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1241. IOR/R/15/1/526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/526
Title:
File 53/61 I (D 108) Kuwait - Foreigners In
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of foreigners in Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence discusses the British authorities' attempts to convince the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, to allow Britain to assume responsibility for t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1924-31 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

1242. IOR/R/15/1/528

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/528
Title:
File 53/75 (D 156) Shaikh Khazal's Claim against Kuwaiti Merchants
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding debts owed by a number of Kuwaiti merchants to Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī, the former ruler of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. The file also contains correspondence between British officials and the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1930-20 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 volume (65 folios)

1243. IOR/R/15/1/606

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606
Title:
‘File 61/31 IV (D 120) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents relate to ongoing negotiations between the British and Saudi Governments over the formal establishment of Saudi Arabia’s southern and eastern borders. The volume, which is a continuation of correspondence found in IOR/R/15/1/605, focuses on land which is covered by the Qata...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1935-24 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

1244. IOR/R/15/1/607

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/607
Title:
‘File 61/31 V (D 130) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents relate to Anglo-Saudi negotiations over the extent of Saudi Arabia’s boundaries, and are a continuation of the contents of file IOR/R/15/1/606. The chief correspondents in the file are Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah, George Rendell, Eastern Department of the Foreig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1936-29 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (197 folios)

1245. IOR/R/15/1/617B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/617B
Title:
File 79/44 III (S 153) War Emergency Legislation
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Political Agencies at Bahrain, Muscat, and Kuwait, the Government of India, the Foreign and India Offices, in London, and the rulers of Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1939-13 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 volume (308 folios)

1246. IOR/R/15/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/5
Title:
File A/7 Draft of slave treaty with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to British jurisdiction over the slave trade in the Gulf. Folios 1b-11 are a letter dated 28 January 1914 (with enclosures dating back to June 1913) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (John Lorimer) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arthur Trev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1913-8 Mar 1914
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

1247. IOR/R/15/2/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/16
Title:
File B/5 Import of Tea in Bahrain and Export from
Scope & Content:
The letters and office notes comprising the file concern the smuggling of tea from Bahrain into Bushire. The principal correspondents in the file are the British Vice-Consul in Bushire (Herbert Chick until 1910, Newton Worral thereafter) and the Political Agent in Bahrain (Captain Francis Bevill...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1907-4 Feb 1913
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

1248. IOR/R/15/2/94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/94
Title:
File 1/20 Russian Activities in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to possible Russian commercial activities in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There is also correspondence with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1929-30 Dec 1929
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

1249. IOR/R/15/2/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/124
Title:
File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Oct 1922-10 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 volume (184 folios)

1250. IOR/R/15/2/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/129
Title:
File 9/2 II Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence and other papers concern Bahrain’s state budget, and the rising costs associated with the Bahrain civil list and the Āl Khalīfah family’s allowances. Most of the correspondence takes place between the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1928-31 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

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