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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/199-703

11. IOR/R/15/1/391-467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/391-467
Title:
File 35: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Muscat files cover a large number of topics in the period 1895 - 1946. The files contain correspondence concerning the nature of British involvement with Muscat. Key topics include the foreign relations of Muscat, rebellions against the Sultan, negotiation of a new British commercial treaty ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
77 files (12,788 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/1/468 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/468 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 45: Interdicts
Scope & Content:
There is one surviving file in the ‘Interdicts’ subject category. It is a bound volume of British official correspondence about the election of the first Kuwait Legislative Council in 1938.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 file (222 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/1/469 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/469 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 51: Telegraph Department
Scope & Content:
There is one surviving file in the ‘Telegraph Department’ subject category. The file contains a single document from 1947, about opening a telegraph station in Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 file (6 foios)

14. IOR/R/15/1/470 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/470 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 52: Persian Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series is composed of one file that contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status and ownership of Qais [Kish] island off of the coast of Iran. The file contains a discussion of the island's history and a copy (with English translation) of the sanad (deed) th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 file

15. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/1/550-551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/550-551
Title:
File 58: Qatar
Scope & Content:
The Qatar subject files contain various miscellaneous correspondence regarding Qatar affairs between 1903 and 1934, and the drafting of the Qatar Order in Council 1935 and 1939.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1939
Extent:
2 files (260 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/1/552-553

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/552-553
Title:
File 59: Buildings
Scope & Content:
The subject file title ('Buildings') is incorrect. Instead, the two volumes contain correspondence relating to British relations with Muscat, and the increasing French influence in the affairs of the Sultan of Muscat. The dispute concerning Muscat ships using the French flag to transport slaves f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1902-1909
Extent:
2 volumes (413 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/1/554-555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/554-555
Title:
File 60: Financial
Scope & Content:
There are two surviving files in the ‘Financial’ subject category. The earlier file, which is a bound volume, contains correspondence about banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly the rival operations of the Eastern Bank, the Imperial Bank of Persia (later the Imperial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1918-1946
Extent:
2 files and volumes (205 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)