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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Etiquette

1. IOR/R/15/2/645-650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/645-650
Title:
File 27 Etiquette
Scope & Content:
The Etiquette files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, contain files from the 1930s and 1940s concerning: gun salutes for British officials and members of the various Arab ruling families in the Gulf; social etiquette (such as terms of address, relative seniority of British officials and seating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
6 files (564 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/632

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/632
Title:
File 23/5 SULTAN of MUSCAT's VISIT TO EGYPT
Scope & Content:
Consists of a letter from Sir Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to: Sir Olaf Caroe, Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi; Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe, Political Agent, Muscat; Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent, Bahrain. Enclos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1944-5 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1286
Title:
File 6/67 Salutes to the Ruler of Bahrain and Chiefs and notables
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from Claud Cranbrook Lewis De Grenier, acting Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent, Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch. The letter is dated 9 August 1934 and reports the number of saluting guns fired by the State Police upon the arriv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1934-11 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/132
Title:
File 4/6 FORMAL CALLS BETWEEN COMMANDERS OF H.M. SHIPS, SHAIKHS OF BAHRAIN, KUWAIT, QATAR AND TRUCIAL COAST.
Scope & Content:
The file contains a copy of a circular issued by the Political Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire, setting out rules agreed between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on procedure to be followed by Commanders of HM ships when paying ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1931-21 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1273
Title:
File 6/55 Correspondence regarding Hoisting of flag by the Shaikh of Bahrain when visiting H. M. S. Warships
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence from the Political Agent, Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, in Bushi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1933-19 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/133
Title:
File 4/6 Formal calls between Commanders of H.M. Ships, Sheikhs of Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar and Trucial Coast.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns all aspects of ceremonial at the Political Agency, Muscat, particularly in terms of relations between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The papers include: Government of India regulations concerning the cost of firing salutes, 1938; rules governing ceremonia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1938-20 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/3
Title:
‘Establishment. No. I/12 Appointments and Changes in the Political Residents & Agents in the Persian Gulf, and Secretaries, Bushire, & of the Govt. of India. and Others.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the departure (either permanently or on temporary leave) of current, and the arrival of new incumbents, to the post of Political Resident and Consulate General in the Persian Gulf. The file includes: circulars issued by the Political Resident to Political Agents and Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1913-10 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (189 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/144
Title:
File 1/A/11 I Honours and Awards.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the award of titles and honours, principally to Gulf rulers, but also to Bahraini citizens and members of staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the India Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1932-29 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 volume (346 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/954

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/954
Title:
'202 Notification from Govt of India Home Dept.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises notifications, resolutions, circulars, and memorandum from the following Government of India departments: the Finance Department, Home Department, Foreign and Political Department, Department of Industries and Labour, Army Department, Department of Education Health and Lands, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1923-27 Mar 1926
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1668
Title:
'File 20/3 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah, K. C. I. E., C. S. I., Ruler of Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegram correspondence sent by the Political Agency in Bahrain announcing the death of Shaikh Sir ‘Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah on 9 December 1932. The telegram was sent to the Political Agencies in the Gulf. The file contains letters of sympathy which were sent from among others, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1932-2 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)