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881. IOR/R/15/2/1418

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1418
Title:
File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1932-27 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (266 folios)

882. IOR/R/15/2/1420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1420
Title:
File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the postal service in Dubai. The file includes the 1946-1947 agreements with the contractor for the conveyance of mail at Dubai, Khan Sahib Husain (on folios 35-39 and 65-68), and correspondence regarding the purchase of a second hand car ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

883. IOR/R/15/2/1614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1614
Title:
File 17/13 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. TIDE TABLES, BAHRAIN BUSHIRE ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns tide tables relating to Bahrain, Bushire and other locations in the Gulf. It consists mostly of telegrams, memoranda, and brief letters of correspondence. Most of the file documents the efforts of the Political Agent, Bahrain, to obtain copies of tide tables for the Port of Bu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1929-7 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

884. IOR/R/15/2/1206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1206
Title:
File 6/3 I Transfer of Long Term Prisoners to India; Employment of Prisoners in the Agency etc; Escape of Prisoners from Lawful Custody and their kit
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the following: Commandant, Bahrain State Police; Political Agent, Bahrain; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); Residency Agent, Sharjah; Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar; Office of the Commissioner, Sind; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
2 Feb 1926-30 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 file (205 folios)

885. IOR/R/15/2/1370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1370
Title:
‘File 12/3 Sickness and Death of Crew on ships – Shipping Articles deposit of / (Bahrain crew for Caltex II)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to incidents of sickness, injury and death on board ships, subsequently reported to the Political Agency upon the arrival of the vessel concerned at Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents include shipping agents and operators base...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1926-23 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (265 folios)

886. IOR/R/15/2/1665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1665
Title:
File 20/1 V Ceremonials and Celebrations. Celebrations in connection with Christmas New Year, H. M. The King's Birthday etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the occasions of the King’s Birthday and Christmas and New Year's Day between 1944 and 1950. The King’s Birthday was celebrated in June each year, and was sometimes announced as an official holiday at the Political Agency in Bahrain. For the King’s Birthday, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1944-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

887. IOR/R/15/2/1656

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1656
Title:
File 19/3 II Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, memoranda and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Rear Admiral Dunbar Nasmith), travelling with his wife to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries between 1933 and 1935 on board HMS Hawkin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1932-12 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (334 folios)

888. IOR/R/15/2/1375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1375
Title:
‘File 12/7 I Shipping. Arrival of Sailing Crafts at Qatar and other places with Cargo.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo on local vessels (frequently referred to as country craft) from Karachi to Qatar (spelt in various ways, including Kattar, Gutter, Quatar) and, to a lesser extent, other ports on the Arab coast of the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1932-1 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (296 folios)

889. IOR/R/15/2/1287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1287
Title:
File 6/68 Visit of H. E. Shaikh Sir Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah, K. C. I. E., C. S. I. Ruler of Bahrain to England
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visit to the United Kingdom by Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], ruler of Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1936-8 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

890. IOR/R/15/2/1652

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1652
Title:
File 19/2 II Tour. The Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for the first official visits of the newly nominated Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior): to Bahrain, in December 1932, to the Trucial Coast in February and March 1933, cruises of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
29 Nov 1932-7 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (202 files)