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5601. IOR/R/15/1/754

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/754
Title:
'Arabic Bound File No 5'
Scope & Content:
The majority of correspondence in the file consists of letters and instructions, with enclosures, in Arabic and English, between 26 November 1900 to 1 November 1905, from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire to Khān Bahādur ‘Abd al-Laṭīf bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, Residency Agent on t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 Nov 1900-1 Nov 1905
Extent:
1 file (205 folios)

5602. IOR/R/15/1/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/755
Title:
'Arabic Book No. 4'
Scope & Content:
This file includes a partially bound ledger book (ff. 2-138) containing drafts of letters sent by the Khān Bahādur bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, Residency Agent on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah, in 1907 and 1908. The ledger book includes drafts of letters mainly sent to the Political Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1907-1908, 1921
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)

5603. IOR/R/15/1/756

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/756
Title:
'Arabic File No. 9'
Scope & Content:
This file consists mainly of original Arabic and Persian letters from various correspondents to Khān Bahādur ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, the Residency Agent on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah. The file has its original file cover (ff. 2 and 172) which includes the title of the file in Arabic ['Namr 9, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
24 Sep 1924-6 Jul 1927
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)

5604. IOR/R/15/1/757

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/757
Title:
'Arabic File No. 10'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence from various British officials in the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire to Khān Bahādur ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, the Residency Agent on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah. These letters cover the year 1930, between 13 January (12 Sha‘bān 1348) and 2...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Jan 1930-20 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

5605. IOR/R/15/1/758

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/758
Title:
Photocopy of Letters Outward and Inward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters sent outwards (between 1 February 1789 and 18 July 1796), and inwards (between 20 October 1792 and 13 April 1798) from or to the Bushire Residency; the position of Resident at Bushire being initially held by Charles Watkins, but he was relieved in December 1792 by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1789-13 Apr 1798
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)

5606. IOR/R/15/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1
Title:
File A/1 Al Bu Sumait
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file concerns repeated requests from the Āl Bu Sumait tribe of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], communicated via Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, the chief of Bahrain, to emigrate to Bassidore on the island of Qeshm, then under British jurisdiction. The first request was made...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1901-8 Jun 1917
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

5607. IOR/R/15/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2
Title:
File A/4 Persian pretentions to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia’s claims of sovereignty over Bahrain. The first part of the volume (up to folio 44) contains confidential correspondence between the years 1906 and 1907, in which Persia’s claim over Bahrain is discussed between high-ranking B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
9 Feb 1906-20 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

5608. IOR/R/15/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/3
Title:
File A/5 Pearl fisheries of Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to the British Government’s concerns over growing British and international interest in the Gulf’s pearling industry, hitherto almost exclusively exploited by the region’s indigenous inhabitants. 1) The first half of the file (folios 2-13) comprises copies of Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1904-19 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

5609. IOR/R/15/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/4
Title:
File A/6 Nasir bin Mubarak's claim to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to Shaikh Nāṣir bin Mubarak Āl Khalīfah's claim on Bahrain, and his subsequent attempts at reconciliation with the Bahrain ruler Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. The principal correspondents in the file are Captain Francis Prideaux, Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1903-12 Nov 1909
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

5610. IOR/R/15/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/5
Title:
File A/7 Draft of slave treaty with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to British jurisdiction over the slave trade in the Gulf. Folios 1b-11 are a letter dated 28 January 1914 (with enclosures dating back to June 1913) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (John Lorimer) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arthur Trev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1913-8 Mar 1914
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

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