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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name King of Bahrain, 1783-

171. IOR/R/15/1/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138
Title:
Vol 186 1853/54 Bahrain; Arabian Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The letterbook is comprised of correspondence sent between the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Arnold Kemball, and the Chief Secretary of the Government in Bombay, Arthur Malet, relating to events at Bahrain (folios 1-61), on the Arabian Coast and Muscat (folios 63-256), and the slave trad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1853-13 Mar 1854
Extent:
2 volumes, 107 items (424 folios)

172. IOR/R/15/1/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143
Title:
Vol 195 1854/55 Bahrain; Arab Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence covers three subjects, as follows: Affairs at Bahrain (folios 2-165): the hostilities between Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain, and Shaikh Muḥammad’s estranged relatives based at Dammām, in cohort with Fayṣal ibn Turki’s forces at Al-Qaṭīf; naval ope...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1854-12 May 1855
Extent:
1 volume (389 folios, 109 items)

173. IOR/R/15/1/167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/167
Title:
'Book No 253'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence sent and original correspondence received by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, relating to Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Wahabees [Wahhabis]. The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf throughout the period was Captain (James) Felix Jo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1857-22 Feb 1862
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

174. IOR/R/15/1/175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/175
Title:
Wrecks, Maritime outrages
Scope & Content:
This volume is concerned with 'outrages' committed by the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Bokha [Barka’, Oman] on the people of Shargah [Sharjah] whose boat foundered off his town. It is also concerned with fines exacted and the recovery of payments from various Shaikhs incurred for acts of piracy, the coerc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1859-10 May 1860
Extent:
1 volume, 17 items (32 folios)

175. IOR/R/15/1/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/179
Title:
Vol 282 Head IV, Volume 11 (eleven) Bahrein and Wahabee Complications
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding relations between the people of Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Wahabees [Wahhabis] and the involvement of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, in affairs. The correspondence consists of letters and reports sent by Captain Jones to the Secr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
26 Sep 1859-14 Jan 1862
Extent:
2 volumes (354 folios)

176. IOR/R/15/1/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/183
Title:
File 58 Bahrain affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to/from three British Residents at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones, Captain Herbert Frederick Disbrowe and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly. A number of topics are discussed in the file, most prominent among them are the following: Relations between Britain a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1862-4 Apr 1868
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

177. IOR/R/15/1/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/184
Title:
12 File 323 I - Interference of Persian Agents in Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the Persian Government's claim of sovereignty over Bahrain and the actions of some its agents in connection to operations taken by the British Government against the chiefs of Bahrain that it had accused of acts of piracy. The correspondence include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
11 Nov 1869-18 Mar 1887
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

178. IOR/R/15/1/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/192
Title:
‘37 File 483 Memorandum on Bahrain; Major E L Durand’s Notes on the Antiquities of Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents fall into two categories: Reports and memoranda on Bahrain, dated 1875, including a report on the rulers of Bahrain (folios 2-7); a history and genealogy of the Uttoobee [ʿUtūb] tribe (folios 9-10); names of the ʿUtūb rulers (folios 11-13); a memorandum on Bahrain (folios ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1875-20 Feb 1889
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

179. IOR/R/15/1/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/303
Title:
File 18/68 I (D 114) Kuwait Order in Council
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the composition, drafting and publication of The Kuwait Order in Council, 1925 (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925). The volume includes papers relating to initial objections and subsequent agreement on the part of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1919-20 Dec 1928
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)

180. IOR/R/15/1/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/304
Title:
File 18/68 II (D 115) Kuwait Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume includes papers relating to the implications of the assumption by the British Government of jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, especially in view of the possibility of the influx of large numbers of non-Muslim foreigners (particularly Americans) to work in the Kuwaiti oil industry...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1932-8 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)