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11. IOR/R/15/1/463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/463
Title:
Sultan of Muscat's world tour (1937-1938)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Sultan of Muscat's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr] world tour in 1938. The Sultan of Muscat had arranged a world tour including visits to Japan, United States of America and Europe without consulting British officials. As the Sultan was 'an independent sovereign in treaty relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1937-31 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/1/504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/504
Title:
File 53/32 III (D 53) Kowait - Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different matters all of which concern Kuwait. Of particular interest are the following: Correspondence between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Missi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1912-4 Jun 1928
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/1/544

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/544
Title:
File 53/88 (D 157) Shaikh of Kuwait's Visit to England
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding trips abroad made by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. Much of the correspondence concerns an unofficial trip that Shaikh Aḥmad made to England in 1935 during which he met King George V. On his return from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1935-30 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (127 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/2/22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/22
Title:
Sheikh Hamad's Visit to India
Scope & Content:
The file relates to a proposed visit by Sheikh Hamad bin Isa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], eldest son of of the Ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain], Sheikh Isa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] to India 'for recreation, and also for seeing civilization and material progress'. The papers consist ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1920-11 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/2/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/35
Title:
File E 8/V. Shaikh Faisal bin Saud's Visit to London
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, Kuwait, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) and his son, Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd. These correspondence co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1919-12 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/72
Title:
Shaikh Abdulla's Visit to London, 1919-1920
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to the visit to London in 1919 of Sheikh Abdullah [also spelled Abdulla in the papers] [Sheikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], the son of Sheikh Isa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain (also referred to in the papers as Bahrein). The volume consists mainly o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1919-27 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/845
Title:
File 34/8 British Council Visitors for U.K.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a visit to the UK made by Shaikh Khalifa bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the Superintendent of the Bahrain Police Force. The programme of events arranged for Shaikh Khalifa during the visit - which was organised and paid for by the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1948-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/1659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1659
Title:
File 19/4 Tours of officers of the Residency, Bushire (EE, RS, Secretary etc)
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for visits of officers of the Political Residency to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries: the tours of the Assistant Engineer, Independent Persian Gulf, Bushire, in June 1934, January and November 1937, and October-Novemb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1934-25 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (113 folios)

19. Mss Eur F226/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F226/13
Title:
"NO MEDALS THIS TIME" by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, KCVO, CIE, OBE
Scope & Content:
This volume is a set of typewritten memoirs by Sir Tom Hickinbotham, a retired officer of the British Indian Army and the Indian Political Service. Hickinbotham held various positions in India and in the Middle East, and these memoirs recount stories from his time in Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1982?
Extent:

1 volume (168 folios)