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71. IOR/R/15/1/253

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/253
Title:
14/115 I Abu Musa and Tamb. 1903-1904.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning Persian claims to sovereignty over the islands of Sirri, Abu Musa and Tunb [Greater and Lower Tumb] and the competing claim of the Shaikh of Sharjah. Correspondence discusses the erecting of flagstaffs by the Persians and also the Belgians. Correspondents include the Sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1902-5 Aug 1905
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/1/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/256
Title:
14/115 IV B. 7. Abu Musa
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning Abu Musa island. Correspondence discusses British memorandum of 1908; the German case relating to their mining operations; the Persian claim to Abu Musa, Sirri and Tunb [Tumb]; the role of Hassan bin Samaiyah and the contract with the German company Wonckhaus. Corrrespo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1908-24 Nov 1908
Extent:
1 volume (281 folios)

73. IOR/R/15/1/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/271
Title:
Confidential B.27. File No. 14/168 Ownership of Halul Island and Mica at Halul.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the ownership of the island of Halul which appeared to be visited by boats from Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial Coast with no one claiming exclusive rights. Reference is made to a letter from Captain A. Cotton Way, First Assistant to the Political Resident Persian Gulf c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1913-28 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/1/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/273
Title:
14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS
Scope & Content:
This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between the India Office, London; the Foreign Office, London; Political Resident Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Jul 1914-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

75. IOR/R/15/1/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/689
Title:
'Confidential 86/14-ii B.47 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. BAHRAIN'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard C Fowle, Percy G Loch, Olaf K Caroe, Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy G Loch, Hugh Weightman, Tom Hickinbotham, John B Howes), the India Office (Maurice J Clauson, Roland T Pee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1936-12 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

76. IOR/R/15/1/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/690
Title:
'Confidential 86/14-iii B.49 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence in English and Arabic between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Shaikh of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1938-7 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

77. IOR/R/15/1/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/691
Title:
'B. 53. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - iv BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle); Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the India Office (John Percival Gibson, John Charles Walton); the Shaikh of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah); the Adviser to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1938-14 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

78. IOR/R/15/1/692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/692
Title:
'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1939-2 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)

79. IOR/R/15/1/693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/693
Title:
'VOL. B. 60. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - vi. BAHRAIN UNALLOTTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Admiralty (Clifford George Jarrett), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1939-1 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

80. IOR/R/15/2/605

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/605
Title:
‘File 21/1 I Zubarah’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence concerning the ongoing dispute between the Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar over the sovereignty of Zubarah and the surrounding area on the Qatar Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly; Lieuten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1944-15 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)