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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Regent of Kalba, 1871-1952

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/15/2/1141

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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/2016

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2016
Title:
File B/17 Kalba - Affairs regarding.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns political developments at Kalba, particularly the consequences of the death of Shaikh Said bin Hamad; the minority of Shaikh Hamad bin Said; the involvement of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, in Kalba affairs; and the appointment...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1937-12 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

5. 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)

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/15/2/896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/896
Title:
‘File 41/1 Licences for Arms carried by Nakhudas’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to licences for arms carried by the nakhudas of boats on the Arab coast of the Gulf. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Rulers of Abu Dhabi, Kalba, Qatar, Ra’s al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn. The file includes: a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1936-26 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (53 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/15/6/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/225
Title:
File 8/43 Muscat State Affairs: Politics and relations of Muscat with other Arab Chiefs – Borders, Wadi al Qaur, Kalba and Ras al Khaimah
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and neighbouring Arab rulers. The file begins with correspondence regarding a reported meeting between the Wali of Sohar, the Wali of Shinas and the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah, a meeting th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1938-10 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

10. 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)