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1. IOR/R/15/2/1752

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1752
Title:
File 29/8 III Applications for Passports
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and numerous applicants regarding the issuing of British passports and other travel documents. The file contains a large number of applications for British passports from British Protected Persons (primarily from India) and requests fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1937-14 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (234 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/636

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/636
Title:
‘File 24/6 KUWAIT PASSPORTS IN BOOK FORM’
Scope & Content:
The file contains two documents only, a short letter of enquiry and a short interim letter of reply, dated 28 December 1936 and 26 January 1937 respectively. The Political Agent, Kuwait, mentions that the Kuwait authorities are planning to introduce a passport system. He asks the Political Agent,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1936-26 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/526
Title:
‘File 13/21 Private Aviation – Annex’
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and letters sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, containing the details of private flights scheduled to touch down at Bahrain and/or Sharjah. Details of most incoming flights were sent by the RAF Commanding Officer at Bahrain to the Political Agency, with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1946-12 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/813

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/813
Title:
File 31/15 Visits of Members of Al Khalifah to Foreign Countries
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the visits of members of the Al Khalifah to Amara in Iraq for hunting purposes. Discussion focuses on the difficulties created when requests for travel documents did not go through the proper channels. Correspondents include: Cornelius James Pelly, Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1949-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1408
Title:
‘File 13/18 ILLEGAL TRAVELLING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE AMIR OF JAALAN, - BENI BU ALI, TO MUSCAT SUBJECTS.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Passport Officer, Bahrain; and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence contains reports of three instances where Arab and Indian travellers used an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1929-10 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/77
Title:
File 1/3 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Relations of Akhwan with Neighbouring States.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (also referred to Ibn Sa'ud), Sultan of Najd (also referred to as Nejd), particularly relations between Najd (also referred to as the Akhwan [Ikhwān]) and neighbouring states. The file contains correspondence b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1922-13 Feb 1924
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/84
Title:
File 1/13 I Major Head:- Political. Sub:- Head:- Persian pretensions to Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Persian claims to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The correspondence is mainly between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent, Bahrain. Other correspondents include the British Consular Agent, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and the Adviser to the Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Mar 1922-10 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1748
Title:
File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documents related to passport and visa regulations in the various Shaikhdoms of the Gulf, primarily in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The majority of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1929-16 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (292 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/696

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/696
Title:
‘File 28/10-(e) War. St. John Philby’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence exchanged between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the British Government’s representative at Jedda, and officials at the Government of India and India Office ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1940-27 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1749
Title:
File 29/7 II Passport and Visa Regulations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and copies of relevant documents regarding travel regulations in the Persian Gulf, particularly discussions regarding landing and visa rules for entry in to Bahrain. All of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, notably the British Consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1935-4 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)