918-3 Feb 1926
Extent:: 1 file (100 folios)

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