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1571. IOR/R/15/1/498

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/498
Title:
File 53/11 XVI (D 141) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1938-18 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

1572. IOR/R/15/1/499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/499
Title:
File 53/11 XVII (D 146) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1938-31 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

1573. IOR/R/15/1/500

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/500
Title:
File 53/11 XVIII (D 151) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1939-29 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

1574. IOR/R/15/1/501

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/501
Title:
File 53/11 XIX (D 163) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1940-10 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

1575. IOR/R/15/1/502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/502
Title:
File 53/11 XX (D 168) Kuwait Date Gardens
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1942-10 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 volume (272 folios)

1576. IOR/R/15/2/99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/99
Title:
Correspondence re Title-Deeds of Agency Land
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, British Political Agent at Bahrain, and Captain B Stuart Horner, Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The correspondence concerns the exchange of land between the British Agency and the Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1926-12 Jul 1926
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

1577. IOR/R/15/2/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/130
Title:
File 9/3 Bahrain Reforms. Land Registration & Record of Rights
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers relating to the issue of land rights and ownership in Bahrain. The first part of the volume (folios 2-78) concern the organisation of a land survey in Bahrain. The Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfa, with the assistance of the Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1923-18 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

1578. IOR/R/15/2/624

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/624
Title:
‘File 22/29 PRESENTATION OF DATE GARDENS TO SHAIKH OF DUBAI BY SHAIKH OF RAS AL KHAIMAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain and Gordon Noel Jackson, the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain about the gift of date gardens in his territory by Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Al Qasimi, Sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1947-24 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

1579. IOR/R/15/2/1563

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1563
Title:
‘File 16/52 Correspondence regarding building of Catholic Church in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence (in English and Arabic) exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) dated 1939, relating to the latter’s agreement to provide a piece of land at the edge of Manama town for the construction of a Cat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1939-27 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

1580. IOR/R/15/2/1886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1886
Title:
File C/1 II Correspondence with Bombay & Karachi on Miscellaneous Matters
Scope & Content:
The file covers two topics. The first is a petition from Havildar Bandmaster Amar Singh dated 26 February 1940 regarding a lessee — Man Singh — that is refusing to leave his land (see folios 2-4); this petition is forwarded by the Bahrain Political Agent to the Deputy Commissioner for Amritsar, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1939-2 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

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