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51. IOR/R/15/2/1831

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1831
Title:
File A/2 V Slavery: cases reported by Political Officer, Qatar
Scope & Content:
The majority of the papers in the file are correspondence between the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Doha, and concern manumission applications from slaves. Most of the manumission applications are made by men who were captured and sold into slavery. There is one case of a born (domestic) sla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1950-29 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/2/1832

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1832
Title:
File [3] Slavery: cases of Trucial Coast slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to nearly forty manumission applications heard at the Bahrain Political Agency. Of these applications, thirty-six involve new manumission applications, while another two are requests for replacement manumission certificates that have been...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1944-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (117 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/2/1887

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1887
Title:
File C/2 Miscellaneous correspondence with the Diplomatic Representative [Saudi Arabia]
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter — dated 28 June 1934 — from Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at Bahrain, addressed to Ibrahim bin Muhammad al Muammar, Chargé d’Affaires for the Royal Legation of Saudi Arabia, Baghdad. It simply thanks the Chargé d’Affaires for his visit during Loch's recent stay ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/2/1848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1848
Title:
File A/10 Trading in slaves on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating to fourteen separate slave trading incidents reported on the Trucial Coast by the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The incidents include an owner's attempt to sell his servant's daughter into slavery, and the trafficking of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1935-12 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (459 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/2/1969

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1969
Title:
'File K/14 Claim of Faraj ibn Subait of Khasab against Salim ibn Musabbih of Dubai (Trucial Coast)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a monetary claim made by Faraj bin Subait of Khasab on Salim ibn Musabbih of Dubai for diving work conducted during the pearling season of 1933.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1933-5 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/2/1970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1970
Title:
File K/15 Visits and Interviews of Members of the Al Khalifa family with the Political Agent, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence pertaining to requests for audiences and visits by members of the al-Khalifa family with the Political Resident and Political Agent in Bahrain. Most concern matters of personal finance and state allowances.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1933-22 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/2/1980

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1980
Title:
[Un-numbered file] Police cases
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions, reports and statements, related to police cases in Bahrain. Cases of note include the renewal of driving licences, and the distribution of ice by the Baladyia (Municipality). The main correspondence is between the Bahrain Political Agen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1936-29 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/2/1827

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1827
Title:
File A/2 III Correspondence regarding slaves and their manumission certificates
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to slavery, received by or sent from the Political Agency in Bahrain. The majority of the papers in the file are related to manumission applications (over fifty in total), made by slaves in Bahrain or Muscat. In most instances, the slaves...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1937-3 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/2/1829

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1829
Title:
File [3A] Slavery: cases of Qatar slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to twenty manumission applications made by slaves from Qatar, taken down by staff at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Many of the cases in the file feature only the slave's manumission statement, with little else in the way of correspondence. In the firs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1943-14 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/2/1836

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1836
Title:
File A/2 VI Correspondence regarding slaves applying for manumission at Muscat
Scope & Content:
The correspondence and other papers included in the file comprise two distinct parts. There is a significant chronological jump from the first part of the file relating to manumission cases, dated 1943, and the second part of the file, containing correspondence dated 1951. 1) Seven cases relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1943-5 Feb 1951
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)