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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name High Commissioner, Iraq, 1920-1932

1. IOR/R/15/2/1190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1190
Title:
File 5/8 Murder Case against Abboud ibn Majid al-Shalji Musa and Rasoul ibn Haji Mahdi al-Shalfi Musa Iraqis
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to an allegation of murder against two Iraqi nationals in Bahrain, and the question of their extradition to Iraq. The papers include correspondence, statements and warrants of arrest. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the office of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1930-30 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/385
Title:
File 26/106 IV (F 48) Arabistan and Luristan Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence pertaining to British interests and activities in the region of Arabistan in Persia. The correspondents include Eardley Peel, Vice Consul at Ahwaz, Percy Cox, High Commissioner at Baghdad, Cecil Lincoln, Acting Consul for Arabistan at Mohammerah [Korramshahr], ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jun 1921-12 Sep 1922
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/92
Title:
File 36/3 Lease of Bander Shweikh
Scope & Content:
The file includes letters (drafts, originals, and copies), telegrams, and notes relating to secret negotiations over the lease of Bander Shweikh [Ash Shuwaykh] from the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Kuwait, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (or ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1905-24 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 file (277 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/562
Title:
File 61/9 (D 109) Nejd passports
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, memoranda, handwritten notes, a draft of a Najdi passport and a copy of an official Najdi passport. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in Bushire (Arthur Trevor, later Stuart Knox); the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1922-12 Sep 1924
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1219
Title:
File 6/12 Waqaf [Waqf] Department, its formation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to the administration of Waqf property in Bahrain. Waqf property is that given by dedication to Muslim religious or charitable purposes. The file covers various matters, including: reforms of the administration of waqf property, including the formatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1927-22 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1236
Title:
File 6/21 Proposed return of Shaikh Khallaf, late Shea [Shī‘a] Qadhi of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the discussion over the proposed return of a Shī‘a judge and cleric, Shaikh Khallaf bin Ahmad al-Asfour. The discussion was triggered by a petition from Shī‘a village headmen, presented to the Political Agent, Bahrain, that called for his return from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 May 1929-30 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/578
Title:
File 61/14 II (D 46) Relations between Nejd and 'Iraq
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to affairs between the British Mandate of Iraq and the Kingdom of Najd and the Hejaz, ruled by Ibn Sa'ud. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Hig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1927-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/954

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/954
Title:
'202 Notification from Govt of India Home Dept.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises notifications, resolutions, circulars, and memorandum from the following Government of India departments: the Finance Department, Home Department, Foreign and Political Department, Department of Industries and Labour, Army Department, Department of Education Health and Lands, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1923-27 Mar 1926
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1231
Title:
File 6/18 I Arab and Persian Schools in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to education in Bahrain, in particular the recruitment and training of teachers. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Registrar of the American University in Beirut (Habib Kurani), the Secretary to the High Commissioner for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1928-9 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (290 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/293
Title:
‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf Political Resident: The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1927
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)