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1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/4
Title:
File A/6 Nasir bin Mubarak's claim to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to Shaikh Nāṣir bin Mubarak Āl Khalīfah's claim on Bahrain, and his subsequent attempts at reconciliation with the Bahrain ruler Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. The principal correspondents in the file are Captain Francis Prideaux, Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1903-12 Nov 1909
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/10
Title:
File A/14 Shaikh Hamad bin Muhammad Al Khalifa and his intrigues with the Turkish authorities
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the actions and grievances of Shaikh Ḥamad bin Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, cousin of Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, the ruler of Bahrain. The key correspondents in the file are Shaikh Ḥamad and Shaikh ‘Īsá, and a succession of Political Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
23 Dec 1904-19 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 volume (123 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/12
Title:
File A/18 Majlis al-Urfi: Correspondence regarding its Composition; also connected correspondence regarding "Jurisdiction"
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the membership and running of the Majlis al-Urfi (or civil court) in Bahrain, and negotiations between the Bahrain ruling family and the British Government, chiefly relating to the question of jurisdiction of foreign nationals in Bahrain. The principal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1919-29 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/19-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/19-23
Title:
File D Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
Each of the five Bahrain Affairs files covers a separate topic relating to matters of internal administration; four of them relate directly to the Ruler of Bahrain or members of his immediate family. The subjects covered are as follows: the banishment from Bahrain in 1905 of the Governor of Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1905-1921
Extent:
5 files (637 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/65
Title:
File XXVII/1 Al Khalifa family. Recognition of Shaikh Hamad as successor to Sh `Isa. CSI conferred on Shaikh `Isa. CIE conferred on Sh `Abdullah.
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file contains correspondence exchanged by the Political Agent at Bahrain between 1914 and 1917 with the Political Resident in the Gulf, the Secretary to the Most Eminent Order of the British Empire, and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1901-6 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/83
Title:
File 1/11 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Tyranny of Ruling Family in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file relates to allegations of unlawful or oppressive behaviour on the part of members of the ruling family of Bahrain, particularly Shaikh Abdulla [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and his father Shaikh Easa (also spelled Isa) [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, incl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1921-11 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/100
Title:
File 5/2 Shaik Abdulla Bin 'Isa (His Intrigues)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Political Resident of the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as members of the Āl Khalīfah family, including Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá. In addition,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1921-18 Feb 1924
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/102
Title:
File 5/6 Muhammad Sharif Kuttabdin Awazi (Khan Bahadur)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and Muḥammad Sharīf bin Ḥājī Qutb al-Dīn Awāzī, as well as copies of correspondence between the British Political Resident at Bushire and the Foreign Se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1924-14 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/110
Title:
File 5/18 Lesser Members of Al Khalifah Family
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Baghdad and Bushire, as well as with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah and other members of the Āl Khalīfah family. These correspondence concern the personalities and activities of various members of the Āl Khalīfah family,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1923-2 Nov 1930
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)