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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/4 Name Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah, c 1823-1949

1. IOR/R/15/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/1
Title:
File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to affairs in Sharjah. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent or the Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire (Bahrain from 1946). Matters covered by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1937-14 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/2
Title:
File 0210 Fujairah affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the history and status of Fujairah following its ruler, Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad Ash-Sharqi's [Muḥammad bin Ḥamad al-Sharqī] wish to enter into formal treaty relations with the British government. Included is the discussion over the interest of Petro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1941-1 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/3
Title:
File 0255 Boundaries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the definition of tribal territories and boundaries in the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates). The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent and Political Officer in Sharjah, the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1934-29 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (162 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/4
Title:
File 0425 Copies of Agreements, Concessions etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of the following agreements: Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Kalba, for facilitation of an airfield, 28 August 1936; Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum [Sa‘īd bin M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1930-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/4/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/11
Title:
File 3/1 Local affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about local affairs in Trucial Oman. These mainly focus on the hostile relations between the Shaikhs of Trucial Oman, and the involvement of some rulers in the restriction of local activities. The file also contains reports sent between the Bahrain Agency, the Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
5 Jul 1932-24 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 file (261 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/4/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/13
Title:
File 34/3 Imports and exports
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mostly between Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaq [Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzāq], Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the rulers of the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates), and several merchants. The papers relate to the trade of goods between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1941-2 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/4/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/14
Title:
File 34/3 Imports and Exports of goods
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the import of methylated spirit for use in gas lamps from Karachi to Dubai and Sharjah. It includes lists of names of trustworthy merchants in Dubai and lists of commodities exported from the Trucial Coast to India including: dried fish, scrap-iron, mel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 May 1937-2 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)