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1. IOR/L/PS/10/66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/66
Title:
File 37/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documents related to the work of the Aden Boundary Commission, the British Government body tasked with the delineation of the borders of the British Protectorate of Aden. Much of the correspondence in the file relates specifically to the Subaihi border regio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/67
Title:
File 37/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Delimitation'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the delineation of the border between the British Protectorate of Aden and the Ottoman Vilayet of Yemen. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Foreign Office and the India Office. Much of the correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1905-1907
Extent:
1 volume (300 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2131
Title:
Coll 6/64 'South-Eastern Boundaries in [Arabia] – Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913. Attitude of U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to boundaries in eastern Arabia (specifically Saudi Arabia and Qatar). It concerns British policy regarding what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, as laid down in the non-ratifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-27 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2134
Title:
Coll 6/67(1) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Government should take in reaching a settlement with King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1934-13 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (392 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/404
Title:
'Muscat French Flag Question'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence predominantly between Major W G Grey, Officiating Political Agent; Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and A Barnett Barker, Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Lapwi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1 Feb 1905-7 Aug 1905
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/628

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/628
Title:
File 82/27 III (F 84) APOC: Qatar Oil
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes of meetings between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the India Office in London and ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Shaikh of Qatar, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and H.M.'s Ministry at Jed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (319 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/630
Title:
F-86 File 82/27 - V QATAR OIL
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the Government of India, the India Office in London and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the air reconnaissance of Qatar and the negotiations with ‘Abdull...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1934-21 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (228 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/674
Title:
'Confidential 86/7-IV B.40. Petroleum Concessions Limited - Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a record of negotiations between Major Frank Holmes and Ashraf Halim [Ashraf Halīm] on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and the Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Shaikh of Dibai [Dubai], over a concession agreement for Dibai, which resulted in a c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1936-9 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/675
Title:
'Confidential 86/7-v B.41 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD., TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), the India Office (Maurice Clauson), the Foreign Office (John Cecil Sterndale Bennett), the Colonial Office (Owen Gwyn Revell Williams), representatives of Petroleum ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Oct 1936-29 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (302 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/676
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-VI B.43. PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, primarily between Major Frank Holmes as negotiator for Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), John Skliros, Director of Petroleum Concessions Limited in London, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding progress in n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1937-29 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)