Abstract: The volume is entitled
List Showing the Names, Titles and Modes of Address of the More Important Sovereigns, Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles etc., Having Relations with the Indian Government, Alqabnamah(New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1935). [The Alqabnamah was a register kept by the Indian Government, recording official titles and modes of address.] It is described on the front cover as 'Corrected up to the 5th October 1935'. The volume shows a number of manuscript corrections, additions and cross-references.The volume is divided into lists of independent states, protectorate rulers, ruling princes and chiefs in India, and miscellaneous. Within these divisions information is recorded in parallel columns under the following headings:name of state;name and [form] of address of ruler in English;commencement and conclusion of letter in English, and colour of crest;highest British authority by whom hitherto addressed;name and [form] of address in Persian or Arabic;number of guns [in official salute];remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1A on the front cover and terminates at 71 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil. are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B; ff. 10A, 10B. Folio 64 has been attached to the outer edge of f. 63.
Abstract: The volume consists of approximately forty extracts from Volume I, Parts I and II, and Volume II of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer. The reason for the compilation of this volume of extracts is unclear.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 88 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. There is also a printed pagination sequence covering most of the volume.
Abstract: The file concerns relations between Ibn Sa'ud (also referred to in the papers as Ibn Saud, Bin Saud, and Bin Sa'ud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] and the Rulers of the Trucial States.The papers include reports in Arabic with separate English translations from the Residency Agent, Shargah [Sharjah] to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated June 1923 - October 1930, covering issues such as tribal loyalties, the collection of zakat, agreements between the Sheikhs, the activities of the Amir of Hasa, the presence of Najdis in the area, and general matters; correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated November 1925 - January 1926, reporting an advance by Isa bin Saleh of Kabil into the Dhahira [Dhahir] tract in Oman to ward off a possible move by Ibn Saud on that part of Arabia; and a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, the Political Resident, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London, summarising the situation in Trucial Oman [the Trucial States] created by the activities of Ibn Sa'ud's representative, the Amir of Hasa, with background information on the area and the tribes who inhabited it, June 1926.The papers further include: note by Bertram Sidney Thomas on tribes in the area, March [1927]; report on Wahabi activities in the Persian Gulf, by Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, Political Agent, Bahrain, April 1927; correspondence from Captain Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent, Bahrain to the Political Resident concerning an alleged breach of Article no 1 of the Treaty of 1892 between the British Government and the Ruler of Dubai, following the arrest of a Saudi subject in Dubai and his return to Saudi Arabia for punishment, July 1937; and letter from Hugh Weightman, Political Agent, Bahrain, to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 6 February 1939, summarising the strength of Bin Saud's influence in and around Baraimi, and concluding that he was probably not regarded by the Trucial Sheikhs as a serious menace to their independence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 89, the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil and enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 5, 5A. The following number is omitted from the foliation sequence: 2. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 47, 57. A second, incomplete foliation sequence, numbered 8-132 (ff. 3-89) is also present. These numbers appear in the same position as the main sequence, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file consists of
The Qatar Order in Council, 1938(His Majesty's Stationery Office Press, 1938).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 16 on the last folio. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio.
Abstract: Imprint:London, T. Pettitt & Co. Litho.Distinctive Features:Map in the upper left:'North end of Hormúz Island shewing site of ancient towns &c.’.Map in the upper right:'Map shewing the position of Hormúz Island with reference to the Persian Coast and the other old European settlements in the vicinity. From actual survey by A.W. Stiffe, late Lieut. R.N.'View in the lower left:'Portuguese fort on Hormúz Island, old minaret on the left.'Map in the lower right:'Isld. of Harmúz or Ormus. Bird's-eye view of Hormúz from “Astley's" collection’Includes Latin text in the upper centre: ‘A ESTA SEPHEDESI MAORO 13 DEFAR IAE DESVAMOL HERE HERDROS FALECEOEILEA A.Z. DEABRILDE BOIEILA A8DEE EVRODE B03’. And below: ‘SEPVTRA DE AMTONO CO REA E DE SEVS IR DEIROS FALE SEO AOS 17 DE IANE IRO DE 1591 ANNOS’. With skull and crossbones at the bottom.Inscriptions:On recto, top margin in the right-hand corner: ‘Geographical Magazine’ and 'April 1874'.Physical description: Dimensions:260 x 240 mm or smaller, on sheet 430 x 570 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:The Northern portion of map only, lacking publisher’s imprint.Depths shown by soundings. Notations to ensure efficient and safe navigation of Kuwait bay cover the face of the map. Additions in black, red and blue ink including 'Formal drawing of Kuwait Bay' inserted in the upper left-hand corner of sheet, base line and points of interest, lettered for reference but lacking a key.Physical description: Dimensions:302 x 693 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Shows the location of tribes that dwelled in the Trucial States area with names given and boundaries indicated by blue lines.Topographical information based on ‘Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf’ by John Gordon Lorimer published in 1908.The map, together with ‘Note on the tracts and tribes of South Hasa, Trucial Oman, “Independent Oman” and Dhahirah (Oman Sultanate), located between the coast of the Persian Gulf and Ruba’ al Khali (the Great Salt Desert)’ was attached to the letter dated 9th June 1926 (folios 35-46).Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with crayon on tracing clothDimensions:322 x 532 mm
Abstract: Distinctive features:Title deed plan dated 8th Safar, 1363, corresponding with 3rd February 1944.Shows plot of land situated at Umm al Hasam, Manamah which was exchanged for the land situated in Ghosaibia, Manamah in order to provide space for the Royal Navy base at Jufair.Labelled and coloured for reference with measurements reported.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with wash on tracing clothDimensions:190 x 200 mm, on sheet 266 x 225 mm
Abstract: Distinctive features:Title deed plan dated 6th Safar, 1363, corresponding with 1st February 1944.Shows plot of land situated at Ghosaibia, Manamah which was exchanged for the land situated in Umm al Hasam, Manamah in order to provide space for the Royal Navy base at Jufair.Labelled and coloured for reference with measurements reported.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with wash on tracing clothDimensions:140 x 160 mm, on sheet 276 x 225 mm
Abstract: A photographic copy of ‘APPENDIX IV. MAP ENCLOSURE TO H.E. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER’S DESPATCH NO. C.O/120 DATED 9TH DECEMBER 1921’.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours and spot heights.Existing and proposed boundaries, and Turco-Persian Frontier as delimited in 1914 shown in colours with a key of reference inserted in the upper right.Numbered for reference with coordinates added in black ink.Physical description: Materials:Photographic print with additions in pen and inkDimensions:179 x 360 mm, on sheet 240 x 374 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Shows western shores of the Persian Gulf with key regional ports marked and underlined in red. The map was produced to illustrate the debate over the port of Zubara, Qatar.Printed version of this map is hold at IOR/R/15/1/319, folio 113.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on tracing clothDimensions:185 x 150 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:This is a printed version of a sketch map hold at IOR/R/15/1/319, folio 100.Shows western shores of the Persian Gulf with key regional ports marked and underlined in red. The map was produced to illustrate the debate over the port of Zubara, Qatar.Below In the left-hand corner below neat line: ‘S.D.O. no. 2794, February 1920.’Physical description: Dimensions:168 x 145 mm, on sheet 342 x 200 mm