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1. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3
Title:
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. I. Geneaological Tables-Maps. Part III. J G Lorimer. 1915
Scope & Content:
This volume is Part III of Volume 1 of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915) compiled John Gordon Lorimer. The contents are divided into two sections and contain genealogical tables of Persian Gulf and Arabian ruling families, and one map, housed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume, 22 items (45 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C241
Title:
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Bahrein affairs, 1854-1904.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) affairs for the years 1854-1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and publishe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (100 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

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/15/2/102

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)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/2/198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/198
Title:
4/1 Bahrain State Finances 4
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the financial records of the Government of Bahrain that were sent to the British Political Agency in Bahrain by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The records cover the years 1359-1363AH (1941-1945). These records include details of the expenditu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1940-24 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (270 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/647
Title:
File 27/2 II Etiquette
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to etiquette: letter to William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, commenting on a list of people to be invited to an 'Arab Dinner', following a discussion with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. extract from a letter by Hug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1937-25 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)