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1. IOR/R/15/5/220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/220
Title:
File 4/32 Presents for His Highness. Radio Sets, Launches etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to obtain a wireless radio transmitting set as a gift. The potential complications involved in such a gift and the broader political context are discussed. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1946-18 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1937
Title:
File No. G/2 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Notables.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain including Percy Gordon Loch and Tom Hickinbotham and the notables of Manama, including, Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo and Abdulaziz Al-Qosaibi (al-Gosaibi). The letters are mostly personal and contain in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
20 Mar 1932-20 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/654

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/654
Title:
‘File 28/1 C Ammunition for Bahrain Government’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a consignment of 100,000 rounds of ammunition given to the Government of Bahrain as a gift by the Government of India. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the Political Resident in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1939-18 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

4. IOR/R/19/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/12
Title:
Accounts: 'EGYPT AND RED SEA. 35. 1838-69'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains accounts, and correspondence received by Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, HM Consul-General and the East India Company’s Agent in Egypt at Alexandria, dated 5 February 1838-30 June 1869. The papers relate to events in Egypt and the Red Sea, and include: Tabulated schedul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1838-30 Jun 1869
Extent:
1 volume (504 folios)

5. IOR/R/19/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/13
Title:
Accounts: 'EGYPT AND RED SEA. 36. 1838-69'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains accounts, and correspondence received by Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, HM Consul-General and the East India Company’s Agent in Egypt at Alexandria, dated 1 January 1838-31 December 1869. The papers relate to events in Egypt and the Red Sea, and include: Tabulated sche...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jan 1838-31 Dec 1869
Extent:
1 volume (709 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1548
Title:
‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1930-19 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1549
Title:
‘File 16/41 Miscellaneous. Horses belonging to late Sir Hugh Biscoe – Correspondence ref:’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning two horses given to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1932. The majority of the correspondence takes place between staff a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1932-10 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1578
Title:
‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to gifts of ammunition cartridges made by British political officials to members of the ruling family of Bahrain, including the ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah. Included in the papers are letters of thanks from the recipients of these gifts, often in both Engli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1947

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1947
Title:
'File G/10 V. O. Personal letters of PAs & AP.A.S’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of personal letters and calls sent mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Ruler of Bahrain. The letters are about exchanging visits and gifts such as fruit, gazelles, and tea sets. Other letters were sent by cultural centres in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1943-18 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1616
Title:
File 17/14 II Toshakhana articles for Bushire — Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the Bushire Residency [Persian Gulf Political Residency] Toshakhana — a store of gifts kept with the Bahrain Political Agency, so that they would be available for presentation to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs when needed. Regular stock accounts are submitted to Bushire to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1942-16 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (259 folios)