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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Subject Trade (practice)

31. IOR/R/15/2/1373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1373
Title:
‘File 12/5 II Accidents involving country craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to incidents involving local cargo vessels, frequently referred to as country craft, travelling through the Persian Gulf, usually between ports in Iraq, Iran and India. The incidents referred to include the sinking and running aground o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1945-4 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/2/1375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1375
Title:
‘File 12/7 I Shipping. Arrival of Sailing Crafts at Qatar and other places with Cargo.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo on local vessels (frequently referred to as country craft) from Karachi to Qatar (spelt in various ways, including Kattar, Gutter, Quatar) and, to a lesser extent, other ports on the Arab coast of the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1932-1 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (296 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/2/1376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1376
Title:
‘File 12/7 II Arrival of country craft from India’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo (chiefly rice, sugar, spices, piece goods) from India (Karachi) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, chiefly Dubai, Katar [Qatar, also spelt Gutter, Quatter in the file] and Bahrain. The file is a direct chronologi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1924-4 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (498 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/2/1377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1377
Title:
‘File 12/7 Vol. III Arrival of Country-Craft from India with cargoes for Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar – Verification of Export Manifests –’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo from India (chiefly Karachi but also Veraval) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, principally Dubai, Sharjah, Qatar (often spelt Quattar) and Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 12/7 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Oct 1944-30 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (198 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/5/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/78
Title:
File 27/3 ‘German Shipping & Trade Competition’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, memoranda reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the German and Japanese interest in shipping and trade in the Persian Gulf, particularly in Kuwait (also written in some parts of the file as Koweit). The papers notably cover/include the following: The est...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1906-27 Nov 1916
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/5/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/100
Title:
File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary. The main topics discussed include: The attack on Jahra by the Ikhwan Bahrain Agency Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1920-24 Feb 1923
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/5/166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/166
Title:
File 2/13 Visit to Kuwait of Iraqi Foreign Minister; proposed Kuwait-Iraqi Agreement on smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British Officials in Kuwait, London and India on an upcoming diplomatic mission of Iraqi Government officials to Kuwait. The file also contains correspondence relating to smuggling, trade agreements and the construction of a port on the Gulf coast of Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1936-12 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (113 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/6/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/4
Title:
Political Correspondence - Muscat and Oman Affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters on a variety of administrative and political matters in Oman. This includes correspondence relating to the appointment of Political Agents in Muscat, the Omani state's finances, a descriptive account of Muscat by Mr Apothecary Gaspar de Rozario, and a Muscat trade repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1861-21 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/6/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/6
Title:
Miscellaneous Political Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains a partial translation of a text entitled 'Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of Oman' from a MS Arabic work entitled the 'Keshf-ul-Ghummeh' of the Shaikh Sarhan bin Sa`id bin Sarhan bin Mohammed el-`Alawi a native of Oman. The translation and introductory notes are by Major Edward Charl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/6/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/13
Title:
'Political Events Oman and Muscat'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the proposed sale of Tunb Island to Muscat by the Shaikh of Lengeh; correspondence between the Political Agent in Muscat and Faisal bin Turkee; appointment of Louis Maguire as US Consul at Muscat; administrative and political affairs in Gwadur [Gwadar]; dispu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1880-1 Feb 1881
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)