Search

Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, c 1922-c 1948

1. IOR/R/15/1/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/216
Title:
‘File 5/190 II Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to thirty-seven manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. During the period covered by the file, seven different individuals held the post of Political Agent at Muscat. Most of the cases are straightforward affairs, in which the Muscat ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1921-11 May 1929
Extent:

1 volume (523 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/217
Title:
‘File 5/190 III Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains thirty-nine manumission subjects, each one involving the manumission request of one or more slaves, who had sought refuge at the Political Agency in Muscat (then under the charge of Major G. Murphy). Each manumission case follows a very similar pattern. Murphy sent a copy of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1929-32 Dec 1932
Extent:

One volume (353 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/232
Title:
File 5/198 I Kidnapping on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to incidents of kidnapping in the Trucial Coast region. The correspondence for each incident was probably compiled at a later date, drawing together extracts from other Bushire subject files, in particular the Sharjah diary subject file (identified as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 May 1934-17 Mar 1939
Extent:

1 volume (299 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1021

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1021
Title:
File 1/29 II Retirement of K S Ismail Barduli and Resulting Appointments
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the leave (pending retirement) of the Head Munshi of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers, which consist of telegrams, notes, memoranda, letters and a statement, include papers relating to the appointment of a successor; papers relating to staffing arrangements in respec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1942-4 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1505
Title:
‘File 16/10-A Securities held by Bahrain Government in the Eastern Bank’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to securities in the Government of India, held by the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence specifically concerns certificates for these securities, forwarded by the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) to the Indian Income Tax authorities...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1945-16 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1508
Title:
‘File 16/11 Arab shipping companies’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a single piece of correspondence, a letter sent by the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Cornelius James Pelly) to the British Political Agents and Consuls in the Persian Gulf region, dated 2 January 1947 (f 2). Enclosed with the letter is a typewritten e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1946-2 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1510

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1510
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/13 Pensions to Bahadur Khan & Niadar Khan Levy Corps Havildars – Correspondence re –’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to arrangements for the payment of Indian military pensions for individuals either residing in Bahrain, or who have worked in Bahrain and wish to return to British India. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Secretary to the Politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
22 Sep 1926-9 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1601
Title:
File 17/4 II Stores: Stamps
Scope & Content:
This file concerns court fee stamps (a type of revenue stamp used to pay court fees) and consular fee stamps, issued to the Bahrain Political Agency. The part of the file dating from 1945 to the end of 1947 consists mostly of indents, completed by the Treasury Officer at the Political Agency, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1945-13 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (286 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1607

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1607
Title:
'File 17/6 Books and Periodicals: Correspondence re. Supply and Rules for the supply of articles'
Scope & Content:
The file documents the purchase of books and periodicals (and the management of subscriptions) by the Bahrain Political Agency. To this end it contains receipts and bills, correspondence between the Political Agent (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, and Charles Geoffrey Prio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1926-6 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (309 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1614
Title:
File 17/13 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. TIDE TABLES, BAHRAIN BUSHIRE ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns tide tables relating to Bahrain, Bushire and other locations in the Gulf. It consists mostly of telegrams, memoranda, and brief letters of correspondence. Most of the file documents the efforts of the Political Agent, Bahrain, to obtain copies of tide tables for the Port of Bu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1929-7 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)