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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Consul, Basra, 20th century

1. IOR/R/15/2/596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/596
Title:
‘19/9 Mlle. CORBIAU’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns finding a temporary home in Bahrain for a female Belgian artist named Mademoiselle Corbiau who wishes to visit there to earn money by painting portraits. The correspondents in the file include: Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concession Limited, Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1945-19 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/813

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/813
Title:
File 31/15 Visits of Members of Al Khalifah to Foreign Countries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the visits of members of the Al Khalifah to Amara in Iraq for hunting purposes. Discussion focuses on the difficulties created when requests for travel documents did not go through the proper channels. Correspondents include: Cornelius James Pelly, Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1949-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1893
Title:
File D/2 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Basrah
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of correspondence between the British Consul, Basra, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, regarding Bahraini citizens residing in Iraq. Most of the file is concerned with requests for the Political Agent's assistance, made by the Consul on behalf of various Bahraini citiz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1935-18 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1891
Title:
File D/1 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Baghdad (Iraq).
Scope & Content:
This file is largely formed of miscellaneous correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the British Embassy, Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in the file). Several items of correspondence are written in Arabic. The file contains translations of letters and memoranda from the Iraqi Min...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-3 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1981

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1981
Title:
‘Bahrainese abroad’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence from two distinct periods. Correspondence at the beginning and end of the file is dated 1909 to 1913 (ff 2-16, ff 52-87), and discusses the British protection of Bahrainis in Ottoman Turkey, in response to Ottoman Government representatives in Constantinople [Is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
22 Sep 1873-1 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/448
Title:
FILE NO 15/2 NAME: DR. SYED ABDUL WAHAB AL ASKARI
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the activity of Dr Syed Abdul Wahab Al Askari. The discussion in the file relates to this individual, allegedly an Iraqi subject, who was perceived as a doctor of dubious credentials who had entered the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1933-2 Sep 1933
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1424
Title:
File 14/9 Correspondence re confidential and secret covers sent through commanders of BI steamers, BOAC etc or by other safe hand means
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence and telegrams requesting the collection and the delivery of letters and bags containing confidential and secret communication (not included). The principal correspondents are: Gray, Mackenzie & Co Ltd; Cable and Wireless Limited; the British Consul at Bas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1936-13 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (170 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/148
Title:
File 2/5 IX Shaikh’s Date Gardens.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and related papers, regarding a court case over the ownership of date gardens claimed by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and his relations, around Fao in Iraq. The court case in question was prosecuted by the heirs of Ali Pasha Al-Zuhair...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1938-27 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1287
Title:
File 6/68 Visit of H. E. Shaikh Sir Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah, K. C. I. E., C. S. I. Ruler of Bahrain to England
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visit to the United Kingdom by Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], ruler of Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1936-8 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/615
Title:
File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, maps, and newspaper cuttings relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf matters. The correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, British Consul for Arabistan, Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Jan 1914-16 Jul 1919
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)