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3141. IOR/R/15/4/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/12
Title:
File 24/2 Oil concessions, Volume II
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the negotiations and signing of oil concessions in the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates). The correspondence is principally between the British Agency in Sharjah, the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Agency in Muscat, representatives of Pet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1937-1 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (200 folios)

3142. IOR/R/15/1/434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/434
Title:
'Muscat Rising'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation from the previous file concerning the events of the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī against the authority of the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, al-Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Sep 1913-17 May 1914
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

3143. IOR/R/15/2/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/608
Title:
'21/5 QATAR HOSPITAL'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the construction of the first hospital at Doha, Qatar, in the mid-1940s. Correspondents in this file include: Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent at Bahrain; E P Donaldson, India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1946-8 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

3144. IOR/R/15/2/1920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1920
Title:
File F/1 Correspondence with the Municipalities regarding Judicial Matters
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters, memos, budgetary ledgers primarily on judicial disputes between shopkeepers and the Manama Municipality. The disputes mainly pertain to the non-payment of Municipal Taxes. Few folios refer to disputes between individuals with the Manama Municipality arbitrating.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1931-13 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

3145. IOR/R/15/2/1941

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1941
Title:
File No. G/6 V. O. Appointment of Qadhis.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and memoranda regarding the appointment of a third Shia Qadi at the Shia Court in Bahrain. Concerns were raised regarding the local Shia Qadis who had been quarrelling with one another and allowing their personal animosity to influence thei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1935-20 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

3146. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter covers various subjects: the author's response to recent complaints about the tone of his letters made by Wrench; the arrival from Carrack [Kharg] Island of the Dutch writer, John Jacob Christant, seeking compensation for what was stolen from him by the English during the withdrawal f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1765
Extent:

2 folios

3147. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 5
Title:
Letter No. 11 to Captain Adam Sheriff, Commander of the Eagle Snow, from John Beaumont at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter requests that Sheriff go to Bussora [Basra] with a number of packets and once he arrives there, to follow orders from the council. It also warns of attacks by the Chaub [the Banu Ka'b tribal confederacy] said to be active with a number of ships in the Bussora river area.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1778
Extent:
1 folio

3148. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 7
Title:
Letter No. 14 to William Hornby, President and Governor, Council at Bombay, from John Beaumont at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Short note that acknowledges letters received from Bombay and explains that the Eagle Snow's sudden dispatch express to Bombay (with a declaration of war) prevented earlier acknowledgement via the Eagle Snow. Shipped by Ormuze [Hormuz] Gallivat. A note states that a duplicate of the message was s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1778
Extent:
1 folio

3149. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 48 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 48 2
Title:
Letter No. 54 to William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], from John Beaumont at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Short letter that reports the arrival of George Abraham, William Petrie and Captain Adam Sheriff who are all said to be very ill with the 'Bussora [Basra] fever'. The subsequent death of George Abraham is then reported. Shipped by the Eagle.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1780
Extent:
1 folio

3150. IOR/R/15/1/3, p 54 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3, p 54 2
Title:
Letter No. 63 to William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], from John Beaumont at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter notes that the vessel carrying Beaumont's previous letter to Bussora [Basra] was detained at Grain [Kuwait] on suspicion of having property on board that belonged to the Chaub [the Banu Ka'b tribal confederacy]. The letter also reports political and military developments in Persia and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1780
Extent:
1 folio

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