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841. IOR/R/15/2/634

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/634
Title:
‘File 24/3 SAYID MUHAMMAD TAHIR AL DABBAGH & ABDUL RA’OUF SABBAN, HEDJAZI AGITATORS’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter of complaint from Mr Ismail Ghaznavi (also spelt Ghuznavi) of Amritsar, India, and is addressed to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, in December 1927. This letter and the ensuing correspondence, mainly between British officials in India an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1927-18 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

842. IOR/R/15/2/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/768
Title:
File 29/18 II Tea and coffee: Bahrain, Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact of the quota system and export licensing restrictions that were imposed by the Government of India, on the supply of Indian tea (and to a lesser extent the supply of coffee) to Bahrain and also to Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Mar 1944-24 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

843. IOR/R/15/2/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/786
Title:
File 29/27 Vol. I Dhal for Bahrain & T.C.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the export of Indian pulses, mainly dhal, from Punjab and Sind by sea from Karachi, to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities were in short supply and subject to Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1943-28 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

844. IOR/R/15/2/870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/870
Title:
File 38/15 Oil concessions in Arabia and the Gulf (Muscat)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the oil concession in Muscat, Oman, and Dhofar. The principal correspondents are: the Political Resident at Bushire (later Bahrain) [Persian Gulf Political Residency]; the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Agent at Kuwait; the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1933-1 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

845. IOR/R/15/2/890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/890
Title:
File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Agency at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore. The correspondents are: Ruler of Qatar, Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1949-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

846. IOR/R/15/2/617

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/617
Title:
File 22/4 Miscellaneous Papers re: DEPOSITION OF SHAIKH KHALID - AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHAIKH KHALID AND SHAIKH OF SHARJAH, ETC
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a memorandum from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, reporting the deposition of Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, the Ruler of Sharjah (also spelt Shargah) by his nephew Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr in 1924, together with an Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1924-1 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

847. IOR/R/15/2/785

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/785
Title:
‘File 29/25 DATES QUOTA – 1944-’45 FOR BAHRAIN AND TRUCIAL COAST’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about a British Ministry of Food scheme in 1944 for ensuring a controlled supply of Iraqi dates at reasonable prices to the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms during the Second World War (1939-1945), because local date crops were insufficient and imported dates were subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1944-24 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

848. IOR/R/15/2/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/771
Title:
‘File 29/18 vol I TEA FOR THE RESIDENCY BUSHIRE, ESSENTIAL FIRMS BUSHIRE, AND THE CONSULATES AT KHORRAMSHAHR, KERMAN AND BANDAR ABBAS’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about Indian tea and sugar exports to Bahrain under the quota system and the export licensing restrictions imposed by the Government of India during the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities were in short supply. The file contains the corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1944-31 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (244 folios)

849. IOR/R/15/2/499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/499
Title:
File 12/9 Visits to Bahrain of government officials and others
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding the arrangements and programmes for visits to Bahrain of the following: the Minister at Jedda, Sir Andrew Ryan, visiting the Gulf; the Political Agent at Kuwait; Mr Rendel of the Foreign Office; Dr P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1935-6 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)