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1. IOR/R/15/1/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/263
Title:
14/115 X, B 31, Abu Musa Oxide
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the possibility of a Commander Bayldon acquiring a concession to develop red oxide resources on Abu Musa island. The file contains correspondence from 1934 to 1935 between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Political Agent, Bahrain; Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1934-5 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 volume (212 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/264

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/264
Title:
14/115 XI B 54 Abu Musa Oxide
Scope & Content:
This file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire, Bahrain, Sharjah and Teheran over the rights to mine red oxide on Abu Musa, an island in the Gulf claimed by Sharjah. The main correspondents are: India Office, Whitehall (John Gilbert Laithwaite); S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1935-31 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/82
Title:
File 1/8 Honours and Rewards
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the award of Indian and British titles and honours to local rulers and members of their families, prominent local citizens, officials of the Government of Bahrain, and members of staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1919-13 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 file (106 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/594
Title:
'19/6 MRS. HOWARD CHITTER'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to the attempted visit to Bahrain and Kuwait by Winifred Howard-Clitty, a writer of children’s books, in the winter of 1933/34. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1933-3 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/628

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/628
Title:
File 23/2 Major Head:- Intelligence. Subject:- Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file contains intelligence reports relating to Bin Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, submitted by Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo], Bahrein [Bahrain] to the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch)....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1933-22 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (147 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1898
Title:
File No. E/4 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Director of Customs.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the distribution of fines by officials who detect offences at the customs in Bahrain. It also contains an investigation regarding kegs of mineral oil which bear the RAF mark and were said to be jettisoned, and whether they were permitted to be imported ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1932-8 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1937
Title:
File No. G/2 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Notables.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain including Percy Gordon Loch and Tom Hickinbotham and the notables of Manama, including, Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo and Abdulaziz Al-Qosaibi (al-Gosaibi). The letters are mostly personal and contain in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
20 Mar 1932-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)