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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Debai, Arabian Peninsula, Asia Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/F/4/2641/169199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2641/169199
Title:
‘Persian Gulf Relative to an affront offered at Debaye to the Crew of a boat from the Honorable Company’s Steam Frigate “Queen” and the piracy on Abdul Kurreem’s boat.-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 15 January 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2641/169196, alongside ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1855-31 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1955
Title:
Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, and minutes related to a proposal to relocate the Persian Gulf Air Route (linking Europe and India) from Southern Persia to the Arabian Coast. The proposal is related to difficulties between the British and Persian governments over securing an exten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1931-25 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 volume (393 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3846
Title:
Coll 30/117 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain Grievances of the Baharinah.'
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to the grievances of the Baharnah (the native population of Bahrain). The papers include: The petition of the Baharnah to the Ruler of Bahrain Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa requesting the adoption of a Qanun (code of laws) in the courts, proportional representati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1935-11 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B456
Title:
AGREEMENT relating to the Debai Oil Concession. HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM and PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED DATED 5TH February, 1937.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a copy of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited relating to oil concessions in Debai [Dubai].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1937
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122
Title:
Vol 166: 1850 Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters relating to the Indian Naval Squadron of the Persian Gulf. The three main correspondents are the following: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1850-6 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 volume, 22 items (50 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/675
Title:
'Confidential 86/7-v B.41 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD., TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), the India Office (Maurice Clauson), the Foreign Office (John Cecil Sterndale Bennett), the Colonial Office (Owen Gwyn Revell Williams), representatives of Petroleum ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Oct 1936-29 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (302 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/676
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-VI B.43. PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, primarily between Major Frank Holmes as negotiator for Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), John Skliros, Director of Petroleum Concessions Limited in London, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding progress in n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1937-29 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1870
Title:
‘File B/10-3 CLAIM OF KAL AHMAD DRESSER AGAINST THE LATE HILAL BIN RAMAZAN OF DUBAI’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a renewed debt recovery claim in 1936 made by Ahmad Gharibi (also referred to as Kal Ahmed), a wound dresser employed in the Persian Gulf Residency Dispensary at Bushire. His claim is against the late Hilal bin Ramazan (also referred to as Hilal bin R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1933-24 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

9. IOR/X/3690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3690
Title:
‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Back-water of Debai by Lieut.t R. Cogan under the direction of Lt. J.M. Guy, H.C.Marine. 1822. Drawn by M. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths shown by soundings. Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1822 showing Debai [Dubai]. The town gates and ‘Sheeks house’ labelled with the location of date plantation and ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 map