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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

1. IOR/R/15/2/1889

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1889
Title:
File C/3 Papers regarding reception of H. E. the Viceroy of India and Kharitas — From the Viceroy to the Shaikhs
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence — in Arabic and English — between Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin ‘Isa al Khalifah [‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Percy Gordon Loch, the Political Agent, Bahrain. The correspondence is concerned with inviting the Political Agent to a reception in honour of the Viceroy...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1934-5 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1211
Title:
File 6/5B Miscellaneous correspondence with His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and those allied to the royal family
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter of condolence from the Political Agent, Bahrain, Cornelius James Pelly, to Alawi bin Sayid Said for the death of his father, as well as the latter's reply of thanks. The file also contains letters from the Political Agent to Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifah [Salmān ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1948-14 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/258
Title:
File 8/65 VI RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY 1939
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the renewal of the Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty of 1891 was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. In 1939 a replacement treaty...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1948-19 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/590

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/590
Title:
‘19/3 HER EXCELLENCY LADY WILLINGDON’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, circulars and other papers relating to visits by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India (the Marquis of Willingdon, Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas) and his wife Lady Willingdon (Marie Freeman-Thomas) to Bahrain and Sharjah in May 1934, while travelling by Imper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1933-7 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/68
Title:
XXII/19 Bubyan and Warba Islands.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to ownership of Bubiyan Island [Jazīrat Būbiyān] and Warba Island [Jazīrat Warbah]. The discussion in the volume relates to: a military post on Bubiyan Island; proposal to include right of pre-emption of W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1905-7 Jun 1908
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/25
Title:
Vol 25: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent outwards from the Bushire Residency, along with correspondence sent by the Resident, Captain William Bruce, while away from Bushire. It covers the administrative proceedings of the Bushire Residency, and matters related to the British force stationed at Bassid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1822-20 Dec 1822
Extent:
1 volume, 190 items (84 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/103
Title:
File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the mission of Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Sa'ud in Najd. Correspondence discusses the operation of the blockade of all land trade to Kuwait. Correspondence includes Philby's handwritten notes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1918-17 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (187 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/14
Title:
Vol 14: Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters are written by Lieutenant William Bruce, who was the Resident at this time. A handful of letters are written by James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. Subjects relating directly to the Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1813-28 Dec 1814
Extent:
1 volume, 254 items (142 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/26
Title:
Vol 26: Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce. However, much of the content has been weeded, and is no longer present in the file; this is indicated by gaps in the file's pagination sequence. The remaining content includes some instructions to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1822-1 Dec 1822
Extent:
1 volume, 5 items (38 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/60
Title:
File XXII 4 Koweit relations with Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to Kuwaiti relations with Bahrain from 1906 to 1920. The discussion in the volume relates to: a note of a conversation between the Resident and Shaikh Mubarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1906-14 May 1920
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)