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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Political Agent, Bahrain, 1905-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/10/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/28
Title:
File 791/1904 Pt 1-3 'Orders-in-Council'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises three parts discussing Orders in Council: part 1 contains the Persian Coast and Islands Order in Council 1905 and 1907, with amendments and related correspondence between India Office officials; part 2 concerns the revised Rules of Court to cover the Table of Fees proposed u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1901-14 May 1912
Extent:

1 volume, (311 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/81
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 1 'Bahrain: situation; disurbances (1904-1905); Sheikh Ali's surrender; Question of Administration Reforms (Customs etc)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to disturbances in Bahrain and the consequent discussion over administrative changes. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1904-Aug 1914
Extent:

1 volume (260 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/83/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/83/2
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 4 'Bahrain: cargo landing arrangements'
Scope & Content:
Part four contains correspondence relating to a claim by the German firm Robert Wonckhaus & Company against the cargo-landing contractor at Bahrain for a failure to land goods. The correspondence is between the Foreign Office and the India Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1907-Aug 1911
Extent:
1 item (36 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/124/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/124/1
Title:
File 2908/1907 Pt 2 ‘Bahrain: quarantine arrangements’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of part two of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf: Quarantine. It contains correspondence regarding proposals for improving and financing quarantine arrangements and plague prevention measures at Bahrain. The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1911
Extent:

1 item (56 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/155/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/155/2
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: Fuwairat piracy case’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to an incident taking place at Fuwairat, Qatar, in October 1909, in which a Persian vessel bound for Bahrain carrying a cargo of goats and firewood, was alleged by its nakhuda to have been deliberately scuppered on rocks by the inhabitants of Fuwairat, and the cargo then ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1912
Extent:

29 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/10/156/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/2
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 4 ‘Persian Gulf: acts of piracy by Ahmed bin Selman near Katif [Turkish discourtesy to commander of HMS “Lapwing” at Katif]’
Scope & Content:
Part 4 contains correspondence relating to attacks against Bahrain pearling dhows, committed by members of the Beni Hajir tribe and led by an individual named Ahmed bin Selman, in the waters around Bahrain and the Turkish administered territories of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] and El Katr [Qatar]. The part...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1901-12 Aug 1908
Extent:

178 folios

7. IOR/L/PS/10/385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/385
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 2 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa]. Included in the volume are the following: an account of a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Nov 1913-22 Nov 1916
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/391
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 11-12 'PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA NEJD-HEJAZ AFFAIRS 1920'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 11 and 12 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. The volume concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1920-21 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 volume (562 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/457
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1902-28 July 1914
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/481
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 4 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Jan 1915-13 May 1915
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)