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4091. IOR/R/15/2/1857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1857
Title:
File A/13 Slave cases: Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to over thirty manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The manumission statements for each slave are included in the file, along with related follow-up correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Agency and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1939-16 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (172 folios)

4092. IOR/R/15/2/1878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1878
Title:
‘File B/10-10 Claim of Shaikh of Qatar against Salih bin Ghanim Bin Rabi’ah, a Qatar subject’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim made in 1942 by Shaikh Hamad, the son of Shaikh Abdulla bin Qasim al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, for money owed to him by Salih bin Ghanim bin Rabi’ah, a subject of Qatar who had since taken up residence in Bahrain. The correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1942-22 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

4093. IOR/R/15/2/1882

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1882
Title:
'File No. B/14 V. O. DISTURBANCES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, personal letters and meetings’ minutes. The file contains a few sets of correspondence. The first set (ff 4-37) is mainly between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Residency Agent, Sharjah, and the Political Residency, Bushire [Bushehr]. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1936-10 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

4094. IOR/R/15/2/1885

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1885
Title:
‘File B/19 CORRESPONDENCE WITH RESIDENCY, BUSHIRE, ABOUT DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENCY AGENT, SHARJAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the disposition of the estate of Shaikh Mazkoor (also spelt Mazkur) Nassori of Gabandi in Bahrain, following his death in Tehran in 1935, as well as the arrangements to be made for the care of his sons. The main correspondents are the Political Agent a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1935-11 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

4095. IOR/R/15/2/1892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1892
Title:
File D/1 J (A/8) ORDERS OF PROHIBITION and deportation PASSED AGAINST VARIOUS PERSONS
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of orders of prohibition and deportation (and in one particular case, a revocation order) passed, under various sections of the Bahrain Order-in-Council, by the District Court, Bahrain (and signed either by the Political Agent, Bahrain, usually in his capacity as Distr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1937-12 Nov 1938
Extent:

1 file (167 folios)

4096. IOR/R/15/2/1895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1895
Title:
File No. E/1 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Adviser, to the Bahrain Government.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mainly in the form of petitions raised by local residents, shop owners, merchants, as well as foreign subjects of Bahrain. These cover various issues including debt recovery, marriage between Shia and Sunni Muslims, land ownership, and inheritance. The petitions ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1919-22 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (256 folios)

4097. IOR/R/15/2/1896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1896
Title:
File No. E/2 V. O. Correspondence with the ADVISER and the BAHRAIN COURTS on Judicial Matters.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of proclamations, memoranda, reports on judicial matters and petitions. Petitions were raised by local residents, land and property owners or heirs, as well as by foreign residents of Bahrain. The petitions cover topics such as registration or sale of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1929-9 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)

4098. IOR/R/15/2/1897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1897
Title:
File No. E/3 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Commandant of Police, Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, memoranda, petitions and proclamations. A few issues are raised in the correspondence including cases of robbery, alcohol production, complaints by locals against the police for illegally detaining them in the police lock-up, and complaint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1926-11 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

4099. IOR/R/15/2/1898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1898
Title:
File No. E/4 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Director of Customs.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the distribution of fines by officials who detect offences at the customs in Bahrain. It also contains an investigation regarding kegs of mineral oil which bear the RAF mark and were said to be jettisoned, and whether they were permitted to be imported ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1932-8 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

4100. IOR/R/15/2/1904

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1904
Title:
File No. E/10 V. O. POLICE REPORTS
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of reports sent by the Police Department to the Political Agency in Bahrain between 1930 and 1934. The reports are on individual cases including domestic violence, robbery, infidelity, harassment, brawls, alcohol [‘arak] manufacturing and consumption,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Malay
Date Range:
18 Nov 1930-27 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (441 folios)

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