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471. IOR/R/15/1/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/273
Title:
14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS
Scope & Content:
This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between the India Office, London; the Foreign Office, London; Political Resident Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Jul 1914-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

472. IOR/R/15/1/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/319
Title:
File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence about a number of topics regarding the relations of Bahrain and its ruler, Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, with foreign powers. The correspondence discusses the ownership of land by foreigners in Bahrain, Persian claims to sovereignty over Bahrain, the status o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
27 Jan 1913-5 Dec 1922
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

473. IOR/R/15/1/341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/341
Title:
File 19/166, 168 (C 25) (1) Nejdis and Persians (2) Mehdi Al Jishi
Scope & Content:
Most of the papers in this file relate to disturbances that broke out between Nejdis (people from the Nejd central region of the Arabian Peninsula) and Persians in Bahrain in 1923. The broader ramifications of the violence as well as its causes are discussed in detail. The file also includes cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1923-10 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

474. IOR/R/15/1/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/438
Title:
Education of Saiyid Said, son of H.H. the Sultan of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence on the education of Saiyd Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], son of the Sultan of Muscat, Taimur bin Faisal. Letters discuss his education at Mayo College, Ajmer in a school for the sons of Indian rulers. The Sultan, Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr ibn Fayṣal] wished him to attend a sc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1926-31 Jul 1928
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)

475. IOR/R/15/1/486, f 38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/486, f 38
Title:
‘Sketch showing untaxed Property of Sheikh of Kuwait in Shatt Al Arab Delta’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn rough sketch map dated 30 August 1930 enclosed with a letter from Harold Dickson to Colonel Biscoe (folios 35-37). Shows the estates along Shatt al Arab bought by Mubarak: Fadaghiyeh, Dora Maamir and Fao Estate with landlords names reported.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1930
Extent:
1 map

476. IOR/R/15/1/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/229
Title:
‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the Trucial Coast, and the efforts of the Political Resident and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1927-3 Jan 1930
Extent:

1 volume (312 folios)

477. IOR/R/15/1/270

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/270
Title:
'14/165, 14/170 (1) B.I. Agent’s difficulties at Debai (2) Troops at Dibai B 20’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing the death of the agent of the British Indian Steam Navigation (B.I) company in Dubai. A new agent was sent out but the Shaikh of Dubai, Shaikh Butti bin Soheil, refused him permission to land. The First Assistant of the Residency, Captain Birdwood then accompanied the n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1912-19 Feb 1914
Extent:
1 volume (119 folios)

478. IOR/R/15/1/274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/274
Title:
Dispute Between Rulers of Muscat and Dubai Over Claims to the Village of Hatta
Scope & Content:
Correspondence about the dispute between the rulers of Muscat and Dubai over claims to the village of Hatta. Correspondents include the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Residency Agent, Sharjah; Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat; Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum, Chief of Dubai; Foreign Secretar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1914-26 Aug 1914
Extent:
1 volume (10 folios)

479. IOR/R/15/1/625, f 18A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/625, f 18A
Title:
‘REDUCTION TO SHOW RELATIONSHIP of the COMBINED PLANE TABLE AND PRISMATIC COMPASS SKETCH MAP OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN JEBEL RŌDHAH, SOHAR AND IBRI, OMAN, ARABIA, WITH THE OMAN PENINSULA’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes a note on map compilation below title with a key of reference at the lower left. On verso, at the top right-hand corner: ‘OA 6021, 7-12-25’. Top left: ‘PLATE VI’. Bottom left: ‘M.R. REG., NO. 81, APRIL 1926’.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 map

480. IOR/R/15/1/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/331
Title:
File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the administration of the Customs House in Bahrain from 1914 until 1929. The earlier correspondence relates to a disagreement between Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Bin Saud regarding tariff charges on goods entering and leaving Bahrain from the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 May 1914-18 Jun 1929
Extent:
1 volume (287 folios)