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1. IOR/F/4/2504/142196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2504/142196
Title:
‘Persian Gulf On the subject of the direct payment to the sufferers of all monies recovered by the British Functionaries as compensation~’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-22 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 531-534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 531-534
Title:
Joint Tribute Payable by Qatar and Bahrain to the Amir of Najd
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The letter encloses one from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 12 September 1871. The Enclosure concerns a report fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1871-8 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 569-581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 569-581
Title:
Response of the Ottoman Authorities following the Murder of a Messenger at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The papers concern the response to the seizure and execution at Bahrein [Bahrain] of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarek, who wished to communicate with Guttur [Qatar], and the seizure of letters the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1871-16 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 631-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 631-637
Title:
The Makran Dependencies of Muscat and Oman
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871, concerning the Mekran [Makran] dependencies of Muscat: Gwadur [Gwadar] and Charbar [Chābahār]. The papers cover: the view of the Government of Bombay that the Sultan of Muscat, Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘ī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334
Title:
Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures Nos. 3-8 to Despatch No. 25 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 June 1860. The Enclosures are dated 2 February-12 June 1860. Received 27 July 1860. The Enclosures reflect British concern over the actions of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1860
Extent:
1 item (49 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/50/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/1
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 6 'Koweit:- Status of Koweitis in Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the status of citizens of Koweit [Kuwait] in Persia, particularly in view of the fact that the British Government had not declared a formal protectorate over Kuwait, and that sovereignty over Kuwait was claimed by the Ottoman Empire. The principal correspondents are the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-30 Aug 1905
Extent:

77 folios

7. IOR/L/PS/10/50/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/2
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the proposal that vessels from Koweit [Kuwait] should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would bring from the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-22 Mar 1907
Extent:

76 folios

8. IOR/L/PS/10/51/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/51/1
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 9 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikhs claim to Bubiyan, Warba & Umkasr'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the claims of Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Koweit [Kuwait] to the islands of Bubiyan, Warba, and Umkasr [Umm Qaşr] against the competing claims of the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]. The principal correspondents are the British Ambassador a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1903-11 Apr 1910
Extent:

113 folios

9. IOR/L/PS/10/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/153
Title:
File 3089/1908 'Persian Gulf:- Sirri Oxide.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers concerning the granting of a concession to British companies to mine red oxide on the Island of Sirri (also referred to as Siri and Sirra) in the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are HM Minister, Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay); the British C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1908-23 Jun 1909
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/1041

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1041
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 3 'Bahrein: Persian claim to sovereignty'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. The original correspondence is principally between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Government of India (Foreign and Political Department). Further corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Dec 1922-22 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 volume (634 folios)