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1101. IOR/R/15/1/435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/435
Title:
'Muscat Rising'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the attacks on Muscat and Mutrah by the tribes of the Omani interior. Correspondence between Robert Benn, Political Agent Muscat, the Foreign Office in London and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf discusses: The immediate context of the situation whereby in 1913...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1914-6 Nov 1916
Extent:

1 volume (231 folios)

1102. IOR/R/15/1/707

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/707
Title:
File 79/44 I (S 80) War Emergency Legislation
Scope & Content:
The file deals with the issue of the supplementary judicial powers that would be required by the British administration in the Persian Gulf in the event of war, and includes the following papers: papers dated October 1937 - July 1938 concerning the question of war emergency legislation in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1937-31 May 1939
Extent:
1 volume (218 folios)

1103. IOR/R/15/2/1820

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1820
Title:
‘Camping grounds at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises maps and notes prepared in anticipation of the stopping off at Bahrain of Indian Army regiments that were part of Indian Expeditionary Force D, which travelled from Bombay to Basra in October 1914, and went on to fight in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War. The r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

1104. IOR/R/15/2/1908

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1908
Title:
File No. E/16 V. O. Correspondence Regarding Mortgages.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding mortgages in Bahrain, including a request from the Eastern Bank for information about the legal value of a deposit of title deeds. In turn, the Political Agency explains that the deposit of title deeds of immoveable property accompanied by a mortgage de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1932-20 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

1105. IOR/R/15/2/1923

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1923
Title:
File F/2 III Miscellaneous correspondence with Manama Municipality
Scope & Content:
This file contains meeting minutes of the governing board of the Manama municipality, and their translations. Covering letters of the meeting follow a set of Arabic and English transcriptions of the meetings which cover a wide variety of municipal and/or administrative concerns. Some letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1935-23 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (378 folios)

1106. IOR/R/15/2/2008

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2008
Title:
File 22/6 Abu Dhabi
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the Shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi and its ruler, Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Topics discussed in the file include the dynamics of power in the Shaikhdom, Shaikh Shakhbut's perceived 'discourtesy' to British officials and arms purc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1935-7 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

1107. IOR/R/15/1/239

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239
Title:
Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the following topics: Abdul Rahman bin Seif, the former chief of Himriyah, attacked Seif bin Seif, the rebel chief and expelled him from Himriyah. As a result the chief of the Beni Kalb made treaty with some other Sheikhs. Identification of a specimen of oxide from Sir B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1904-30 Nov 1922
Extent:

1 volume (180 folios)

1108. IOR/R/15/1/379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/379
Title:
File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur
Scope & Content:
The file covers political, economic and general matters at Gwadar (which is referred to throughout as ‘Gwadur’). The file includes Annual Report of the British Agency, Gwadar for the year 1928, written by the British Agent, M Waris Ali, which includes sections on ancient history; area and popula...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1929-13 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 volume (188 folios)

1109. IOR/R/15/2/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/36
Title:
File E-8 VI. Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Basrah, Baghdad Bushire and Kuwait, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). Throughout the file, there are items of numerous correspondence with Ibn Sa'ud detailing his subsidy, o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1920-30 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (455 folios)

1110. IOR/R/15/2/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/205
Title:
File 4/13 IV Zubara
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding negotiations between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī respectively, concerning the disputed ownership of Zubarah on the Qatari peninsula and the strained relations between the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1943-14 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

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