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6221. IOR/R/15/2/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/608
Title:
'21/5 QATAR HOSPITAL'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the construction of the first hospital at Doha, Qatar, in the mid-1940s. Correspondents in this file include: Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent at Bahrain; E P Donaldson, India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1946-8 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

6222. IOR/R/15/2/609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/609
Title:
'QATAR SUCCESSION'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the appointment of an heir to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thanī, Ruler of Qatar, following the illness and death of his son and heir-apparent, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī. Details include: Ḥamad's illness and his role in the settlement of the conflict over Zubarah (a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1944-28 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

6223. IOR/R/15/2/610

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/610
Title:
‘21/8 PRESENTATION OF GIFTS FOR SALEH AL MANAH REPRESENTATIVE OF SHAIKH OF QATAR’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the presentation of gifts by the Political Agent at Bahrain to Saleh al Mana, representative of the Shaikh of Qatar. The gifts are an appreciation of the hospitality provided by Saleh al Mana during the Political Agent’s visits to Qatar. Correspondent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1947-15 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

6224. IOR/R/15/2/611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/611
Title:
'IMPORT INTO QATAR OF A STATUETTE OF VIRGIN MARY'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the importation into Qatar of a Roman Catholic statuette of the Virgin Mary by a Goanese member of staff of Petroleum Concession Limited at Dukhan [Dukhān]. The case is referred to the Political Agent at Bahrain on 3 December 1947 since there has been no resolution (folio 2) a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1947-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

6225. IOR/R/15/2/612

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/612
Title:
Effects of Zubara [al-Zubārah] dispute on Imports into Qatar from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file concerns an enquiry by Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, through Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, regarding whether motor agents to whom dollar credits are given are free to sell their cars to anybody who wishes to buy them, including ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1947-10 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

6226. IOR/R/15/2/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/613
Title:
‘File 21/11 Communal tension in Qatar: appointment of special constables for Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to tensions arising between the Muslim and Sikh communities of Bahrain and Qatar, in response to the Indo-Pakistan war of 1947. The tensions referred to in the file are chiefly between Indian/Pakistani employees of Petroleum Concessions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1948-3 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

6227. IOR/R/15/2/614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/614
Title:
‘File 21/13 DETENTION OF MUSCAT SUBJECT BY AMIR OF ZAKRIT'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the abduction and enslavement of a young man from Muscat, who was found working at Petroleum Concessions Limited’s (PCL) oilfields in Qatar, and attempts by the Political Agent and others, including Saleh Al Mana [Ṣāliḥ Āl Māni‘], a representative of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1948-27 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6228. IOR/R/15/2/618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/618
Title:
‘File 22/8 II SHAIKH OF DUBAI’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between British officials in the Persian Gulf, discussing the actions of Shaikh Saeed Bin Maktoom [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Ḥashr Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, covering the years 1941, 1944, 1946 and 1948-49. The correspondents are as follows: John Bar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1941-28 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6229. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

6230. IOR/R/15/2/623

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/623
Title:
File 22/23 Recognition of FUJAIRAH as Independent State
Scope & Content:
The file correspondence begins with a note dated 1938 from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain announcing the succession of Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad ash-Sharqi to the Trucial Coast Shaikhdom of Fujairah, on the death of his brother, Shaikh Saif bin Hamad ash-Sharqi, 24 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
02 Jan 1938-09 Oct 1950
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

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