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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Language English Name Department of Overseas Trade, 1918-1953

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3753

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3753
Title:
Coll 30/40 'Persian Gulf. Trade, Miscellaneous Enquiries and Correspondence with the Department of Overseas Trade'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Department of Overseas Trade in London and British officials based in the Persian Gulf regarding commercial relationships between British companies and local traders in the region, primarily in Bahrain and Kuwait. As such, the file also contains a li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1929-21 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3754

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3754
Title:
Coll 30/41 'Co-ordination of Commercial Intelligence: Method of Conducting Correspondence between the Political Resident and the D.O.T. in Visits of the Vice-Consul, Bushire, to Gulf Countries'
Scope & Content:
This file contains the following: correspondence and related documentation from 1939 concerning the travel arrangements of R S T John (British Vice-Consul in Bushire) around the Persian Gulf in order to complete research for a report on economic conditions in the region (folio 1-52) corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1925-7 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3785

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3785
Title:
Coll 30/68 'Trade: Japanese trading activities in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports on Japanese trade with the Persian Gulf, in the light of a marked increase in Japanese trading activities in the region. The file contains information relating to Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast. The file consists of correspondence from the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1933-2 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (117 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3789

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3789
Title:
Coll 30/72 'Foreign Shipping in: Inauguration of regular steamship service from Italy by the Lloyd Triestino Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the introduction of a 'subsidised' shipping service into the Persian Gulf by the Italian shipping company Lloyd Triestino. The Foreign Office viewed the development with concern, at a time of increasing international interest in the Persian Gulf. The papers cover: summary of f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1933-31 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3797
Title:
Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities'
Scope & Content:
The file contains information on economic and trade conditions in the states located on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf, and discussion of the potential market there for British goods. The main correspondents are the Department of Overseas Trade, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1930-12 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (354 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3798
Title:
Coll 30/81 'Minerals: Desire of Commander Bayldon R.N., (retd.) for concession for mining Red Oxide on Abu Musa. Possibilities of deposits on the Tamb Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns attempts by Commander Robert Corbett Bayldon, Royal Navy, (retired) to obtain a concession to mine red oxide on the island of Abu Musa (also referred to as Bu Musa) from the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah]. The result was an agreement in 1934 granting Bayldon the personal right to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1934-26 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file in 3 parts (475 folios)