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1. IOR/R/15/2/46-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/46-49
Title:
File H Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous Confidential files contain correspondence concerning miscellaneous matters related to Bahrain and Eastern Arabia. Included within these correspondence are details about the establishment and development of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain and their activities in the Persian Gulf (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1917
Extent:
4 files and volumes (397 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/484-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:
File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (970 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/615
Title:
‘File 21/22 Customs’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to Jasim bin Mohammed al Baghdadi (also referred to in the file as Jasim bin Mohammed al Hadla), suspected of accounting malpractice while working at the customs department in Qatar. The file includes: copies of Qatar accounts for the month of Dhil Qa’d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1949-26 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/619
Title:
File 22/11 (22/8 III) DUBAI CUSTOMS AGITATIONS FOR REFORMS IN DUBAI
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a few letters and memoranda exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah about imposing a temporary restriction on the importation of arms and ammunition by the Trucial Coast shaikhs, especially from Japan. There follows two memoranda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1940-9 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/634

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/634
Title:
‘File 24/3 SAYID MUHAMMAD TAHIR AL DABBAGH & ABDUL RA’OUF SABBAN, HEDJAZI AGITATORS’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter of complaint from Mr Ismail Ghaznavi (also spelt Ghuznavi) of Amritsar, India, and is addressed to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, in December 1927. This letter and the ensuing correspondence, mainly between British officials in India an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1927-18 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)