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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah, c 1823-1949

171. 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)

172. IOR/R/15/2/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/897
Title:
‘File 41/2 Arms traffic’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

173. IOR/R/15/2/1070

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1070
Title:
File 2/14 Outbreaks of smallpox, cholera and other diseases on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain; K S Husain bin Hamad, in charge of the Agency at Sharjah; the Political Agent in the Trucial Coast; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo; regarding outbreaks of smallpox and ot...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1935-10 Sep 1942
Extent:
1 file (402 folios)

174. IOR/R/15/2/1135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1135
Title:
File 4/20 II Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the arrangements for the supply of funds by the Political Agency, Bahrain for expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1936-10 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)

175. IOR/R/15/2/1136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1136
Title:
File 4/20 III Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F. Hinaidi.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the payment by the Political Agency, Bahrain of expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast, particularly payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, and Shaikh Sultan bin S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1938-18 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (456 folios)

176. IOR/R/15/2/1137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1137
Title:
File 4/22 II Remittances to Abu Dhabi via Sharjah on behalf of Bushire Residency.
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of monthly payments of 400 rupees from the Political Agency, Bahrain, via the Residency Agent, Sharjah, to Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan [Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, on account of air facilities at Sir Bani Yas [Şīr Banī Yās] Island and at Abu Dhabi,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1945-25 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (163 folios)

177. IOR/R/15/2/1138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1138
Title:
File 4/23 Treasury Rules and Regulations.
Scope & Content:
The file contains miscellaneous financial papers. These include: regulations issued by the Government of India, Finance Department and other Government of India bodies concerning issues such as procedures for sanctioning expenditure, the need for economies, prevention of fraud, the Reserve Bank o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1921-19 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (428 folios)

178. IOR/R/15/2/1140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1140
Title:
File 4/24 AGENCY FUNDS ACCOUNTS
Scope & Content:
The file relates to various fund accounts held by the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda from the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain; correspondence with the Residency Agent, Sharjah (Sayed Abdur Razzaq); some correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1936-30 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

179. IOR/R/15/2/1141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1141
Title:
File 4/25 I Corr. re: Kalba payments.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of payments to the Ruler of Kalba for air facilities, for the period 28 September 1936 to 27 December 1944. The papers consist of covering letters from the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Residency Agent, Sharjah forwarding monthly payments of 400 rupees 'for rent of s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1936-6 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (339 folios)

180. IOR/R/15/2/1142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1142
Title:
File 4/25 II Payments to the Ruler of Kalba.
Scope & Content:
The file contains records of payments made by the Political Agent, Bahrain, via the Residency Agent, Sharjah, the Political Officer, Trucial Coast (POTC), and local intermediaries to the Ruler [Regent] of Kalba and other Trucial Coast rulers. The papers consist of covering letters in Arabic with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1945-31 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (344 folios)