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21. IOR/L/PS/20/C248A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C248A
Title:
Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905
Scope & Content:
The volume is a précis on trade and communications in the Persian Gulf. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in 1906. The volume begins with a preface by Saldanha, written on 26 March 1906, and is then organised into five ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (121 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/94
Title:
File 1/20 Russian Activities in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to possible Russian commercial activities in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There is also correspondence with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1929-30 Dec 1929
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/342-387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342-387
Title:
File 9 Trade and Commerce
Scope & Content:
The forty-six volumes and files forming the 'Trade and Commerce' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the files and volumes date from 1928-1950. The 'Trade and Commerce' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1928-1950
Extent:
46 files and volumes (4028 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/477

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/477
Title:
'PERMISSION FOR HINDU TRADERS TO VISIT QATIF'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the ability of Hindu traders to access the ports of Qatif [al-Qaṭīf] and Jubail [al-Jubayl] on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. Correspondents include: Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1932-1 Jul 1932
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/480
Title:
'SAUDI ARABIAN TRADE AGENT IN BAHRAIN'
Scope & Content:
The file reports the death of Salim An Nadir [Salīm al-Nādir?], on 4 October 1947, wrongly identified in the Bahrain Intelligence Report, dated 28 October 1947, as the Saudi Arabian Trade Agent. He was in fact the unofficial buyer of supplies for the Saudi Government. Correspondents include: the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1947-6 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1773-1817
Title:
File 36: War: Export and Imports
Scope & Content:
The 'War: Exports and Imports' sub-sub-series contains files related to the Political Agency in Bahrain's regulation of all imports/exports in to and out of Bahrain and the broader Persian Gulf region during and after the Second World War. As such, the files in this sub-sub-series primarily co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1950
Extent:
45 files (6,535 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/1957

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1957
Title:
File J/47 Orders issued by Political Agent under King's Regulations
Scope & Content:
This file contains orders issued by the Political Agent in Bahrain that regulate trade, customs duties, profit margins, and penalties on infringement of such trade regulations collectively known as the Kings Regulation No. 1. In addition to lists of goods subject to particular regulatory taxes or...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1947-25 Aug 1951
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/4/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/13
Title:
File 34/3 Imports and exports
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mostly between Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaq [Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzāq], Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the rulers of the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates), and several merchants. The papers relate to the trade of goods between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1941-2 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/5/323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/323
Title:
File 9/1 V Claims and complaints
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters and correspondence between various merchants and suppliers of goods, primarily building materials and manufactured equipment, relating to claims of unpaid bills, damaged goods, and other trade disputes. Most of the papers are exchanges between Kuwaiti merchants and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1946-26 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (324 folios)