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321. IOR/R/15/2/617

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/617
Title:
File 22/4 Miscellaneous Papers re: DEPOSITION OF SHAIKH KHALID - AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHAIKH KHALID AND SHAIKH OF SHARJAH, ETC
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a memorandum from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, reporting the deposition of Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, the Ruler of Sharjah (also spelt Shargah) by his nephew Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr in 1924, together with an Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1924-1 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

322. IOR/R/15/2/618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/618
Title:
‘File 22/8 II SHAIKH OF DUBAI’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between British officials in the Persian Gulf, discussing the actions of Shaikh Saeed Bin Maktoom [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Ḥashr Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, covering the years 1941, 1944, 1946 and 1948-49. The correspondents are as follows: John Bar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1941-28 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

323. IOR/R/15/2/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/619
Title:
File 22/11 (22/8 III) DUBAI CUSTOMS AGITATIONS FOR REFORMS IN DUBAI
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a few letters and memoranda exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah about imposing a temporary restriction on the importation of arms and ammunition by the Trucial Coast shaikhs, especially from Japan. There follows two memoranda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1940-9 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

324. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

325. IOR/R/15/2/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/621
Title:
‘File 22/22 Trucial Coast – Kalba Succession’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the succession to the Trucial Coast shaikhdom of Kalba, following the death of its Ruler Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad] on 30 April 1937, leaving a seven-year-old son, the minor Shaikh Hamad bin Said [Ḥamad bin Sa‘īd], as heir. Discussion focuses o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1931-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

326. IOR/R/15/2/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/622
Title:
‘File 22/22 – VOL.II K_A_L_B_A’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter in March 1948, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, requesting British recognition of Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad bin Salim [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Muḥammad bin Sālim al-Qāsimī] as the new Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1922-19 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

327. IOR/R/15/2/743

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/743
Title:
‘File 28/51 Anglo – American relations (policy)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and notes concerning Anglo-American foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on shared interests and closer future policy cooperation in the region. The file includes: copies of correspondence dated 29 April 1944, from the Foreign O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1944-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

328. IOR/R/15/2/871

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/871
Title:
File 38/16 Effects of Bahrain-Qatar dispute on P. C. L.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to how the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah has affected the work of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The principle correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; Sir Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; Shaikh Sulman ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1944-22 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

329. IOR/R/15/2/1527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1527
Title:
‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’
Scope & Content:
A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette, published between June and July 1931: a treaty for the extradition of offenders between Iraq and Egypt, signed at Cairo on 20 April 1931 (ff 3-4); a treaty of friendship between Iraq and Transjordan [Jordan], signed at Amman on 26 M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1931-25 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

330. IOR/R/15/5/24-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/24-42
Title:
File 10: Ibn Sa'ud
Scope & Content:
The Ibn Sa'ud sub-sub-series consists of files related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his rise to dominance in the region during this period. The files in the sub-sub-series cover the following in detail: Ibn S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1930
Extent:
19 files (10,650 folios)