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271. IOR/R/15/1/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/211
Title:
File 5/168 VII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains in excess of 120 manumission statements, taken down by the Residency Agent ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) at Sharjah between July 1938 and June 1939. Correspondence accompanying the statements sent by al-Razzaq includes details of the appearance of slaves as an indication of possibl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1938-28 Jun 1939
Extent:

1 volume (340 folios)

272. IOR/R/15/1/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/320
Title:
File 19/109 III (C 22) Bahrain - Relations with Foreign Powers, Etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning relations between Bahrain and other foreign powers, primarily Persia. The correspondence discusses the following topics: Agitation in the Persian press regarding the alleged oppression of Persians in Bahrain. This includes examples of this type of r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
6 Dec 1922-16 Nov 1925
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

273. IOR/R/15/1/360

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/360
Title:
File 19/194 (C 36) Proposal that Political Agent, Bahrain, should be Consul at Qatif
Scope & Content:
A file that records details of a proposal to appoint the Political Agent in Bahrain as Consul in Qatif. The idea is not approved by the Government of India or Whitehall, primarily due to fears that such a move would provoke Bin Saud to make a counter-request for a Consul of his own to be appoint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1927-30 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

274. IOR/R/15/1/503

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/503
Title:
File 53/23 (D 12) Murder on Sheikh Mubarak's Fao Estates by Turks
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the murder of a man and woman on property in Fao [The Al Faw Peninsula in Iraq] owned by Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. Mulla Muhammad (also written as Moola Mahomet in the file), Shaikh Mubārak 's agent in Fao, is reported to have fou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1904-13 Feb 1905
Extent:
1 volume (80 folios)

275. IOR/R/15/1/523

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/523
Title:
File 53/57 II (D 52) Boundary dispute between Bin Saud and Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the deliniation of the Kuwait-Najd frontier. The file contains a translation of a letter from the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ to James Carmichael More, the British Political Agent in Kuwait that thanks the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1922-27 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

276. IOR/R/15/1/530

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/530
Title:
File 53/80 I (D 82) Ownership of Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens in Iraq
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ. The correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1932-9 May 1933
Extent:
1 volume (236 folios)

277. IOR/R/15/1/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/552
Title:
File 59/15 B (A 14) Muscat: slave trade under cover of French flag
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to competing British and French interests in Muscat and Oman at the beginning of the twentieth century. The principal point of contention between British officials, represented by Percy Cox (Muscat Political Agent 1899-1903), was the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Jan 1902-21 Mar 1904
Extent:
1 volume (163 folios)

278. IOR/R/15/1/298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/298
Title:
File 18/54 II (A 90) Muscat Order in Council
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the interpretation and application of various King's Regulations under Muscat Order in Council, August 1935 - February 1937; and papers relating to the preparation, drafting, publication and implementation of revised Muscat Order in Council (His Majesty's Stationery Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1935-20 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 volume (176 folios)

279. IOR/R/15/1/306

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/306
Title:
File 18/78 I (C 100) Bahrain Order in Council, 1913
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the following published King's Regulations: King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council, 1913 ('The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation, 1922'), 1 October 1922; King's Regulation under Article 70 (C) of The Bahrein Order in Council, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1922-9 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

280. IOR/R/15/1/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/314
Title:
File 19/12 Bahrain, Precis of Zobara Affairs in 1895
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding an attempt by Sultan bin Mohamed bin Salamah (the head of the Al bin Ali tribe in Bahrain) - with the assistance of Shaikh Jasim Al Thani of Qatar and the Ottoman Governor (Mutasarrif) of El Hasa - to establish a settlement at Zubarah on the Qatar Peni...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1895-7 Sep 1895
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)