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1861. IOR/R/15/1/424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/424
Title:
File 35/101 VI A 64 Miscellaneous Muscat papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence mainly relating to the collection of finances. Non-payment by certain tribes on the Batinah Coast is identified as a threat to the revenue of the Muscat State and the visit of a sloop or flying boat to these regions is recommended. Correspondents include the Political Agent, Musca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1933-15 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

1862. IOR/R/15/1/484

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/484
Title:
File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ's (the ruler of Kuwait) ownership of date gardens in Fao [the Al Faw Peninsula]. Much of the correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains copies - in both English and Arabic - of correspondence directly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1904-10 Jul 1910
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

1863. IOR/R/15/2/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/15
Title:
File B/4 Flag flying by Wonckhaus, Gray Paul and other Companies
Scope & Content:
The letters, memoranda and other items in the file relate to requests made by steamship companies in Bahrain, to the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, to erect flagstaffs and fly flags on their office buildings, primarily for the purpose of communicating signals to steamships e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1906-15 May 1917
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

1864. IOR/R/15/2/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/35
Title:
File E 8/V. Shaikh Faisal bin Saud's Visit to London
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, Kuwait, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) and his son, Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd. These correspondence co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1919-12 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

1865. IOR/R/15/2/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/156
Title:
File 1/A/35 I Limit of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
The file concerns issues arising from definitions of the limits of Iranian territorial waters. The papers consist of correspondence forwarded to the Political Agency, Bahrain by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and HM Representative at Tehran. Correspondence forwarded by the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1937-28 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

1866. IOR/R/15/2/178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/178
Title:
Articles in Press on Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The file contains transcripts and reports of press articles on Bahrain and the Persian Gulf, and associated correspondence. Much of the press is critical of the Government of Bahrain and the British administration there. The sources for the press articles are mainly the Arabic and French languag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
17 Nov 1938-10 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (362 folios)

1867. IOR/R/15/2/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/277
Title:
‘File 7/12 Protection of aerodromes by levies’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents concern the establishment of companies of levy corps to protect Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in the Gulf. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield until October 1943, Major Tom Hickinbotham from October 1943 to March 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1942-23 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

1868. IOR/R/15/2/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/295
Title:
File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports
Scope & Content:
The file contains intelligence reports on the Kingdom of Hejaz, Najd and its Dependencies (after September 1932, Saudi Arabia) written by the British Legation at Jeddah. Between July 1931 and December 1932 the reports are issued every two months, with the exception of the January-March 1932 and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1931-Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (266 folios)

1869. IOR/R/15/2/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/348
Title:
File 9/7 Report on Trade Conditions in Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains a report compiled by the Vice-Consul at Bushire, J G Baillie, on a commercial tour of the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf. The report focusses on trade; in particular: the importance of Bahrain; the abundance of cheap Japanese goods (cotton, silk and pearls), which has been dama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1934-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

1870. IOR/R/15/2/350

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/350
Title:
File 9/9 Trade enquiries and statistics
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and the Legation of the United States of America at Baghdad, concerning enquiries and statistics for the Bahrain Trade Report.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1934-4 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

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