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21. IOR/R/15/2/1920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1920
Title:
File F/1 Correspondence with the Municipalities regarding Judicial Matters
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters, memos, budgetary ledgers primarily on judicial disputes between shopkeepers and the Manama Municipality. The disputes mainly pertain to the non-payment of Municipal Taxes. Few folios refer to disputes between individuals with the Manama Municipality arbitrating.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1931-13 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/1960

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1960
Title:
File K/2 Miscellaneous Petitions Received and Filed
Scope & Content:
This file contains petitions, letters, requests, and other documentation sent to the British Political Agency in Bahrain from Bahrain and various other parts of the Gulf. The bulk of the papers are requests for the settlement of debt, although a large number of them pertain to personal disputes a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1931-11 Nov 1954
Extent:
1 file (411)

23. IOR/R/15/2/1969

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1969
Title:
'File K/14 Claim of Faraj ibn Subait of Khasab against Salim ibn Musabbih of Dubai (Trucial Coast)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a monetary claim made by Faraj bin Subait of Khasab on Salim ibn Musabbih of Dubai for diving work conducted during the pearling season of 1933.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1933-5 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

24. 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)

25. IOR/R/15/6/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/183
Title:
File 8/1 GWADUR-KALAT BOUNDARY 1912-1942
Scope & Content:
This volume is mainly comprised of correspondence relating to the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the state of Kalat. Much of the correspondence discusses longstanding British concerns that the boundary should be officially defined and demarcated before any valuable minera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
8 Feb 1912-2 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)