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Name Political Agent, Trucial Coast, 1939-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/820

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/820
Title:
Ext 2529/43 'Message of condolence from Sheikh of Sharjah to Lord Hailey on death of his son'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters between the Shaikh of Sharjah, Francis Fearon Turnbull and E W R Lumby regarding the receipt of a condolence letter to Lord Hailey following the death of his son.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1943-19 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/908

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/908
Title:
Ext 1488/44 'Dr Hosmon: American Medical Missionary'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request by American missionary Dr Sarah Longworth Hosmon for permission to establish a medical practice in Kalba, Trucial States, and for permits for other missionaries to travel from the United States to join her. As well as Dr Hosmon, the primary cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1944-18 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/932

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/932
Title:
Ext 3389/44 'South Persian coast as result Persian systems of State monopoly etc. help with cotton goods'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the External Affairs Department, New Delhi, to the Counsellor, British Legation, concerning the Persian system of state monopoly, control of distribution, exchange control and proposed responses, including the export of cotton goods from India and supervision...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1944-28 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3938

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3938
Title:
Coll 30/197 ‘Persian Gulf. Special War Measures – Allocation of war-time expenditure. Appt. of Political Officer on Trucial Coast & addtl staff in the Gulf. Inc. Censorship (staff) Arrangements’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to special measures, mainly consisting of the recruitment of extra staff, taken by British authorities in the Persian Gulf in the event of war and during the Second World War. These special measures included the appointment of a Political Officer for the Trucial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1938-21 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (151 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B403

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B403
Title:
The Trucial Chiefs, 1908-28
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the external developments which took place in the Trucial States, covering 1908-28, and how problems presented by the States stand at the time of writing. Covering: introduction – to the memorandum itself; Trucial Chiefs; administration; responsibility of pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/292
Title:
File 14/262 Camel dispute between Shaikhs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a conflict between Abu Dhabi and Dubai over their eastern border and consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain (William Rupert Hay; A.C. Galloway); Political Agent, Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly); Residency Agent, Sharjah (Jasim ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1946-17 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 Volume (52 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/555
Title:
File 60/54 Imperial Bank of Iran, Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains the agreement to open a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Dubai. It is signed by Sheikh Sa‘īd II bin Maktūm, Ruler of Dubai, and F. H. Johnson, Representative of the Imperial Bank of Iran, and witnessed by Clive Murphy, Political Officer, Sharjah, dated 5 January 1946.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/170
Title:
File 1/A/48 II Food Control
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the implementation in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast of the Civil Requirements Programme Middle East. The programme was a Ministry of War Transport initiative to assess the likely civil import needs of the Middle East in view of pressure on available shipping, and the difficul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1941-1 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/180-194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/180-194
Title:
File 3: Staff
Scope & Content:
The Staff files contain details regarding various positions within or reporting to the Bahrain Political Agency, including: Assistant Political Agent; Political Officer on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah; Agency Medical Officer; Censor Clerk; Upper Air Observatory staff; Post Office staff; Public Wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
15 files (838 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/343
Title:
File 9/2 Pearling
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation at Jedda, the Political Agent at Sharjah, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Ruler of Dubai and the Ruler of Qatar, on the subject of introd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1934-10 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)