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21. IOR/R/15/1/389-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/389-390
Title:
File 33: Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The two surviving Naval and Marine files in the records of the Political Residency, Bushire both relate to the Royal Navy base at Jufair in Bahrain. The first file records the Admiralty decision to close the naval base at Henjam [Hengam] Island and to establish a new base at Jufair, with later pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
2 files (87 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/1/384-388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/384-388
Title:
File 26: Arabistan and Luristan
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain correspondence, reports, maps, and memoranda relating to British interests in the Arabistan [Khūzestān] and Luristan [Lorestān] provinces of south west Persia following their political and commercial penetration of the region in the late nineteenth-century. The documents cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1905-1946
Extent:

5 volumes (1073 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/1/471-549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471-549
Title:
File 53: Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files cover a comprehensive range of topics related to Kuwait and the surrounding area. The files contain correspondence regarding the nature and development of the British Government's involvement in Kuwait, Kuwait's foreign relations (notably with the Ottoman Empire, Najd/Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Turkish
Date Range:
1896-1939
Extent:
79 files and volumes (16,694 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

25. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/1/425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/425
Title:
Muscat Misc.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of miscellaneous topics including: Arrangements for tanker passage of Sultan Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]to Dhofar; Wireless communication between Muscat and Dhofar;Recruitment of an officer for municipalities; Creation of a state post office and accession to the u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-4 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/1/355

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/355
Title:
File 19/176 VI Bahrain Finances
Scope & Content:
This file contains Bahrain government budget reports and other detailed financial records for the years 1941 to 1948. The documents in the file include details of goverment revenue and expenditure and discussion related to the size of the allowances received by the Al Khalifa family. Of note a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1941-6 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/1/380

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/380
Title:
File 22/16 III Gwadur
Scope & Content:
The file relates mainly to the possible cession of Gwadar (which appears throughout in the form 'Gwadur') by the Sultan of Muscat. It includes a letter from Captain T Hickinbotham, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, to the Political Resident, Bushire, dated 31 July 1939, recording a recent visi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-9 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/1/465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/465
Title:
Minting of currency in Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence includes a letter from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman to Captain Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent Muscat, requesting the minting of a new nickel and other sorts of currency at Muscat. Khan Bahadur Ahmed Shubaili, was appointed as an agent on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1939-15 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/1/413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/413
Title:
Muscat Treaty
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to negotiation of Muscat Treaty in 1938. The Muscat Commercial Treaty 1891 had been renewed every year but in 1938 Sultan Said bin Taimur stated that he was not prepared to renew it further. Correspondence relates to the negotiations over a new treaty, the clauses and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1938-29 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)