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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name al-Na‘īm, Tribe, c 1839-c 1937

1. IOR/R/15/2/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/203
Title:
File 4/13 II Zubarah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah and related clashes that took place between the forces of Qatar and members of the Al Naim tribe (allied to the Al Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain). Much of the correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/247
Title:
File 8/64 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: NA'IM TRIBE
Scope & Content:
This file consists of brief notes on the branch of the Na'im [Āl Na'īm] tribe based in Beraymee ['Al Buraymī, Oman]. The typewritten notes appear to have been compiled during the 1930s. They consist of excerpts from 19th century British correspondence and memoranda, covering the period 1845-1881,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/202
Title:
'File 4/13 I Zubarah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a dispute that broke out between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah on the Qatari peninsula. The hostilities began after the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, attempted to impose taxation on members of the Al Naim tribe ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1937-22 Jun 1937
Extent:

1 file (328 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/370
Title:
File 19/243 II (C 72) Zubarah
Scope & Content:
File contains correspondence related to hostilities that occurred between the forces of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qassim Al Thani of Qatar and the Al Naim tribe that took place in June and July 1937. At this time, the Al Naim tribe was allied to the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain who claimed Zu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1937-24 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/862

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/862
Title:
File 38/1 II P. C. L. Exploration
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1947-18 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/695

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/695
Title:
'86/21 - III B.65. Trucial Hinterland Exploration'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Tom Hickinbotham), the India Office (John Percival Gibson, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1939-24 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/80
Title:
Letters Outward
Scope & Content:
The volumes consist of letters outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf. Most of these letters were originally penned by Samuel Hennell (Resident), with a few towards the end of the second volume penned by Thomas Edmunds (Assistant Resident). Most of these letters are addressed to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1839-17 Dec 1839
Extent:
2 volumes (227 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/84
Title:
Vol 116: 'Secret Letter Book Volume 3'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of secret correspondence sent outwards by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf, Samuel Hennell. These letters are primarily addressed to either the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay (either Lestock Robert Reid or John Pollard Willoughby), or the Secret Committee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1839-1 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/85
Title:
'No 117 From August 1839 To May 1840. Translation Book Commencing 24th August'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains translations of letters received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf from August 1839 to May 1840. The correspondence relates to affairs on the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf, in particular the situation at Braimee [Al Buraymī] (also given as Brenie, Braymee) where the N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1839-24 May 1840
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

10. 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)