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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language English Name Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1939-1945

1. IOR/L/PS/12/372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/372
Title:
PZ 2221/40 'Use of wrong code in telegram from Ministry of Economic Warfare to Tehran'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a telegram from the Ministry of Economic Warfare addressed to Sir Reader Bullard, the British Ambassador of Tehran, including related correspondence regarding the use an incorrect telegram code. The telegram refers to a proposed future purchase of wool in Iran.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1940 - 27 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/517

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/517
Title:
Ext 2944/41 'Flour for Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Economic Warfare, regarding a shortage of flour in Bahrein [Bahrain] caused by a lack of shipping space on v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1941-7 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/548
Title:
Ext 4840/41 'Afghanistan and Persian. Possible employment of Polish engineers.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the possible employment of Polish engineers in Persia and Afghanistan. The correspondence discusses the various types of engineer which could be required (mining, oil, hydro-electrical, railway), and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1941-7 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3336
Title:
Coll 25/31 'Orders in Council: Defence Regulations (Persian Gulf) Order in Council: Application to the Arab States of the Persian Gulf of draft Trading with the Enemy Bill'
Scope & Content:
Copies of legislation passed during the Second World War and relating to the Persian Gulf. Numerous incarnations, in the form of amendments, of the following orders are included in the file: Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939 Trading with the Enemy (Specified Persons) Trading with the Enemy (Custo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1939-26 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (703 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4492
Title:
Coll 44/16 ‘Persian Gulf. Introduction of an export licensing system. Regulation made under Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939).’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to the introduction of an export licensing system for Arab countries in the Persian Gulf during the Second World War. The papers notably cover the following: The Bahrain (also written in the file as Bahrein) Petroleum Compa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/678

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/678
Title:
‘File 28/4 Trading with the enemy’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of printed circulars and notices issued by the British Government, memoranda and letters issued by the Government of India, and copies of correspondence to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to trade with countries and territories regarded as the enemy, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1939-4 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 volume (498 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/758

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/758
Title:
‘File 28/70 Navicert Rules, Regulations and Instructions’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, chiefly sent from either the Government of India or the Ministry of Economic Warfare, including: official circulars, notices, instructions, and other papers, relating to the implementation of the Navicert system to Iraqi and Iranian ports in the Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1940-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (304 folios)