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61. IOR/R/15/1/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/136
Title:
Vol 183 1853/54 Residency in the Persian Gulf, Persia and Persian Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondents include Justin Sheil (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia) the Governor of Bushire and George Robinson (the Commander of the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
6 Jan 1853-15 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 file (174 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/1/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/183
Title:
File 58 Bahrain affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to/from three British Residents at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones, Captain Herbert Frederick Disbrowe and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly. A number of topics are discussed in the file, most prominent among them are the following: Relations between Britain a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1862-4 Apr 1868
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/1/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/184
Title:
12 File 323 I - Interference of Persian Agents in Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the Persian Government's claim of sovereignty over Bahrain and the actions of some its agents in connection to operations taken by the British Government against the chiefs of Bahrain that it had accused of acts of piracy. The correspondence include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
11 Nov 1869-18 Mar 1887
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/1/187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/187
Title:
‘26 File 626 Qatar and Bahrain affairs: action of Shaikh Jasim ibn Muhammad Al Thani against al-`Udaid’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Ruler of Katr [Qatar], Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, and British officials, concerning relations between Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad and a variety of parties on the Arab coast, including Indian subjects in Qatar, the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1881-2 Sep 1886
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/1/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/188
Title:
32 File 654 Intrigues of Persian officials on Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence discussing the concerns of British officials regarding the movement of Persian Government officials in the Gulf and their supposed attempts to challenge British power in the region. The movements of Haji Ahmed Khan (also given as Hajee Ahmed Khan and Hajee Ahme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
23 May 1887-24 Nov 1894
Extent:
1 volume (162 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

67. IOR/R/15/1/314-377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/314-377
Title:
File 19: Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics and include correspondence regarding the nature and development of British involvement in Bahrain, financial information, Bahrain's foreign relations, information related to customs and transit fees, the reforms enacted in the 1920s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
64 files and volumes (12,090 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/1/382-383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/382-383
Title:
File 23: Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
The Turkish Arabia subject files relate to the internal politics and foreign relations of the state of Iraq. The files contain correspondence concerning attacks by Kurdish tribal forces against the British after the invasion of 1917, a copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926, a discussion concernin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1945
Extent:
2 files (495 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/1/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/404
Title:
'Muscat French Flag Question'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence predominantly between Major W G Grey, Officiating Political Agent; Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and A Barnett Barker, Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Lapwi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1 Feb 1905-7 Aug 1905
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/1/405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/405
Title:
File 35/85 III A 10 French Flag Question
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Hague Arbitration Tribunal which decided on questions referred to it by Great Britain and France concerning the flying of French flags by dhows in Sur. Before the 2nd January 1892 when the Brussels Conference General Act was ratified France was entitled to authoriz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1905-2 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 volume (290 folios)