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71. IOR/R/15/2/1651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1651
Title:
File 19/1 III Tours of Political Agent, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements and expenses for visits of the Political Agent and the Officiating Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain John Baron Howes) to Basra, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah; and programmes of tours of Bahrain by the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1938-25 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/2/1658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1658
Title:
File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf)
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville), travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1939. The file contains ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1938-13 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)

73. IOR/R/15/5/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/98
Title:
1/C Vol: V Miscellaneous.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics concerning the Kuwait Agency from August to December 1924. The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Ikhwan raids, 1924 Proposed land mail serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1924-27 Dec 1924
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/5/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/172
Title:
File 3/2 Interference with Kuwait Sailing Craft on High Seas by Persian warships.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to incidents of Kuwaiti sailing boats being intercepted (and in some cases seized and detained) by Persian warships and other vessels, on suspicions of smuggling. The file largely consists of correspondence between British officials regarding several specific incidents, includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
10 Apr 1933-23 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (273 folios)

75. 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)

76. IOR/R/15/5/175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/175
Title:
File 3/5 Persian Territorial waters – Limits for
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a recent claim, made by the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [temporarily held by Victor Alexander Louis Mallet], to a ten mile limit for Persian territorial waters. It contains copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1934-23 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

77. IOR/R/15/5/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/177
Title:
File 3/7 PIRACY in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of robbery, which have reportedly been committed by Persian subjects (referred to in the file as pirates) in the Shatt-al-Arab, against Kuwaiti sailing boats, including those belonging to the Kuwait Water Supply Company. The file includes copies of correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1943-19 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

78. IOR/R/15/6/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/206
Title:
File 8/21 II MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: DEPENDENCIES – SUR (OPERATIONS).
Scope & Content:
This file follows on from the previous file [IOR/R/15/6/205] in subject matter. It documents actions taken and considered by the Government of Muscat and Oman (with military assistance from the British Government) in order to assert its authority over the coastal town of Sur and the surrounding ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1932-11 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (264 folios)

79. IOR/R/15/6/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/210
Title:
File 8/22 Muscat State Affairs. Khasab: Sheikh Hassan Shihuh
Scope & Content:
This file relates to a reported act of piracy near Lima [Ra’s Līmā’]. The correspondence describes an incident in which a cargo boat travelling from Karachi was reportedly plundered by a group of armed Baluchi men. The main correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Musca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-2 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

80. 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)