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037-000539208 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 363-372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 363-372
Title:
Bahrain and Damaam Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item is comprised of copies of secret letters, despatches and intelligence reports. Correspondence discusses a number of topics including: the state of affairs in Bahrain and on the 'Wahabee Coast' and the consternation of the Ruler of Bahrain, Mahomed ben Khuleefah [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1855-19 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 34-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 34-69
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 56 of 1847, dated 16 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 10-29 May 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 1 April 1847). The primary ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1847
Extent:
1 item (36 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 253-256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 253-256
Title:
Bahrein Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 86 of 1847, dated 13 October 1847. The enclosures are dated 24 September-9 October 1847. The item comprises a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1847
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 192-215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 192-215
Title:
Bahrain and Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item is comprised of despatches, minutes and resolutions concerning events and developments around Bahrein [Bahrain] and Aden. Topics discussed include: The blockade of the coast between Kateef [Al-Qaṭīf, Saudi Arabia] and Damaam [Dammām, Saudi Arabia] Communications with Ameer Fysul [Amir ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1854-31 Jan 1855
Extent:
1 item (24 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 3-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 3-198
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1840, dated 20 May 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-56 and are dated 7 March -23 May 1840. Topics discussed include: Information rece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1840
Extent:
1 item (195 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 32-41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 32-41
Title:
‘State of affairs between the Chief of Bahrein and Ameer Fysul the Wahabee Ruler’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 3 January 1852. The enclosures are dated 22 October 1851-3 January 1852. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a claim by Ameer Fysul of Nedjd [Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1852
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item comprises: Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1839-4 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1839-12 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (42 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and papers relating to the relocation of the British Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the island of Karrack [Khark, also known as Kharg] at the end of March 1839, and the events leading up to it, including: Deterioration of the Political Resident’s relations with Mirza ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (73 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (134 folios)