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1. IOR/R/15/1/642

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/642
Title:
File 86/1 VI (D 97) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume relates to three main areas of discussion: The Kuwait Oil Company's negotiations with the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, for the granting of an oil concession in Kuwait. Included within the volume are copies of both the draft concession agreement, in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/412
Title:
File 10/3 III Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in Bushire, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India, on the Qatar oil concession, on the Southern boundary of Qatar and on the role of Ibn Saud in the negotiation. The volume includes: meeting notes, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1934-24 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/413
Title:
File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the India Office and the Shaikh of Qatar, the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and H.M.'s Ministry at Jedda in regard to the borders of Qatar, the oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdoms with Ibn Said. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1934-20 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1770
Title:
File 33/9 [17/2] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MUHARRAQ & MANAMA.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the installation of a telephone line connecting the Imperial Airways aerodrome (landing ground) at Muharraq and the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications at Manama with the Bahrain telephone exchange. The work was undertaken by the Government of Bahrain,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1932-2 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/277
Title:
File 6/3 Survey of Kuwait and Neutral Zone by the Royal Air Force (also by American Navy)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Kuwait, and British Authorities in London and Iraq regarding the aerial survey of the Neutral Zone that lies between the Kuwaiti-Iraqi and Saudi Arabian borders. Several papers discuss concerns held by Saudi authorities that aerial ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1930-9 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (161 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/74
Title:
'File [IIA/1 III] II. AVIATION. A. CIVIL AVIATION. (1) Civil Air Agreement with Sultan.'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume is mainly related to the use of Gwadur anchorage by Imperial Airways flying boats and the question of whether to obtain special authorisations from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in this regard or not. The correspondence in the volume also covers the following: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1937-15 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 volume (131 folios)