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

231. IOR/R/15/2/874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/874
Title:
File 39/3 (10/2) Application by Eastern and General Syndicate for a second concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains the application made by Frank Holmes for the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited to renew the 1925 oil concession in Bahrain. Copy of the Concession Draft Agreement in English and Arabic, with Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, is enclosed in an envelope (ff ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1931-12 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

232. IOR/R/15/2/890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/890
Title:
File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Agency at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore. The correspondents are: Ruler of Qatar, Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1949-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

233. IOR/R/15/2/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/891
Title:
File 39/24 Seabed concession, Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mostly in English and Arabic, between the Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī (from August 1949 Shaikh ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī); the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1947-17 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

234. IOR/R/15/2/907

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/907
Title:
File 42/9 (4/3 II) Assistant Adviser
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the appointment of a number of individuals to positions within the Government of Bahrain. Much of the correspondence relates to efforts to hire an assistant for Charles Belgrave (Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) who would also act as Chief of P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1937-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

235. IOR/R/15/2/949

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/949
Title:
159 Jurisdiction over Najdis and Hasawis 1918.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the question of jurisdiction in Bahrain over Nejdis [Najdis], Hasawis and other subjects of Arab rulers, which had been under discussion by the British Government prior to the commencement of the First World War to which a decision had not yet been reached. Included are note...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 May 1918-30 May 1918
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

236. IOR/R/15/2/958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/958
Title:
'Customs dues Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the decision by Shaikh Isa [ʻIsá ibn ʻAlī Āl Khalīfah] in April 1916 to raise the customs duty on the transhipment of goods through Bahrain, as wartime conditions had resulted in a difficult financial situation for Bahrain. This decision was prompted by a drop in the num...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-13 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

237. IOR/R/15/2/1167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1167
Title:
File 4/60 I Bahrain Air Navigation Agreement Re Payments.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns payments due to the Shaikh of Bahrain (Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah) under the terms of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (also referred to in the file as the Air Navigation Agreement). The papers include correspondence from the British Residency, Bahrain (enclosing correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1950-8 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

238. IOR/R/15/2/1211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1211
Title:
File 6/5B Miscellaneous correspondence with His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and those allied to the royal family
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter of condolence from the Political Agent, Bahrain, Cornelius James Pelly, to Alawi bin Sayid Said for the death of his father, as well as the latter's reply of thanks. The file also contains letters from the Political Agent to Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifah [Salmān ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1948-14 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

239. IOR/R/15/2/1214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1214
Title:
File 6/7 Allowances to Al Khalifah family
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding allowances paid by Shaikh Hamad bin Isa of Bahrain [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] to members of his ruling Al Khalifah family. The correspondence is between the Shaikh, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1926-8 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

240. 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)