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21. IOR/R/15/2/1867

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1867
Title:
‘File B/10-I CLAIM OF THE RULER OF DUBAI AGAINST MESPERS’
Scope & Content:
The file contains enquiry correspondence relating to a claim made in 1935 by Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] the Ruler of Dibai [Dubai], principally against the shipping agents Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (also referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1935-18 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/1879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1879
Title:
‘FILE. B/11. KIDNAPPING ON TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation of individual cases of the kidnapping and sale into slavery of Arab and Persian inhabitants of Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwin [Umm ul-Qaiwain]. These offences are committed mainly by Bedouins belonging to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1936-20 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/5/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/77
Title:
File 27/12 V TRADE REPORT 1923/24 1924/25 1925/26 1926/27 1927/28
Scope & Content:
These two volumes (parts 1 and 2) contain the Kuwait trade reports for each financial year from 1923-1924 up to and including 1927-1928. As documented in the volumes, advanced copies of the reports are submitted by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Major James Carmichael More), to the Persian Gulf P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1928
Extent:

2 volumes (392 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/5/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/170
Title:
File 3/1 I Seizure or Detention of Kuwait sailing craft by Persians
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized or detained by the Persian authorities. The file consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and various British diplomatic officials. Most of the correspondence concerns the circumstances of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1932-21 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/5/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/173
Title:
File 3/3 Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
This file concerns visits of Persian warships to Arab ports. The two main issues discussed are whether Arab rulers in the Gulf should be formally notified prior to any visits to their ports by Persian warships, and, in cases where notification has not been received, whether a call to visit shoul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1932-29 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/5/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/320
Title:
'File 1/80 LOCAL STAFF OF THE POLITICAL AGENCY, KUWAIT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains complaint and resignation letters from the only two locally-engaged clerical staff working at the British Political Agency in Kuwait: Abdul Mohsin, the passport clerk, and Israel Kadoo (also spelt Kaddo), the interpreter. The complaints centre around their pay, allowances and l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1948-4 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/5/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/324
Title:
‘File 14/3 VOL. II A_G_E_N_C_Y S_T_A_F_F LEAVE, APPOINTMENTS, ETC., OF CLERICAL ESTABLISHMENT'
Scope & Content:
The file contains three letters: from Mr Israel Ibrahim Kadoo, Interpreter at the Kuwait Agency to the Political Agent at Kuwait, asking for an increase in rent allowance for his house; from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, in support of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1949-2 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/6/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/192
Title:
File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES
Scope & Content:
This file relates to taxes in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the payment (or non-payment) of certain taxes by British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat's request that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman make th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-8 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/6/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/219
Title:
File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA & HIS RELATIONS WITH THE STATE
Scope & Content:
This file concerns disputes between the two ruling shaikhs at Dibba and their relations with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The two shaikhs are described as follows: the Shihuh Shaikh, a subject of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and the Qasimi Shaikh (also transliterated as Jowasimi in the file)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 May 1932-18 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/6/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/235
Title:
File 8/54 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: AFFAIRS OF MEMBERS OF RULING FAMILY
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the financial affairs of the ruling family of Muscat. The correspondence mainly concerns British objections to an arrangement by which the Muscat State acts as a debt collecting agency on behalf of creditors against members of the ruling family. The system reportedly encoura...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1930-3 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)