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1. IOR/R/15/2/1746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1746
Title:
File 29/5 Sharjah Funds
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers regarding two financial funds that were created in the Trucial Coast during the Second World War; the Subsidizing Fund (to provide cereals at subsidized prices locally) and the Dubai Hospital Fund (to fund the future construction of a hospital in Dubai).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1945-27 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1745

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1745
Title:
File 29/4 Application for British Nationality by Persian Shaikhs
Scope & Content:
This file contains a translation of a letter in which Shaikh Yasr bin Mathkoor Nasuri requests assistance from Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain. The file also contains a letter from Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1946-11 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1755
Title:
File 29/28 British Industrial Fair
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, promotional material and other documents related to the British Industries Fair (BIF) in London and other similar events in London, including a mechanical handling conference (1948) and an engineering and marine exhibition (1949). The file contains a number of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
13 Sep 1934-24 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (256 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1744
Title:
File 29/3 (1 A/36) Institution of Bahrain and Kuwait Nationality
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office to George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department at the Foreign Office. The letter outlines the history of the creation of Koweiti [Kuwaiti] and Bahreini [Bahraini] nationality and the British Government's role in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1934-17 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1743

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1743
Title:
File 29/2 Transfer of Responsibility for Gulf Affairs from Colonial Office to India Office
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of a telegram (with covering letter) sent from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London to the Political Resident in Bushire on 30 July 1933. The telegram informs the Political Resident that effective from 1 August 1933, the India Office will take over respons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1750
Title:
File 29/7 H.M.G's Policy in Yemen
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of a telegram sent from the Foreign Office in London to a number of British embassies and residencies globally on 13 April 1948. The telegram concerns the proposed recognition of Seif el-Islam Ahmed as the King of Yemen. The file also contains a covering letter that f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1948-17 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1747

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1747
Title:
File 29/6 British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Khorramshahr
Scope & Content:
The file contains a Confidential Foreign Office report entitled 'British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Mohammerah'. The report contains a detailed history of the relationship between the British Government and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī, the Ruler of Mohammerah (present day ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1742
Title:
File 29/1 (1 A/26) Policy of H.M.G. in Arabian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains a number of British Government reports (and related correspondence) regarding its policy in 'Arabia', a label that in the file primarily refers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia but also includes Iraq, Trans-Jordan and the Persian Gulf region more broadly. The following reports...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1933-23 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1748

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1748
Title:
File 29/7 I Consular: Passport and Visa Regulations (governing Bahrain, Muscat, Kuwait and other Shaikhdoms)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documents related to passport and visa regulations in the various Shaikhdoms of the Gulf, primarily in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The majority of the correspondence is between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Political Agency in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1929-16 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (292 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1749
Title:
File 29/7 II Passport and Visa Regulations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and copies of relevant documents regarding travel regulations in the Persian Gulf, particularly discussions regarding landing and visa rules for entry in to Bahrain. All of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, notably the British Consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1935-4 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)