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2571. IOR/R/15/1/532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/532
Title:
File 53/83 II (D 105) Smuggling Between 'Iraq + Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials but it also includes correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 May 1934-29 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

2572. IOR/R/15/1/627

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/627
Title:
F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives and the India Office in London, regarding the political situation in Qatar, the southern boundary of Qatar and the Oil Concession....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1934-1 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (310 folios)

2573. IOR/R/15/1/708

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/708
Title:
File 86/66 Status of Kuwait Bay and Extent of Territorial Waters in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the question of whether Kuwait Bay (also referrred to in the papers as Koweit Bay) was an historic bay (or territorial inlet) [an area of water over which a coastal state has asserted soverignty over a long period of time, and with the acquiescence of other nations], and the pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1946-21 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

2574. IOR/R/15/2/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/38
Title:
File E9. Philby's Mission to Bin Sa'ud
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad and Kuwait, and Harry St John Philby, as well as ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Suwaylim, Amir of al-Qaṭīf. The file concerns Philby and Robert Edward John Hamilton's 1917/1918 mission to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1917-26 Jul 1918
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

2575. IOR/R/15/2/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/95
Title:
File 1/21 Bin Saud's relations with Baharnas at Qatif.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns relations between the King of Hejaz and Nadj [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (commonly referred to in the papers as Bin Saud or Ibn Saud) and members of the (Shiah) Baharna community at Qatif (also referred to in the papers as Katif and Catif [al-Qaṭīf]),...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1929-4 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

2576. IOR/R/15/2/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/102
Title:
File 5/6 Muhammad Sharif Kuttabdin Awazi (Khan Bahadur)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and Muḥammad Sharīf bin Ḥājī Qutb al-Dīn Awāzī, as well as copies of correspondence between the British Political Resident at Bushire and the Foreign Se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1924-14 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

2577. IOR/R/15/2/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/136
Title:
File 9/9 Bahrain Reforms. Bahrain Water Supply
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, copies of contracts and other items related to the sinking of water wells in Bahrain, and the institution of a municipal water supply to the districts of Manama and Muharraq. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Cl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1921-7 Jan 1927
Extent:
1 volume (118 folios)

2578. IOR/R/15/2/145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/145
Title:
File 1/A/13 I Transhipment of Cargo at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the transhipment of goods from merchant ships to dhows in Bahrain harbour (also referred as Bahrein) in order to avoid paying customs duty; the effect of this on the Bahrain economy; the levying by Bahrain of transit dues on shipping; and relations between Bahrain and the Kingd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1931-28 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

2579. IOR/R/15/2/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/151
Title:
File 1/A/24 II BAHRAIN NATIONALITY AND PROPERTY LAW.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the working of the Bahrain nationality and property laws, which required foreigners in Bahrain to submit lists of immovable property to the District Court. This requirement particularly affected Persian (Iranian) citizens in Bahrain, and had an impact on relations with the Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1937-9 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

2580. IOR/R/15/2/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/231
Title:
File 6/7 Mahandal Mekta [Mohanlal Mehta], ex-BI Agent at Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the appointment of Mehta, who had previously acted as Agent for British India Steam Navigation (BISN) at Dibai [Dubai], to a position in the Hamalbashi Branch of the Customs at Shargah [Sharjah], responsible for the collection of customs revenue, and ensuring the correct quant...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1932-8 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

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