Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim in 1938 made by Ali bin Ibrahim bin Isa al Hyderabadi of Sharjah for money owed to him by Ahmad al Dalil of Dubai, a broker, to whom he had entrusted the sale of pearl dust at the end of the diving season. Most items of correspondence are in English and Arabic and include: several petitions from Ali bin Ibrahim bin Isa al Hyderabadi to the Political Agent at Bahrain; a letter from the Residency Agent at Sharjah to the Political Agent, reporting his investigation of the claim; a copy of a letter from the local judge or magistrate who is referred to as the Qasi [Cadi], to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] the Ruler of Dubai, reporting his efforts to settle the claim under Sharia law.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-36; these numbers are written in pencil or crayon, and are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to several complaint cases investigated by the Political Agent, Bahrain. They include: the desertion of his wife by a Kuwaiti subject in 1930; the recovery of money owing to a divorced wife by her ex-husband in 1931; the alleged seizure of goods from the vessel of a Kuwaiti Nakhoda [captain or master] who had run aground in Qatar in 1934; the non-payment of a business debt to a British Indian merchant of Kuwait, by a Bahrain merchant in 1936; and the release from imprisonment in Bahrain of a convicted Government of India employee, in 1949.The correspondence also includes copies of the printed annual statement of accounts for Kuwait Municipality for the period 1936-1939, which are in Arabic.The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agents for Kuwait and Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.There are also several petitions and witness statements made by the claimants and their representatives, including several in Arabic and one in Persian. There are also several letters in Arabic from the Ruler of Kuwait to the Political Agent, Kuwait about some of the complaints under investigation.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 102; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 4-101 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the settlement of various civil claims referred to the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, chiefly by Omani subjects in disputes over money with relatives or associates currently living and working in Bahrain and Sharjah. There are also attempts by the Political Agent and the Muscat authorities to trace the heirs to family property in Oman following the death of the owners. The main correspondents are: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency Agent at Sharjah and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. Included in the file are several Arabic documents and letters from the High Court of Bahrain, the Secretary of Manama Municipality, and officials of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 145; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains numerous courtesy letters expressing friendship, congratulations and thanks, which are exchanged mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The majority of courtesy letters received by the Political Agent, Bahrain are from the Dubai shaikhs, particularly from Shaikh Mani bin Rashid Maktum [Āl Maktūm, Shaikh Mana bin Rashid] who is the cousin of the Ruler Shaikh Sai’d bin Maktum [Āl Maktūm, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher]. Several of the letters from Shaikh Mani bin Rashid Maktum contain complaints against Sayid Abdul Razaq the Residency Agent at Sharjah.The file also contains a small amount of claims correspondence relating mainly to debt repayment. This correspondence includes petitions received from local merchants and other inhabitants of Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah, as well as letters from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain reporting his investigations into some of the claims made and any settlements reached. The majority of letters are in Arabic and are also translated into English. Included in the file are two merchant letters in Persian and a short extract from a German ornithological report in 1937, together with an English translation, about white storks.Finally, there is a small amount of correspondence in 1937 between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India regarding legal opinion on the service of summonses in the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-157; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence concerning a compensation claim for the murder of Aga Farrukh Shah (also spelt Agha Farrukhshah) at Kerman during the First World War. Aga Farrukh Shah was supposedly working in the interest of the British Government at the time of his death, and the first claim made by Mrs Aga Faruksha in 1919 was for a pension from the Government of India. This being denied it was forwarded to prefer a claim on the Persian Government. Copies of the original claim are included. With no further answer, and following the death of Mrs Aga Faruksha, the claim was raised by her daughter Bibi Shah Sultana in 1937, and again in 1940.Correspondents include: the Government of Bombay, Political and Services Department; the Government of Bombay, Political and Reforms Department; the Government of India, External Affairs Department; and A A Khan, Advocate, High Court, Poona.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 3 September 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, relating to the settlement of all outstanding claims of British subjects against the Persian [Iranian] Government. Enclosed are copies of the Officiating Political Resident's letters to: the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, Teheran; HRH the Prince Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]; and the Agent of the Persian Foreign Office, Bushire. The despatch is with reference to correspondence ending with Political No. 20 of 24 January 1873.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 91, and terminates at f 95a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains five foliation anomalies: f 91a, f 92a, f 93a, f 94a, and f 95a.
Abstract: The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a record of hearing proceedings held at the British Political Agency in Kuwait. These case papers relate to the investigation and resolution of 27 individual claims that were submitted to the Political Agent, Kuwait by resident British Indian subjects, merchants in India and others. The majority of claims concern either the non-payment of debts, goods or services, or land and property rights. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent at Kuwait and the individual claimants and defendants in each case. There are several letters, statements and notes in Arabic, two statements of account in Persian relating to goods purchased on credit, one letter of claim in French and one short note in Tamil.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 301; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional irregular foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-300; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are at times crossed out. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file forms part of the Judicial records of the Political Agency, Bahrain. It covers decrees and financial claims against two individuals.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the private and commercial financial claims made by British subjects and companies against the Government of Persia [Iran], as well as Persia’s financial affairs generally.The papers notably cover:Claims of British subjects against the Persian Government, and the forming of an Anglo-Persian commission of enquiry to assess these claimsBritish Government proposals for a final inclusive settlement to be paid by the Persian Government, in return for the liquidation of all outstanding British claimsPersian railwaysBritish financial interests in Persia.Also included in the volume are reports and detailed summaries of British Indian and British claims against Persia (ff 465-466 and ff 485-489 respectively).The principal correspondents are as follows: British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written as Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Imperial Bank of Persia, Treasury; Foreign Office.Physical description: 1 item (108 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], William Bruce, in Tehran, to HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, of 20 March 1814. The letter concerns the affair of the imprisonment of the Vizier of the Governor of Fars, Mahomed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khan] for indebtedness by the Governor of Fars, Hussein Ali Mirza (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/136). The letter details Bruces’s intervention in the affair, at Ouseley’s request, in which he acted as an adjudicator in the dispute and paid off some of Khan’s debts in advance, in order ensure Khan's release and maintain British prestige in Persia.The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 4 December 1818 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/179), which was received on 29 April 1819.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 25 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tabriz, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 4 December 1818. The letter concerns a Persian claim for payment of the sum of 80,000 tomans, on account of the subsidy previously paid by the East India Company to Persia. The letter forwards an official note from Willock to the Grand Vizier of the Shah of Persia detailing the illegality of the claim (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/180), and five other enclosures relating to the matter for Castlereagh’s information (not included in this item, see IOR/L/PS/9/68/181-185).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 7 December 1818 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/178), which was received on 29 April 1819.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)