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51. IOR/R/15/1/330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/330
Title:
File 19/118 (C 7) Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence regarding the appointment of the first Political Agent to Bahrain (1900). The documents include an assessment of Shaikh Isa bin Ali's rule and discuss the rationale behind the appointment of an Agent to the island as well as the logistics and price involved in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1898-10 Apr 1908
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/1/349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/349
Title:
File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the pearling industry of Bahrain and the reforms of the industry that were enacted by the British during the 1920s. The correspondence discusses the status of the industry prior to the reforms, the nature of the relationship between the ship captain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1924-30 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/1/432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/432
Title:
Persian representation at Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file includes correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat. There are also correspondence with Walter Beaupré Townley, Minister to Persia; Muhammad Amin Beg [Muḥammad Amīn Beg], the Turk; the Commissioner of Sind, Karachi; Edward Gelson...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
5 Jun 1914-23 Jul 1921
Extent:
1 file (119 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/1/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/457
Title:
Muscat: Proposed Tariff Treaty
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the drafting of the Muscat Tariff treaty. Letters discuss the raising of duty on French and American goods beyond a rate of five per cent which had been limited by Article 3 of the 1833 Treaty between Muscat and the United States of America, and by Article 10 of the 18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Sep 1929-19 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 file

55. IOR/R/15/1/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/466
Title:
Sultan of Muscat's movements
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the movements of the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr] from 1941 to 1947 including the following trips: A passage to Dhofar from Muscat in October 1941. To India in October 1942 when correspondence discusses how as a sovereign his luggage should not be subject to ins...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1941-5 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/1/467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/467
Title:
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the employment of Saiyid Tarik bin Taimur [Tāriq bin Taymūr], half brother of the Sultan. The correspondence gives an assessment of his character and reports on his activities in Police Training in Quetta and how he adapted to living in Muscat. Includes extracts from M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1943-28 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/1/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/551
Title:
F-93 58/6-I Qatar Order-in-Council
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat; Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar; Secretary of State for India, London; M J Clauson and J P Gibson of the India Office, London; and the F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1935-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/1/497, f 91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/497, f 91
Title:
Conventionalized sketch of Fao estate
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch maps enclosed with a copy of letter no. C-184 dated 23rd May 1938 (folio 89) showing the Fao estates owned by Shaikh Ahmad with occupants’ names typewritten and number of trees cut down marked in red.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 map

59. IOR/R/15/1/606, f 79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606, f 79
Title:
‘Sakak Fort looking NW’
Scope & Content:
Aerial photograph of Sakak [As Sikak] Fort, situated in a desert landscape on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The photograph was taken during a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight on 14 October 1935. A shadow of the reconnaissance plane can be seen on the ground, to the left of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1935-16 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 black and white photograph

60. IOR/R/15/1/606, f 81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/606, f 81
Title:
‘Ambak looking SSW’
Scope & Content:
Aerial photograph of gardens and walls at Ambak [Nibāk], situated in a desert landscape on the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The photograph was taken during a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight on 14 October 1935. On the rear of the photograph is a red date stamp, marked ‘for offic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1935-16 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 black and white photograph