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1. IOR/L/PS/10/321

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/321
Title:
File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann) and others: the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Oct 1907-20 Nov 1908
Extent:
1 file (263 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1966

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1966
Title:
Coll 5/20 ‘Air Route to India – Arab Coast Secn: Negotiations with Trucial Sheikhs’
Scope & Content:
The file is largely made up of correspondence, with occasional internal India Office notes, and records of inter-departmental meetings. The subject matter is the establishment of an aerodrome on the Trucial Coast to facilitate the transfer of Imperial Airways' Europe-India route from Southern Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
17 Feb 1932-6 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (636 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3886
Title:
Coll 30/151 'Oil: Sharjah Political Agreement, and Commercial Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the Political Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary, Petroleum Concessions (Trucial Coast) Limited, relating to the Sharjah Oil Concession, and the related Commercial Agreement between the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-7 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/185
Title:
17 File 592 I Runaway Sailors and Divers, Agreement with Trucial Chiefs for their Prevention
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and the various chiefs of the Trucial Coast regarding arrangements concerned with runaway sailors and divers in the area. The file contains several letters and other documents in Arabic (with English translations) sent from the Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1878-22 Jan 1880
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/196
Title:
'Sirri Island Occupation by the Persian Govt. 1887-1902'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the Persian claim to the island of Sirrī, as well as their claim to and occupation of that place. In addition there is information concerning rival claims by Trucial Coast rulers, details concerning Dubai pearl divers on the island and details concern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
18 Sep 1887-27 Jun 1902
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/197
Title:
'B.11 668-II Sirri Island'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence mostly concerning the island of Sirri [Sirrī], as well as other Persian Gulf islands, including Tanb [Ṭanb] and Lesser Tanb, Farur [Farūr] and Lesser Farur, Dalmah [Dalmā], Halul island [Ḥālūl], Sir Abu Nu'ayr [Ṣīr Abū Nu‘ayr], and Sir Bani Yas [Ṣīr Banī Yās]. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
31 May 1904-25 Oct 1910
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

8. IOR/R/15/1/671

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/671
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-I B.34. OIL TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), the India Office (Maurice Clausen, John Charles Walton) and Edward Henry Ommaney Elkington, General Manager of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 May 1935-4 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/673

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/673
Title:
CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-III B.36. TRUCIAL COAST.
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the intention of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) to negotiate extensions on the options that the D’Arcy Exploration Company had acquired with the rulers of Abu Dhabi (Shaikh Shakhbūt bin Sulṭān bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān), Ajman (Rāshid Bin Ḥumaid Al-Nu`aimī), Dibai [Dubai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
21 Jan 1936-30 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/677

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/677
Title:
'Vol-B.44. Confidential 86/7-vii. P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume primarily consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch); Political Agent at Bahrain (Tom Hickinbotham); the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Abd ‘al-Razzaq) the India Office (John Charles Walton, Maurice...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 May 1937-9 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)