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6921. IOR/R/15/2/1366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1366
Title:
File 11/2: Jamileh and 4 others slave girls - Correspondence re.
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports and correspondence regarding five female slaves who were freed from kidnappers and sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file includes documents in Arabic, a translation of a report containing statements from the five women, explaining what happened to them (foli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1925-24 Jul 1926
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

6922. IOR/R/15/2/1367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1367
Title:
File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION
Scope & Content:
The file mostly contains applications for manumission certificates granted by the British Residency in the Persian Gulf. The file also contains correspondence about the inheritance of a deceased manumitted slave (folios 2-7) in which both the former master who freed him, and his widow claim his i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1930-11 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

6923. IOR/R/15/2/1368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368
Title:
‘File 12/1 Casaulties – Rules for Boats approaching steamers etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to incidents and accidents involving steamers at Bahrain, including: boats approaching steamers before they have anchored (ff 4-5); an accident leading to the death of a sailor on board SS Bandra (ff 6-7); instances of steamers running aground on sand b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1926-1 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6924. IOR/R/15/2/1369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1369
Title:
‘File 12/2 Accident between S.S. “Bandra” and a Dhow on the 12th August 1929, in the Bahrain Harbour.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, statements and other papers related to a collision which took place on 12 August 1929, twelve miles off the coast of Bahrain, between a steamer, the SS Bandra, operated by the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN), and a dhow, working on the pearl banks...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1929-13 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

6925. IOR/R/15/2/1371

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1371
Title:
‘File 12/4 I.E.T.S [Indo-European Telegraph Ship] “Patrick Stewart” ran ashore near “Fasht Adbal [Fasht ad Dībal]’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and telegrams relating to the running aground on 14 March 1927 of the Indo-European Telegraph Ship Patrick Stewart, on sandbanks to the east of the Bahrain islands, referred to as Fasht Adbal or Fasht ad dbal [Fasht ad Dībal]. The file includes: copies of teleg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1927-6 May 1927
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

6926. IOR/R/15/2/1372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1372
Title:
‘File 12/5 Wrecks of sailing boats and vessels in the sea and salvages’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, statements made by nakhudas, bills and receipts, all related to incidents in which native vessels were wrecked or damaged in the Persian Gulf (and chiefly in the waters around Bahrain) usually as a result either of storms or collision with another vessel. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
17 Nov 1929-12 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (282 folios)

6927. 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)

6928. IOR/R/15/2/1374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1374
Title:
‘File 12/6 Marine Note of Protest’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the raising of notes of protest by various parties, in response to damage sustained to vessels at sea, or loss of cargo from vessels while at sea. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Master of the SS Begum, O G Rowland Jones; the Chief Local...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-14 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

6929. IOR/R/15/2/1374, f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1374, f 35
Title:
Map indicating the SS Begum’s touching of the Rennie Shoals [Mushţ Rinnī]
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies explanatory notes in the file (f 33) dated 9 April 1933, and indicates the intended and actual courses of the SS Begum, with nautical measurements, leading up to its touching of the Rennie Shoals [Mushţ Rinnī] in the Persian Gulf, approximately fifty miles north of Bahrain. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
1 folio

6930. 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)

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