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531. IOR/R/15/1/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/284
Title:
B Series. POLITICAL 8/1 (A Series 14/221) Correspondence Regarding the Shaikh of Dibba
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the Shaikh of Dibba. The main correspondents are the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Claude Edward Bremner, Political Agent, Muscat; Khan Sahib Sayid Abdur Razzak, Residency Agent, Sharjah; Shaikh Rashid bin Ahmad, Chie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1933-24 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)

532. IOR/R/15/1/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/203
Title:
‘File 5/194 I,195 I, 179 III, 169 II, 104 IV Kidnapping of individuals; manumission of slaves at Kuwait and Bushire; miscellaneous slavery cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains miscellaneous slave trade correspondence, distilled from a number of original subject files, covering a disparate range of slavery related from a four-decade period. The contents of the original subject file 5/194 I relate to an incident in 1924 in which twenty-five members o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 Jan 1906-24 Jul 1942
Extent:

1 volume (164 folios)

533. IOR/R/15/1/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/249
Title:
14/101 I Arab Coast. Difference between the Chiefs of Shargah and Debai over the Headman of Fujeira
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the attitude of the Shaikh of Fujairah. The Political Agent, Muscat went to Fujairah in HMS Redbreast and found that the Shaikh was loathe to recognize that he was tributary to Sharjah. Correspondence discusses the brokering of an agreement by the Political Resident an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1902-8 Aug 1904
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

534. IOR/R/15/1/613, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613, f 7
Title:
‘PLAN SHOWING SHATT EL ARAB FROM KURNA TO BASRA, AND RESPECTIVE POSITIONS APPROXIMATELY OF LYNCH DOCK AT MAGIL, THE BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT, AND THE TOWN OF BASRA’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Produced in Basra, Sept. 1912 and signed ‘Sd. F.E. Crow H. Ms. Consul’. Rough plan of area north of Basra with location of German Depot and British Consulate shown. In the bottom left-hand corner printed: ‘S.D.O. No. 606. Dec. 1912’.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 map

535. IOR/R/15/1/613, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613, f 8
Title:
‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Title continues: ‘ON WHICH I HAVE MARKED THE BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT IN RED INK’. Rough plan showing Basra and environs with the location of German Depot and Customs indicated. British Consulate’s coordinates reported. In the bottom left-hand corner printed: ‘S.D.O....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1912
Extent:
1 map

536. IOR/R/15/1/333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/333
Title:
File 19/139 I (C 60) Steamer for Bahrain and neighbouring ports
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence that discusses the details of a proposal by the British India Steam Navigation Company to run a steamer service between the ports of Bahrain, Qatif, Oqair and Qatar. The file also includes correspondence regarding Ibn Saud’s desire to establish a port on the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1914-22 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

537. IOR/R/15/1/407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/407
Title:
File 35/85 IV A 11 Muscat Dhows Arbitration
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the arbitration concerning the flying of French flags on dhows in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. Letters discuss how the British and French agreed on a list of persons entitled to fly French flags and implications for relationship with the Sultan of Muscat. The file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1906-21 Mar 1909
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

538. IOR/R/15/1/444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/444
Title:
File 35/134 IV (A 56) Sur. Ja'alan - Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to actions against the Bani Bu Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] in Sur in 1932 who were claiming independence from the Muscat State. Correspondence discusses how the Bani Bu Ali led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al-Hammuda [Muḥammed bin Nāṣir al-Ḥamūdah] were rebelling against the Su...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1931-18 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

539. IOR/R/15/1/653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/653
Title:
‘File 86/2 V (C 44) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to ongoing exploratory oil drilling being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 IV (C 43) Bahrain Oil; Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’ (IOR/R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1928-29 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

540. IOR/R/15/1/654

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/654
Title:
‘File 86/2 VI (C 46) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to ongoing exploratory oil drilling being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and the resignation of Major Frank Holmes as Chief Local Representative for BAPCO in Bahrain. The volume is a direct c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1928-31 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios)