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3781. IOR/R/15/1/384-388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/384-388
Title:
File 26: Arabistan and Luristan
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain correspondence, reports, maps, and memoranda relating to British interests in the Arabistan [Khūzestān] and Luristan [Lorestān] provinces of south west Persia following their political and commercial penetration of the region in the late nineteenth-century. The documents cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1905-1946
Extent:

5 volumes (1073 folios)

3782. IOR/R/15/1/389-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/389-390
Title:
File 33: Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The two surviving Naval and Marine files in the records of the Political Residency, Bushire both relate to the Royal Navy base at Jufair in Bahrain. The first file records the Admiralty decision to close the naval base at Henjam [Hengam] Island and to establish a new base at Jufair, with later pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
2 files (87 folios)

3783. IOR/R/15/1/391-467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/391-467
Title:
File 35: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Muscat files cover a large number of topics in the period 1895 - 1946. The files contain correspondence concerning the nature of British involvement with Muscat. Key topics include the foreign relations of Muscat, rebellions against the Sultan, negotiation of a new British commercial treaty ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
77 files (12,788 folios)

3784. IOR/R/15/1/421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/421
Title:
Muscat Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the bicentennary of the Al Bu Said dynasty and a letter received by the Secretary of State for India from Rudolphe Said-Reute, who was related to the ruling dynasty in Muscat, regarding 1941 being the bicentennial anniversary of the dynasty. The correspondence also explo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1941-5 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 volume (63 folios)

3785. IOR/R/15/1/425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/425
Title:
Muscat Misc.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of miscellaneous topics including: Arrangements for tanker passage of Sultan Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]to Dhofar; Wireless communication between Muscat and Dhofar;Recruitment of an officer for municipalities; Creation of a state post office and accession to the u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-4 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

3786. IOR/R/15/1/468 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/468 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 45: Interdicts
Scope & Content:
There is one surviving file in the ‘Interdicts’ subject category. It is a bound volume of British official correspondence about the election of the first Kuwait Legislative Council in 1938.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 file (222 folios)

3787. IOR/R/15/1/469 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/469 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 51: Telegraph Department
Scope & Content:
There is one surviving file in the ‘Telegraph Department’ subject category. The file contains a single document from 1947, about opening a telegraph station in Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 file (6 foios)

3788. IOR/R/15/1/470 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/470 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 52: Persian Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series is composed of one file that contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status and ownership of Qais [Kish] island off of the coast of Iran. The file contains a discussion of the island's history and a copy (with English translation) of the sanad (deed) th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
1906-1908
Extent:
1 file

3789. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

3790. IOR/R/15/1/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/514
Title:
File 53/54 I (D 32) Koweit [Kuwait] Blockade
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to enforce a blockade of Kuwait and to regulate all of its imports and exports. Much of the correspondence also relates more broadly to British-Kuwaiti relations and to the attitude of the ruler of Kuwait, Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1917-5 Feb 1919
Extent:
1 volume (153 folios)

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