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3692. IOR/R/15/1/552-553
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/552-553
- Title:
- File 59: Buildings
- Scope & Content:
- The subject file title ('Buildings') is incorrect. Instead, the two volumes contain correspondence relating to British relations with Muscat, and the increasing French influence in the affairs of the Sultan of Muscat. The dispute concerning Muscat ships using the French flag to transport slaves f...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1902-1909
- Extent:
- 2 volumes (413 folios)
3693. IOR/R/15/1/554-555
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/554-555
- Title:
- File 60: Financial
- Scope & Content:
- There are two surviving files in the ‘Financial’ subject category. The earlier file, which is a bound volume, contains correspondence about banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly the rival operations of the Eastern Bank, the Imperial Bank of Persia (later the Imperial...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, and French
- Date Range:
- 1918-1946
- Extent:
- 2 files and volumes (205 folios)
3694. IOR/R/15/1/556-609
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/556-609
- Title:
- File 61: Najd
- Scope & Content:
- These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, French, and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1905-1944
- Extent:
- 54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)
3695. IOR/R/15/1/610-615
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/610-615
- Title:
- File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
- Scope & Content:
- These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, and French
- Date Range:
- 1911-1919
- Extent:
-
6 files and volumes (1107 folios)
3696. IOR/R/15/1/616 (Sub-sub-series)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/616 (Sub-sub-series)
- Title:
- File 78: Pearl Fisheries
- Scope & Content:
- A single file of correspondence and papers relating to the Gulf pearl fisheries.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1937-1940
- Extent:
- 1 file (82 folios)
3697. IOR/R/15/1/617A-B
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/617A-B
- Title:
- File 79: Second World War
- Scope & Content:
- The files and volumes contain correspondence pertaining to emergency legislation, regulations, and precautions put into place in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and the Trucial Coast during the Second World War. The correspondence is between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1939-1947
- Extent:
- 2 files and volumes (323 folios)
3698. IOR/R/15/1/618-637
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/618-637
- Title:
- File 82: Anglo-Persian Oil Company
- Scope & Content:
- The twenty files forming the 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files were produced by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire. The 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Anglo-Persian Oil Comp...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1921-1939
- Extent:
- 20 files (4277 folios)
3699. IOR/R/15/1/638-703
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/638-703
- Title:
- File 86: Eastern and General Syndicate
- Scope & Content:
- The sub-sub-series comprises detailed records of the negotiations for, and awarding of, oil concessions in the Persian Gulf. Also included are records of the exploitation of the concession through geological surveying, drilling, and the construction of refineries and pipelines. The main concess...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic and English
- Date Range:
- 1925-1948
- Extent:
- 66 files and volumes (7898 folios)
3700. IOR/R/15/1/752-757
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/752-757
- Title:
- Correspondence in Arabic and English between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and the Residency Agent on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah
- Scope & Content:
- This file mainly contains letters and instructions sent from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf to the Residency Agent on the Trucial Coast at Sharjah in the years 1883-1914, 1921, 1924-1927 and 1930, as well as a ledger book of drafts of letters sent from the Residency Agent to the Pol...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 1883-1930
- Extent:
-
6 files (1206 folios)