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21. IOR/F/4/2661/176330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2661/176330
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Recovery of a Batteel which had been surreptitiously carried off by her Naquoda while on a trading voyage to the Ports in the-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1856-11 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/5/266, ff 308-311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/266, ff 308-311
Title:
The Conduct of the Suite of the Shah of Persia when Returning from their Visit to the Shrines of Kasimeen, Kerbulla and Nejef, and the ‘Evasions’ of the Persian Government Regarding the ‘Misdeeds’ of the Hamawund Tribe
Scope & Content:
Political Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 48 of 1871, dated 15 March 1871, containing an enclosure dated 17 January 1871. The enclosure consists of a copy of a despatch from HM Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Colonel Ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1871
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 47-60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 47-60
Title:
Affairs at Aden and Within its Vicinity, and at Hodeida
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1853, dated 13 January 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-9. Enclosure numbers 3-6 are dated 12 December 1852 to 5 January 1853. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1853-c 2 Nov 1906
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/7/31, ff 274-278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/31, ff 274-278
Title:
Secret No. 13 of 1882, ‘Persian Gulf: Piracy a Bahrein boat by Zaid bin Muhammad: further papers’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political/Secret Despatch and enclosures from the Government of India’s Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, Number 13 of 1882, dated 6 February 1882. The enclosures date from 16 November 1881 to 13 January 1882 and concern the alleged theft a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1882-27 Feb 1882
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/60
Title:
PZ 6249/32 Arabia: Theft of Relics from the Holy Cube at Mecca
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the theft of holy relics from the Holy Cube in Mecca and the confession, sentencing and execution of the culprit. The file also mentions the ceremonial returning of the relics to the Holy Cube by Ibn Saud. The primary correspondent is Cecil Gervase Hope ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1932-18 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

26. 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)

27. IOR/R/15/2/893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/893
Title:
File No. 40/2 RED OXIDE AT ISLAND OF TAMB
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the work of the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Company Limited (Commander Daniel Harvey Rainier) in the Persian Gulf. The initial correspondence between the Company and the Residency Agent at Sharjah discusses obtaining permission from the Shaikh of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1937-25 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/897
Title:
‘File 41/2 Arms traffic’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/898
Title:
‘File 41/3 Theft of ammunition from Jida store’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the storage and security arrangements for small arms ammunition (SAA) held by the Government of Bahrain, prompted by the theft of 18,000 rounds of ammunition from a store on Jida [Jiddah] Island, in October 1945. The principal correspondents in the f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1945-11 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/2/1555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1555
Title:
‘File 16/45 Case of certain thefts from the Political Agency, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, statements and other papers relating to incidents of theft occurring at the Political Agency: in June 1933, the theft of money from drawers in an Agency office (ff 2-9); in March 1934, another incident of money stolen from Agency cash boxes (ff 10-11); in August 1937, an incident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Jun 1933-25 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)