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121. IOR/R/15/2/1883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1883
Title:
‘File B/16 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS REST HOUSE AT SHARJAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to three reported incidents at Sharjah Aerodrome, involving the servants, staff and property of Imperial Airways and its successor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The three cases are: the investigation and conviction of refuelling clerk Muham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1935-24 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

122. IOR/R/15/2/1894

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1894
Title:
File D/3 Correspondence with Aden regarding Miscellaneous Matters
Scope & Content:
This file concerns an Aden-born twenty-five year old woman, Mariam bint Ahmed, and requests – made both by her brothers in Aden and by her Bahraini husband's son in Bahrain – for her to be repatriated to Aden. Mariam bint Ahmed's divorce, her former husband's death, and her unwillingness to retu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 May 1933-16 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

123. IOR/R/15/2/1867

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1867
Title:
‘File B/10-I CLAIM OF THE RULER OF DUBAI AGAINST MESPERS’
Scope & Content:
The file contains enquiry correspondence relating to a claim made in 1935 by Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] the Ruler of Dibai [Dubai], principally against the shipping agents Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (also referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1935-18 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

124. IOR/R/15/2/1880

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1880
Title:
‘File B/12 SEIZURE OF A RAS-AL-KHAIMAH BOAT AT SIRRI ISLAND’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with correspondence in 1935 reporting the seizure of a dhow belonging to nakuda Salim bin Abdullah, a subject of Ras al Khaimah, by a large group of Arab inhabitants of Sirri Island, led by Ubaid bin Khalfan al Aqrubi. As a result of their enquiries, the British authorities in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1935-7 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

125. IOR/R/15/2/1874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1874
Title:
‘File B/10-6 Claim of K.B. Abdur Rahman al Zayani against Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a long outstanding debt recovery claim made by pearl merchant Shaikh Abdul Latif [Shaikh Abdul Latiff bin Shaikh Mahomed Al Abdul Razak] of Bombay against Khalaf bin Abdulla bin Utaibah and Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The clai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1936-22 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

126. IOR/R/15/2/1863

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1863
Title:
File B/7 Miscellaneous correspondence with Residency Agent, Sharjah, and notables and Shaikhs of Oman
Scope & Content:
The file contains numerous courtesy letters expressing friendship, congratulations and thanks, which are exchanged mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The majority of courtesy letters received by the Political Agent, Bahrain are from the D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, German, and Persian
Date Range:
17 May 1932-2 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

127. IOR/R/15/2/1944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1944
Title:
File G/7 III Id Calls. Correspondence with the Shaikhs of the T. Coast.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and various Gulf rulers and shaikhs mainly on the occasions of ‘Eid al-Fitr and ‘Eid al-Adha between 1944 and 1950. A memorandum was sent by the Agency to the Naval Officer in charge that the Agen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1944-30 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (398 folios)