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Subject Religious conflicts Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/798
Title:
Unrest in Northern Mesopotamia (Kurds)
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of correspondence and telegrams between the War Office and the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia regarding the conflict and attacks taking place in Kurdistan. The file includes the following related subjects: the creation of the Kurdish National committee and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 108-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 108-112
Title:
Protection of Christians in Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning the protection of Christians in Persia, following the execution of a Muslim at Tabreez (Tabriz) for the murder of an Armenian Christian. British officials intervened following alleged attempts by local o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1871-9 Nov 1871
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/314-377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/314-377
Title:
File 19: Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics and include correspondence regarding the nature and development of British involvement in Bahrain, financial information, Bahrain's foreign relations, information related to customs and transit fees, the reforms enacted in the 1920s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
64 files and volumes (12,090 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/86
Title:
File 1/14 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Retirement of Shaikh Isa & Najdi-Persian Riots of May 1923.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns intercommunal and religious rioting in Bahrain between Persians and Najdis (also referred to as Nejdis), which resulted in the deaths of a number of people. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident, Bahrain (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) and the (acting)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
10 May 1923-6 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/88
Title:
File 1/16 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Sunni-Shiah relations.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns relations between the Sunni and Shiah communities in Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, but the file also contains correspondence with Shaikh Hamad, Deputy Governor of Bahrain [Ḥamad bin ‘Ī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1923-12 Sep 1929
Extent:
1 volume (234 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/613
Title:
‘File 21/11 Communal tension in Qatar: appointment of special constables for Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to tensions arising between the Muslim and Sikh communities of Bahrain and Qatar, in response to the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947. The tensions referred to in the file are chiefly between Indian/Pakistani employees of Petroleum Concessions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1948-3 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)