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6161. IOR/R/15/2/540

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/540
Title:
File 14/5 Visits of German Agents
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visits of suspected German agents to the Persian Gulf region. The main correspondents include: Tom Hickinbotham (later Hugh Weightman), Political Agent at Bahrain; Trenchard Craven William Fowle (later Charles Geoffrey Prior), Political Resident a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1937-2 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

6162. IOR/R/15/2/541

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/541
Title:
File 14/7 Indian Representation in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two letters. The first, dated 14 December 1948, is from C S Jha, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of External and Commonwealth Relations, and Mohammad Habib, Professor of History at the Muslim University in Aligarh (both members of the Indian Delegation to Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1948-15 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6163. IOR/R/15/2/542

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/542
Title:
File 14/9 Employment of Italians in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the employment of Italians in Bahrain. The file covers two separate cases. The first case concerns the employment of painter and draughtsman, Rino Gardeschi (sometimes spelled Gardeski), in the decoration of the Roman Catholic Church in Manama and mo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1948-21 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

6164. IOR/R/15/2/544

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/544
Title:
15/3 ABU DHABI
Scope & Content:
File contains notes on the personalities and tribes of Abu Dhabi. The notes were produced by the Residency Agent, Sharjah, in response to a request from the Political Agent Bahrain. There are the original notes in Arabic (ff. 24-43) with the English translation (ff. 2-23). A report (ff. 44-58...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1934-19 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

6165. IOR/R/15/2/545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/545
Title:
15/4 TRIBES OF BRITISH SOMALILAND
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two documents: 1. A letter dated 19 December 1941 from the Chief Secretary to the Government, Government of Aden, to the Political Agent, Bahrain. The letter encloses the pamphlet The Tribes of British Somaliland and advises that 'difficulty is frequently experienced with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1941-19 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

6166. IOR/R/15/2/547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/547
Title:
15/7 HAWAR ISLANDS
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence discussing the ownership and status of the Hawar Islands and the competing claims of Bahrain and Qatar. It includes the following: a translation and original letter from Abullah bin Qasim Al Thani to Hugh Weightman, Political Agent, Bahrain (ff 6-9); a petitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1938-15 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (267 folios)

6167. IOR/R/15/2/549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/549
Title:
15/9 The tribes of Buraimi
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the tribes of Buraimi sent between Gordon Noel Jackson, Political Officer, Sharjah (Trucial Coast) and Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent, Bahrain. A covering letter (f 2) from Gordon Noel Jackson, Political Officer, Trucial Coast (Sharjah) to C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1948-9 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

6168. IOR/R/15/2/550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/550
Title:
15/10 PERSIAN GULF HANDBOOK
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note from the Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain, forwarding Hand Book on the Persian Gulf, Correspondence between File 15/10 Foreign Office Persian Gulf Handbook. Enclosed are two copies of a Handbook on the Persian Gulf published by the Foreign Office, August 1948. The not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

6169. IOR/R/15/2/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/552
Title:
File 16/2 B.I.S.N. STEAMERS CALLING AT SHARJAH
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence which discusses two matters. Firstly, issues around the granting of exclusive rights to the British India Steam Navigation company to use Sharjah as a Port of call and how to deal with any requests from Soviet and Japanese shipping. Correspondents include Lieute...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1933-5 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

6170. IOR/R/15/2/553

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/553
Title:
16/4 JAP. SHIPPING IN P.G. 21-5-34 TO 3-7-40 I
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to Japanese shipping activities in the Persian Gulf, 1934 to 1940. Topics discussed include: visits by Japanese trawlers to the region, possible justifications for excluding them from docking at local reports and how to discourage Japanese commercial pen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 May 1934-3 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (387 folios)

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