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1. IOR/R/15/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1
Title:
File A/1 Al Bu Sumait
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file concerns repeated requests from the Āl Bu Sumait tribe of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], communicated via Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, the chief of Bahrain, to emigrate to Bassidore on the island of Qeshm, then under British jurisdiction. The first request was made...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1901-8 Jun 1917
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/11
Title:
File A/15 Jurisdiction over Hasawis
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file relates to the question of jurisdiction over Hasawis living in Bahrain, and is raised by specific incidents occurring in 1914 and 1917 in which Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, chief of Bahrain, ruled on the measures to be taken against certain Hasawis for their d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1914-16 Mar 1917
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/9
Title:
File A/13 Correspondence between Shaikh `Isa and Turkish officials
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident, concerning letters received by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, from Turkish authorities, and chiefly from the Wali [governor] of Busreh [Basra]. Some items of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1909-24 May 1914
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2
Title:
File A/4 Persian pretentions to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia’s claims of sovereignty over Bahrain. The first part of the volume (up to folio 44) contains confidential correspondence between the years 1906 and 1907, in which Persia’s claim over Bahrain is discussed between high-ranking B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
9 Feb 1906-20 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/3
Title:
File A/5 Pearl fisheries of Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to the British Government’s concerns over growing British and international interest in the Gulf’s pearling industry, hitherto almost exclusively exploited by the region’s indigenous inhabitants. 1) The first half of the file (folios 2-13) comprises copies of Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1904-19 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/8
Title:
File A/12 Status of converts from Islam to Christianity in Bahrain; Christian marriages
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to an enquiry made by the Reverend Samuel Zwemer of the American Mission in Bahrain, to the Political Agent (Captain David Lorimer), over the legality in Bahrain of the marriage of two non-Bahraini subjects (one being Turkish, the other Persian), both of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1911-28 Aug 1911
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/5
Title:
File A/7 Draft of slave treaty with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to British jurisdiction over the slave trade in the Gulf. Folios 1b-11 are a letter dated 28 January 1914 (with enclosures dating back to June 1913) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (John Lorimer) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arthur Trev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1913-8 Mar 1914
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/6
Title:
File A/9 I Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence and other papers concern the implementation of an Order of Council in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident and the Political Agent in Bahrain, each post being held by a number of different representatives throughout the period c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1895-31 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 volume (258 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/7
Title:
File A/9 II Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the introduction of the Order in Council in Bahrain on 3 February 1919. A printed copy of the Order in Council is included at the front of the volume (folios 2-9), and marked with red, blue and black pencil annotations, marking incorrect or importan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1915-16 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/4
Title:
File A/6 Nasir bin Mubarak's claim to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to Shaikh Nāṣir bin Mubarak Āl Khalīfah's claim on Bahrain, and his subsequent attempts at reconciliation with the Bahrain ruler Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. The principal correspondents in the file are Captain Francis Prideaux, Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1903-12 Nov 1909
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

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