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1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/1/406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/406
Title:
'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a number of printed reports relating to the arbitration over the granting of French flags to Muscat dhows: A printed report in 1904 by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, relating to the arbitration on the issue of French flags to Omani dhows. An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904?-1905?
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1528

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1528
Title:
‘File 16/30 Visits of shaikhs, notables and others to Bahrain.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits of foreign dignitaries (chiefly rulers from the shaikhdoms along the Arab coast of the Gulf) to Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence details the movements of these dignitaries, and their arrival in or departure from Bahrain, as report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1931-28 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/6/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/224
Title:
File 8/43 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: POLITICS & RELATIONS OF MUSCAT WITH OTHER ARAB CHIEFS – BORDERS: WADI AL QAUR, KALBA & RAS AL KHAIMAH
Scope & Content:
This file concerns British policy regarding the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's relations with the chiefs of the Trucial coast and other Arab chiefs. The file mostly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire, which follows the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1917-9 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)