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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971

1. IOR/R/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire
Scope & Content:
There are considerable gaps within the series owing to periodic weeding processes. The files and volumes may be divided as follows: (1) 1763-1849 (IOR/R/15/1/1-118) Separate series of letters received and letters sent contain correspondence mainly with Basra and later with Government of Bomb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1763-1948
Extent:
c 758 files

2. IOR/R/15/2/66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/66
Title:
'File 28/1 Persian Gulf Residency Bushire Office Records. Births, Marriages & Deaths, Correspondence of'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the State Department in Washington and several individuals interested in regard to births and marriages of British and American nationals in Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1909-12 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/139-174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/139-174
Title:
File 1/A Administration (Political)
Scope & Content:
The administration (Political) files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, deal with matters of political and economic importance during the 1930s, and specific issues (particularly food control and publicity) relating to the Second World War (1939-45). The files fall into a number of groups and in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1931-1946
Extent:
36 files (8736 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342
Title:
File 9/1 Confidential correspondence regarding Bahrain food supplies
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Gulf regarding imports to Bahrain of rice from India and sugar. There is also mention of correspondence regarding import of vehicles (not included in the file).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/343
Title:
File 9/2 Pearling
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation at Jedda, the Political Agent at Sharjah, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Ruler of Dubai and the Ruler of Qatar, on the subject of introd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1934-10 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/347

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/347
Title:
File 9/6 Muscat date trade
Scope & Content:
The file contains a copy of a letter sent by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding the date trade in Muscat. The letter encloses copies of letters forwarded by the Political Agent at Muscat on the cultivation of dates in the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1928-25 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/351
Title:
File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Eastern Bank Limited, on the subject of smuggling of various goods and commodities. These include: import of unlicensed tea f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1934-13 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/367
Title:
File 9/22 Opening of second bank in Bahrain: Imperial Bank of Iran
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in Bushire, the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran on the opening of a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Bahrain. The bank in question is the second bank in Bahrain, and the new branch ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1944-3 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/373
Title:
File 9/29 Overseas trade enquiries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, to fulfill a request by the Department of Overseas Trade to supply statistics for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1938-16 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/378

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/378
Title:
File 9/34 Currency in Arab Shaikhdoms
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and the Eastern Bank Limited regarding which currency they should use in Bahrain after the independence of India and Pakistan. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1947-30 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)