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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Trucial Coast Political Agency, 1930s-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3626
Title:
Coll 29/51 'Residency Agent at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns posts and conditions of employment at the Political Agency in the Trucial Coast, at Sharjah. The file contains correspondence related to: entertainment allowance and pay increase for the Agent, 1929 death of Agent, Khan Bahadur Isa Latif, on 12 September 1935 appointment of Kh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1929-12 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1158
Title:
File 4/49 II Foreign Office Account.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the operation of the Foreign Office Account of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers contain references to the kind of expenditure that came under this head, including expenditure on other posts in the region that were funded by the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1949-4 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (254 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1159
Title:
File 4/49 A Sharjah Agency F.O. a/c.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of the Foreign Office Account of the British Agency, Sharjah. The papers consist of correspondence between staff of the British Agency, Sharjah and the Political Agency, Bahrain; and statement of Dubai Post Office deposits for the period September 1948 - July 1949.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1949-27 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1160
Title:
File 4/52 Sharjah Agency Dubai Hospital A/C.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of the Dubai Hospital Account, which was maintained by the British Agency, Sharjah. The papers include statements of the Dubai Hospital Account for the quarters ended June 1949 to September 1950 inclusive, and associated financial statements. The accounts cover s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1949-30 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1165
Title:
File 4/59 REMITTANCE TO SHARJAH FOR AIR FACILITIES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the sending of remittances by the Political Agency, Bahrain to the British Agency, Sharjah as payment to the Rulers of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Kalba, and Dubai for air facilities on the Trucial Coast. The file includes correspondence between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1948-20 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1629
Title:
File 17/28 Government Motor Vehicles for Agency
Scope & Content:
This file documents the purchase and supply of two official vehicles for the Bahrain Political Agency: a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and an Austin Sixteen Shooting Brake. Near the beginning of the file the Political Agent states a preference for Humber models as the Agency's official cars (specifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1946-8 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1760
Title:
File 31/2 III Correspondence re Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the purchase of books by the Political Agency at Bahrain, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, and the supply of empty manumission forms. The documents in the file include advertisements, orders for books and magazines, cheques, and receipts of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1937-21 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1780
Title:
File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the supply of spare car parts in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence in the file is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain; the State Engineers Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Residency Agency in Sharjah. Also...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1942-27 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (292 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1781
Title:
File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the importation of vegetable ghee and cooking oil from India to the Gulf, primarily Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the impact of a ghee shortage in India and the import quotas that were allocated to merchants operating in the Gulf....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 May 1943-13 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)