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511. IOR/R/15/1/701

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/701
Title:
'Confdl. 86/47 Umm-al-Qawain Oil'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a letter from Ernest Vincent Packer, Manager for Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) enclosing a copy of the concession agreement signed with Shaikh Aḥmad bin rāshid Āl Mu'alla ( of Umm-al-Qawain [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1945-10 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

512. IOR/R/15/1/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/207
Title:
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1921-26 Nov 1943
Extent:

One volume (164 folios)

513. IOR/R/15/1/259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/259
Title:
File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case
Scope & Content:
Correspondence includes the originals and annexes of the Abu Musa report of May 1911; Residency material for first British reply; printed copy of second British reply; Hassan Samiyah's complaint. It also includes the printed arguments of the Foreign Office case. Correspondence discusses argument...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871-1911
Extent:
Four volumes (910 folios)

514. IOR/R/15/1/279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/279
Title:
File 14/198 Attempted murder by Abdur Rahman of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul-Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the attempted murder of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah at the instigation of Abdur Rahman, headman of the village of al-Hira. Correspondence discusses how the Residency Agent acquired many enemies in the execution of his official duties in co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1925-14 Jul 1929
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

515. IOR/R/15/1/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/288
Title:
'B Series POLITICAL 8/2 SUCCESSION TO THE SHAIKHDOM OF KALBA (A Series: 14/238 II)'
Scope & Content:
This file consists mainly of letters (with translation in Arabic) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad al Qasimi, Regent of Kalba. The file discusses how the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf informs Shaikh Khalid that he His Majesty's Government is ple...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1938-30 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

516. IOR/R/15/1/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/293
Title:
14/266 I (B 72) Headman of Hamriya's desire to sever his connection with Sharja
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the question of Hamriya becoming independent of Sharjah and disturbances at Hamriyah; also the case of the murder of Shaikh Abdur Rahman of Hamrieyeh. Includes Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad's declaration that Hamriyah is independent. Correspondents include the Residency Agent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1922-13 Apr 1932
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

517. IOR/R/15/1/302

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/302
Title:
File 18/66 (B Series 18/10) Annual Reports on the Working of the Mascat Order in Council 1915
Scope & Content:
Annual Reports of the Political Agency and Consulate, Muscat (later Political Agency, Muscat), on the working of the Muscat Order in Council, 1915, for the years 1916-1947 inclusive. The reports provide lists of officers appointed as Political Agent for the period in question, statistical informa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1917-11 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (93 folios)

518. IOR/R/15/1/308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/308
Title:
File 18/110 (B Series 18/12) Annual Report on the Working of the Kuwait Order in Council
Scope & Content:
Annual Reports of the Political Agent, Kuwait to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the working of The Kuwait Order in Council, 1925 (later The Kuwait Order in Council, 1935). The Reports cover the period 1 October 1925 (when the Order came into force) to 31 December 1925, and the year...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1926-3 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

519. IOR/R/15/1/605, f 195A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/605, f 195A
Title:
Tracing of Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal “Dira” from Baduin Sources
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Tracing of a map by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Political Agent to Kuwait. Shows the area occupied by the Al Murrah tribe and the approximate location of the other major tribes across the region with major towns and Bertr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map

520. IOR/R/15/1/605, f 202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/605, f 202
Title:
Blueprint of Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal 'Dira', from Baduin Sources
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Blueprint of a map by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Political Agent to Kuwait. Shows the area occupied by the Al Murrah tribe and the approximate location of the other major tribes across the region with major towns and Ber...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1935