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1. IOR/R/15/1/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/288
Title:
'B Series POLITICAL 8/2 SUCCESSION TO THE SHAIKHDOM OF KALBA (A Series: 14/238 II)'
Scope & Content:
This file consists mainly of letters (with translation in Arabic) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad al Qasimi, Regent of Kalba. The file discusses how the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf informs Shaikh Khalid that he His Majesty's Government is ple...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1938-30 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/291
Title:
B Series. POLITICAL 8/5 Jawasim-Shihuh situation (Dibba Affairs) (A Series 14/247)
Scope & Content:
This brief file relates to a dispute involving the Sultan of Muscat, the Shihuh, and the Regent of Kalba over the building of a fortified tower and issues of protection against raiding. The main correspondents are the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Muscat; (Tom C. Higginbotham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1941-18 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/679

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/679
Title:
'Confidential 86/7 - ix B.52. P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence in English and Arabic between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, John Baron Howes), the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Saiyid ‘Abd al-Razzaq), the India O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1938-13 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/680

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/680
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL VOL. B.58. 86/7-X P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Alban), the India Office (John Percival Gibson, Roland Tennyson Peel), the Foreign Office (Lacy ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1938-8 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (200 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/694

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/694
Title:
'86/21 - II P.C.L. Exploration of Trucial Hinterland. B 51'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts) and Petroleum Concessions Limited (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg) regarding arrangements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1938-23 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (142 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/374
Title:
File 9/30 Position of Arab Shaikhdoms under the Bretton-Woods Agreements
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Persian Gulf Residency, informing the Political Agents in Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat of the decisions made during the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference and transmitting the following leaflets: United Nations Monetary and Financial Conferen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1946-5 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/617

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/617
Title:
File 22/4 Miscellaneous Papers re: DEPOSITION OF SHAIKH KHALID - AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHAIKH KHALID AND SHAIKH OF SHARJAH, ETC
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a memorandum from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, reporting the deposition of Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, the Ruler of Sharjah (also spelt Shargah) by his nephew Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr in 1924, together with an Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1924-1 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/621
Title:
‘File 22/22 Trucial Coast – Kalba Succession’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the succession to the Trucial Coast shaikhdom of Kalba, following the death of its Ruler Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad] on 30 April 1937, leaving a seven-year-old son, the minor Shaikh Hamad bin Said [Ḥamad bin Sa‘īd], as heir. Discussion focuses o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1931-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/622
Title:
‘File 22/22 – VOL.II K_A_L_B_A’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter in March 1948, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, requesting British recognition of Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad bin Salim [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Muḥammad bin Sālim al-Qāsimī] as the new Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1922-19 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)