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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Language English Subject Gifts

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3740

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3740
Title:
Coll 30/26 'Persian Gulf. Gifts to Arab Rulers. Delegation to A. O's. Abroad of Authority to Make Small Gifts to Local Notables'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the protocol around granting members of the Royal Air Force on service in the Persian Gulf the authority to give small presents to local notables (usually referred to as notabilities in the file) as gestures of respect or in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1932-1 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3870
Title:
Coll 30/136 'Film productions: Facilities for film-producing units.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the making of a documentary film by the Strand Film Company, London, concerning the Imperial Airways route between the United Kingdom and Australia, which involved filming at Sharjah. The papers include: telegrams dated 1936 giving permission for the filming from the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1936-13 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3931

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3931
Title:
Coll 30/192(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence Bahrein. Supply of ammunition to the Bahrein Govt by H.M.Govt.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the gift of 100,000 rounds of ammunition from the British Government to Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file). The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1939-29 Jul 1940
Extent:

1 file (27 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3936

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3936
Title:
Coll 30/195 ‘Persian Gulf Defence QATAR.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Qatar. It includes a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq, 8 August 1938, concerning the defence of Qatar, including the possibe need to protect an oil field an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 August 1938-29 Jan 1943
Extent:

1 file (26 folios)