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1. IOR/R/15/5/170-178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/170-178
Title:
File 3: Kuwait/Iran Relations
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait/Iran relations sub-sub-series concerns Kuwait's and Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). Three of the files relate to cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized, and in some cases detained, by the Persian authorities. Other matter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1928-1949
Extent:
9 files and volumes (1308 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/710, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/710, f 10
Title:
Administrative map of Persian consulates
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Shows administrative division with provinces labelled. Boundaries coloured for reference with an explanatory note at the upper right-hand corner of sheet
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 map

3. IOR/R/15/2/1391-1409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1391-1409
Title:
File 13: British Protection and Nationality
Scope & Content:
The 19 surviving files about nationality contain numerous, individual applications dealt with by the British Agency, Bahrain, for the following services: the registration of British and British Indian subjects and British protected persons as Bahrain residents, 1926-1951; the registration of bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1951
Extent:
19 files (3,318 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/484-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:
File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (970 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/46
Title:
Vol 54 Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters sent to the Residency in Bushire (spelt Abusheer in earlier correspondence in the file) from officials at Bombay Castle, primarily from the Political Department. The correspondence discusses the costs and location of the Residency, an attack on the town of Bushire in 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
1 Feb 1828-7 Apr 1838
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/150
Title:
Vol 210: 1856/57 Persia; General and Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters inwards and letters outwards from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at Bushire; the incumbent Resident is James Felix Jones. The subject matter of the correspondence concerns affairs in Persia; a proposed telegraph extension from India to Constantinople via the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1856-15 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 volume, 11 items (19 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/359
Title:
File 9/11 Smuggling of Arms
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent and received by the Political Agency at Bahrain, the other Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, the India Office in London and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, concerning the smuggling of arms and ammunitions from the Arab side of the Gulf into Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1934-24 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1460
Title:
‘File 15/17 RULES AND REGULATIONS. PERSIAN LAW OF NATIONALITY and Agricultural Property Law’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in 1928 and 1930 from the Political Agent, Bahrain and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave (Financial Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) regarding the Bahrain Government’s attitude to Persian subjects resident in Bahrain who, either travel to India on Persian passports...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Oct 1928-7 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/315

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/315
Title:
File 9/19 Naval and Shipping: Limits of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Correspondence covering the discussion of what action should be taken in the event of a British subject being arrested at the outer anchorage at Bushire. The correspondence comes from officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation in Tehran, and the Foreign Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/392
Title:
File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the following Foreign Office documents: 'Leading Personalities in Persia, 1947' (folios 3-20) 'Leading Personalities in Iraq, 1947' (folios 21-36) 'Leading Personalities in Saudi Arabia, 1948' (folios 37-47).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1947-19 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)