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1. IOR/L/PS/9/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/15
Title:
'LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF', Vol 15
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Bushehr], dated 27 February-6 November 1869. The despatches contain enclosures comprising correspondence sent and received by Pelly, dated 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1869-6 Nov 1869
Extent:
1 volume (550 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/16
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF’, Vol 16
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 May-30 December 1870. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 2 March...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 May 1870-30 Dec 1870
Extent:
1 volume (836 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/17
Title:
LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF. VOL 17. JAN-JUN 1871.
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to secret letters comprising copies of correspondence dated 7 January to 8 June 1871, addressed to and from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HM Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr, Iran], addressed to the Duke of Argyll, HM Principal Secretary of State for India in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1871-8 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 volume (649 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/18
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, JULY-SEP 1871’, Vol 18
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 3 July-23 September 1871. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 20 Ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1871-23 Sep 1871
Extent:
1 volume (542 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/606

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/606
Title:
File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf, 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1916-1928
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/850/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/850/3
Title:
File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the visit of Mission (deputation) from Bahrein [Bahrain] to the United Kingdom in 1919. It includes correspondence regarding the reception of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein, and Abdullah’s son Muhammad-bin-Abdulla by King George...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1919-12 Aug 1920
Extent:

1 item (83 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3854
Title:
Coll 30/123(2) 'Bahrein (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and two oil companies: Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over oil concession rights in the Bahrain Unallotted Area, i.e. those parts of Bahrain territory (including the Hawar Islands), an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1938-19 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3855

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3855
Title:
Coll 30/123(3) 'Bahrein (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with the Bahrain Petroleum Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file title has been amended from 'Petroleum Concessions Ltd' to read 'the Bahrain Petroleum Company'. The file concerns negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), which resulted in the Company receiving exclusive oil concession rights over the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1939-6 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (547 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3883
Title:
Coll 30/148 'Qatar: Question of ownership of Zubarah.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the dispute between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar concerning sovereignty over Zubarah on the Qatar mainland. Zubarah was said to have 'considerable sentimental value' (folio 68) to the Al Khalifah family, as they originally came from there to take over Bahrain; however, in bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1937-16 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (147 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3895
Title:
Coll 30/159 'Ownership of Hawar Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the disputed claims of the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands. The issue arose afresh in 1936 in response to a request from Petroleum Concessions Limited to settle the issue of ownership, in order that the Company could claim oil concession rights...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1936-15 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)