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1. IOR/L/PS/10/1266/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1266/2
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Certain Islands in the Persian Gulf.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the status of certain islands in the Persian Gulf. A large proportion of the papers concern the policy to be adopted by the British Government (as decided by the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence) in relation to islands in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1928-4 Aug 1931
Extent:

1 item (102 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1267
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Tamb. (and Abu Musa)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the ownership and sovereignty of the islands of Tamb and Abu Musa (and Little Tamb and Sirri) in the Persian Gulf, and negotiations for a general treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran]. The papers mainly consist of correspondence and India Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Jul 1928-29 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (535 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2106
Title:
Coll 6/39 'Kuria Muria Islands: Administration and Status of'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the status and administration of the Kuria Muria Islands [Jazā’ir Khurīyā Murīyā, Oman]. It features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Resident, Aden; the Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for India; the Vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Swedish
Date Range:
2 Feb 1929-27 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2120
Title:
Coll 6/53 'Red Sea: The Hanish Islands.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the sovereignty status of the Hanish Islands, as well as that of other islands in the Lower Red Sea. It documents concerns held by the British Government that the Italian Government is in the process of attempting to establish some kind of informal control over certa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1928-12 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/C141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C141
Title:
'Memorandum on possible methods of Purchasing or Leasing the Islands in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines two forms by which islands in the Persian Gulf may be purchased from Persia, and three possible methods by which the islands may be leased instead; each proposal includes an estimate of the cost. It does not specify which islands the British hope to acquire by the proposed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1914
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

6. IOR/R/15/2/543-550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/543-550
Title:
File 15 Miscellaneous Reports
Scope & Content:
The files in this sub-sub series are categorised as miscellaneous reports; they cover diverse topics such as the ownership of islands in the Gulf as well as the leading personalities and tribes of Abu Dhabi, Buraimi and British Somaliland. The files include discussion of: the geographical charac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1930-1949
Extent:
8 files (566 folios)