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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1998-2015
Title:: Confidential Files
Scope & Content:: The Confidential Files sub-sub-series contains files related to the Shaikhdoms along the Trucial Coast, primarily Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Ras al-Khaimah. These files discuss the following topics: political developments in Ras al-Khaimah, notably regarding the actions of its ruler, Shaikh Sul...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1933-1950
Extent:: 19 files (3,964 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2016 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:: Vernacular Office File
Scope & Content:: The records consist of one volume only: IOR/R/15/2/2016: 'File B/17 Kalba - Affairs regarding.' This a file produced by the Vernacular Office of the Political Agency, Bahrain, which is separate from the main run of Vernacular Office papers (IOR/R/15/2/1824-1980). The volume concerns political af...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1937
Extent:: 1 volume (279 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/2017-2022
Title:: Registers of legal documents
Scope & Content:: This sub-sub-series consists of registers of legal papers deposited at the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers include land sales, tenancy agreements, marriage certificates, contracts of employment, powers of attorney, and last wills and testaments. Many of the documents are in Arabic without ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:: 1913-1953
Extent:: 6 files (1199 folios)

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