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9691. IOR/R/15/2/1619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1619
Title:
File 17/16 Binding of files of the Agency records
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the redeployment of the Political Residency's bookbinder at various points between 1933 and 1945, for the purpose of binding some of the Bahrain Political Agency's files, as well as some of the other Gulf Agencies' files. Most of the file consists of correspondence between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1933-26 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

9692. IOR/R/15/2/1629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1629
Title:
File 17/28 Government Motor Vehicles for Agency
Scope & Content:
This file documents the purchase and supply of two official vehicles for the Bahrain Political Agency: a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and an Austin Sixteen Shooting Brake. Near the beginning of the file the Political Agent states a preference for Humber models as the Agency's official cars (specifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1946-8 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

9693. IOR/R/15/5/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/143
Title:
File 2/5 IV SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the agrarian troubles in the Shaikh’s gardens caused by the tenants and the fellaheen working there who were refusin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
12 Oct 1933-26 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

9694. IOR/R/15/5/145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/145
Title:
File 2/5 VI SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the alleged intention of the Iraqi Government to expropriate a portion of the Shaikh of Kuwait’s property at Faw. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1935-3 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 volume (202 folios)

9695. IOR/R/15/6/190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/190
Title:
File 8/9 FINANCE REVENUE & TAXES. CUSTOMS TARIFF 1932-1939
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is primarily concerned with the Sultanate's customs tariffs. It features extensive discussion between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and officials of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 Apr 1930-23 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (372 folios)

9696. IOR/R/15/6/195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/195
Title:
File 8/14 I MUSCAT FINANCE, REVENUE, TAXES. BUDGETS.
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns matters relating to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including its budgets and its revenue. It is largely comprised of copies of various kinds of financial statements, produced by the Government of Muscat's Director of Revenues and forwarded to the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 May 1934-12 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

9697. IOR/R/15/6/209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/209
Title:
'File 8/22 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: KHASAB – SHAIKH HASSAN SHIHUH'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to former occupants of the posts Wali of Khasab and Shaikh of Khasab, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence primarily concerns Shaikh Hasan bin Muhammad, a former Shaikh of Khasab who was sentenced to twenty-two months' imprisonment by the Government of Muscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1930-29 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

9698. IOR/R/15/6/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/229
Title:
File 8/50 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID ALI BIN FAISAL.
Scope & Content:
Continuing on from the previous file in the sequence [IOR/R/15/6/228], this file concerns Saiyid Ali bin Faisal [Sayyid ‘Alī bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd], uncle of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], who was admitted to a Government of India mental hospital at Yeravda (also ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1945-15 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (219 folios)

9699. IOR/R/15/6/237

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/237
Title:
File 8/56 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID HAMOOD BIN FAISAL
Scope & Content:
This file relates to Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal [Sayyid Hamūd bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd], an uncle of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and a resident of Zanzibar. The correspondence concerns a request from Hamoud bin Faisal for the renewal of his monthly allowance (also...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1943-16 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

9700. IOR/R/15/6/250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/250
Title:
'File 8/64 II SULTAN'S RELATIONS WITH HIS TRIBES.'
Scope & Content:
This file covers internal politics in and around the Sultanate of Muscat Oman. Much of the correspondence concerns the extent of control (or lack thereof) exercised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the Omani interior. Related matters of discussion include the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1950-31 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

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