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1. IOR/R/15/1/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/165
Title:
‘Vol 250 Wrecks, Maritime outrages’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to nine cases of shipwreck, plunder, piracy, or other maritime outrage, each assigned in the volume under the ‘Heading VIII: Wrecks, maritime outrages, etc.’ and each taking place during the period 1857 to 1861. Correspondence includes the original rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1857-9 Jan 1861
Extent:
1 volume (156 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/245
Title:
14/86 ATTACK ON AJMAN AND MURDER OF THE CHIEF AND SUCCESSION ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file relates mainly to the issues of succession in Ajman and some other Trucial States. The main correspondents are the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; and Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1900-16 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/277
Title:
'14/194 II. Deposition of Shaikh of Sharja and accession of his successor. 14/196/II Punishment of the Shaikh of Fujairah. 14/200 projected establishment of customs houses at Debai, Sharjah etc by Shaikhs. 14/211 Refractory conduct of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaima. 14/217 Murder of the Shaikh of Hamriyah. 14/233 Regarding Shaikh of Kalba. 14/243 Abu Dhabi customs and revenues. 14/252 I. Notices issued by Shaikh of Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the following topics: The dispute between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and the sons of Shaikh Khalid, a former ruler of Sharjah, over the area of Dhaid and how this affected a geological expedition. Correspondents include Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1929-5 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 volume (88 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/462
Title:
35/160 (A 72) Murder of Indian by Shihuh
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the case of a British Indian traveller murdered by the Shihuh [al-Shiḥūḥ] as he was making his way from Karachi to Dubai via Muscat and Dibah [possibly Dibba, at the northern tip of the Arabian Peninsula]. Issues discussed include: The itinerary of the British Indian who...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1936-9 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/28
Title:
File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Bushire; Captain Oldham on board HMS Lapwing; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and the kaymakam (Ottoman governor) of al-Qaṭīf. These correspondence concern the murder in 1900 of Salmān bin Di‘aj Āl Kh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1900-19 Feb 1906
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/822
Title:
File 32/17 (4/5) Law and Order
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the maintenance of law and order in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence in the file relates to the murder of a woman in Hedd (al-Hidd). This correspondence discusses whether or not the culprits of the murder (who were relatives of the woman killed) sho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1935-9 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/941

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/941
Title:
‘File 22/6 I Kalba’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to affairs on the Trucial Coast in 1951, chiefly the assassination of the Ruler of Kalba, Hamad bin Sa’id [Ḥamad bin Sa’id Āl Qāsimī] by Saqr bin Sultan bin Salim [Ṣaqr bin Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī], son of the former ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah, Sheikh ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 May 1951-19 Nov 1951
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1911

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1911
Title:
File No. E/19 V. O. MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING LOCAL MURDER CASES.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the murder of a local Bahraini woman. The Political Agent was concerned about the number of similar cases in the past where murderers have not been punished. He recommended that a court be set for this case and strong action taken against the murderers,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1935-22 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/117
Title:
‘I. Saudiyeh. (3). Saudiyeh State Prisoners.’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the reported murder of Ibn Hithlain [Nāyif bin Ḥithlayn] of the ’Ajmān tribe, and Ibn Lami of the Mutair [Muṭayr] tribe, and others, at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], at Hoffuf [Al Hufūf]. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1933-2 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/207
Title:
File 8/21 Muscat State Affairs: Dependencies – Sur (Operations)
Scope & Content:
This file relates to two separate subjects. The first is the reported murder of Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Rawaf, a Saudi Arabian subject, by Beni Hasan tribesmen. The second is a trip to Sur, which was recently undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Major Tom Hickinbotham. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1938-4 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)