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61. IOR/R/15/2/1917

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1917
Title:
File E/25 SUBMISSION OF APPEALS TO THE CHIEF COURT BAHRAIN.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the lists of appeals which are awaiting hearing by the Chief Court for Bahrain, at the Persian Gulf Political Residency.The main correspondence is between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Chief Court for Bahrain, at the Persian Gulf Political Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1950-15 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/2/1855

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1855
Title:
File A/11 VI Slave trading on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to slaves' manumission applications heard at Sharjah. For each case, there is the initial correspondence, including the slave's manumission statement, sent from the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi), followed by return c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (253 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/2/1864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1864
Title:
FILE-B/8 CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING CLAIMS AGAINST MEMBERS OF AL KHALIFAH
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions and letters. The petitions were raised by locals of different ethnic and religious backgrounds in Bahrain to the Political Agency, Bahrain. The petitions were in the form of claims against members of Al-Khalifa family. In order to avoid d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
29 May 1932-21 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/2/1961

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1961
Title:
File K/5 Death of Musa ibn `Ali Ghailu Somali
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding compensation for the accidental death of Musa bin Ali Sumali while on duty working for Calendar's Cable and Construction Company, Limited in Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1931-1 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/2/1933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1933
Title:
File F/6 'Papers Regarding the Supply of Ice by Municipality to the Agency Staff'
Scope & Content:
This file contains an exchange of letters and documentation between the Manama Municipality and the Political Agency in Bahrain on a dispute arising from the supply of ice to the Municipality during 1935. Subsequent to letters with complaints by the Agency about the Municipality's staff appropria...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1935-26 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/2/1930

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1930
Title:
File F/5 'System of Water Supply'
Scope & Content:
This file contains an exchange of letters between the president of the Manama municipality and the Political agent in Bahrain. The exchange pertains the president's suggestion to introduce a water distribution system for Manama.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

67. IOR/R/15/2/1834

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1834
Title:
File A/2 IV (III) Slavey: cases of Trucial Coast slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to around forty manumission applications heard at the Bahrain Political Agency. All slaves were owned by residents of, or originated from, the towns of the Trucial Coast, primarily Dubai. The correspondence for most of the cases includes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1948-14 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (142 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/2/1835

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1835
Title:
File A/2 V Correspondence regarding slaves who apply for Manumission at Muscat
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to forty-one manumission cases, heard at the Muscat Political Agency. All of the cases included in the file are straightforward in nature. Most of the cases include manumission statements taken down from the slave at the Muscat Agency, which were sent to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1940-30 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (342 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/2/1958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1958
Title:
File J/51 'King's Regulations issued under the Qatar Order in Council'
Scope & Content:
This file contains orders issued by the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, pertaining to the appointment of 'Special Police Officers' in Qatar under the Kings Regulation and Article 83 of the Qatar order in council. The papers refer to the new regulation as the 'The Special Police Officers Regulat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

70. 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)