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1. IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/6
Title:
Papers regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 6 - breach of the maritime truce by the Rulers of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi who launch an attack on the Qatar Territory - retaliatory action by the Qatar tribes - measures taken by the Bombay Government to restore order - despatch of HMS Vigilant to the Gulf
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of 6 January 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1868-1 Jan 1869
Extent:
1 item (36 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/7
Title:
Papers regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 7 - further papers regarding the measures adopted to restore peace to the Gulf - instructions issued by the Bombay Government to the Commander of HMS Vigilant - further particulars regarding the retaliatory attack made by the Qatar tribes on Bahrein
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of 6 January 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1868-1 Jun 1869
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/8
Title:
Papers regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 8 - punitive measures taken by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf against the Rulers of Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Qatar - agreements concluded with these Rulers
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of 6 January 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868-Oct 1868
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4339
Title:
Coll 37/105 'Travellers. Muscat: entomological and botanical expedition. Dr H. Scott and Mr E. B. Britton.'
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to the topic of travellers in the Arabian Peninsula. Although the file's title specifies travellers to Muscat (Dr Hugh Scott and Mr Everard Baldwin Britton) the file only has one folio (folio 3) relating to these two individuals who were undertaking an entomological...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1937-3 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/550-551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/550-551
Title:
File 58: Qatar
Scope & Content:
The Qatar subject files contain various miscellaneous correspondence regarding Qatar affairs between 1903 and 1934, and the drafting of the Qatar Order in Council 1935 and 1939.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1939
Extent:
2 files (260 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/618-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/618-637
Title:
File 82: Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The twenty files forming the 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files were produced by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire. The 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Anglo-Persian Oil Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1939
Extent:
20 files (4277 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/24-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/24-44
Title:
File E: Mainland
Scope & Content:
The Mainland files contain correspondence concerning Eastern Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. Included within the correspondence are details concerning: copies of papers from the Bushire files relating to Bahrain affairs between 1862 and 1895; the treatment and status of Hindu merchants in Eastern Arabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1900-1921
Extent:
21 files and volumes (4518 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/79
Title:
File 1/4 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Matters affecting Ruler of QATAR.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the political affairs of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani (there are various spellings in the file) [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar: especially relations with Bahrain, the British Government, and Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1922-20 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/141
Title:
File 1/A/5 I Qatar Affairs.
Scope & Content:
The volume is a correspondence file concerning affairs in Qatar, which came under the administration of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; the India Office; the War Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1932-12 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/543-550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/543-550
Title:
File 15 Miscellaneous Reports
Scope & Content:
The files in this sub-sub series are categorised as miscellaneous reports; they cover diverse topics such as the ownership of islands in the Gulf as well as the leading personalities and tribes of Abu Dhabi, Buraimi and British Somaliland. The files include discussion of: the geographical charac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1930-1949
Extent:
8 files (566 folios)