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1. IOR/R/15/2/1742-1757

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1742-1757
Title:
File 29: Consular
Scope & Content:
The Consular sub-sub-series primarily contains files related to nationality, travel, passports and visas (and other travel documents issued by the British authorities). Also contained in the sub-sub-series are files related to British Government policy in 'Arabian Affairs' (IOR/R/15/2/1742), t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1929-1950
Extent:
16 files (2055 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1746

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1746
Title:
File 29/5 Sharjah Funds
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers regarding two financial funds that were created in the Trucial Coast during the Second World War; the Subsidizing Fund (to provide cereals at subsidized prices locally) and the Dubai Hospital Fund (to fund the future construction of a hospital in Dubai).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1945-27 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1751
Title:
File 29/7 D Ristricted Visas
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documents regarding a number of foreign individuals that British officials were ordered to not grant visas to, without prior reference to the Government of India. On folios 2-10, the file contains a list of the names of a group of Pakistani Aramco employee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1950-18 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1752

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1752
Title:
File 29/8 III Applications for Passports
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and numerous applicants regarding the issuing of British passports and other travel documents. The file contains a large number of applications for British passports from British Protected Persons (primarily from India) and requests fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1937-14 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (234 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1753

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1753
Title:
File 29/16 British Naturalisation, and Retention and Resumption of British Nationality
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the retention and resumption of British nationality and the naturalisation of individuals as British citizens. The file contains copies of letters of application from a number of different individuals (some of which are in Arabic) and requests sent o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1937-16 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1745

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1745
Title:
File 29/4 Application for British Nationality by Persian Shaikhs
Scope & Content:
This file contains a translation of a letter in which Shaikh Yasr bin Mathkoor Nasuri requests assistance from Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain. The file also contains a letter from Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1946-11 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1754

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1754
Title:
File 29/22 B II Special Endorsement for British Territories etc
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documents related to special endorsements for travel issued in Bahrain and Sharjah for individuals travelling to British territories including India, Palestine and the Union of South Africa. The file also contains lists of visas granted to 'aliens' (i.e. non...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1945-Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1755
Title:
File 29/28 British Industrial Fair
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, promotional material and other documents related to the British Industries Fair (BIF) in London and other similar events in London, including a mechanical handling conference (1948) and an engineering and marine exhibition (1949). The file contains a number of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
13 Sep 1934-24 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (256 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1744
Title:
File 29/3 (1 A/36) Institution of Bahrain and Kuwait Nationality
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office to George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department at the Foreign Office. The letter outlines the history of the creation of Koweiti [Kuwaiti] and Bahreini [Bahraini] nationality and the British Government's role in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1934-17 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1743

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1743
Title:
File 29/2 Transfer of Responsibility for Gulf Affairs from Colonial Office to India Office
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of a telegram (with covering letter) sent from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London to the Political Resident in Bushire on 30 July 1933. The telegram informs the Political Resident that effective from 1 August 1933, the India Office will take over respons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)