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11. IOR/L/PS/10/997

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/997
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the oil concession in Bahrain. Also included are some article cuttings (folio 338 and folio 344) from petroleum industry newspapers. The discussion in the volume relates to the wording and legal interpr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1933-8 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 volume (459 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/10/998

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/998
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the precise terms of the oil concession in Bahrain and in particular issues regarding the translation of the lease from English to Arabic. Also included are some article cuttings (ff 51-62) from petroleum ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1934-Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (395 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/10/999

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/999
Title:
File 2794/1921 'PARTS 7, 8 & 9 BAHRAIN OIL CONCESSION, WIRELESS, TELEPHONES, AND CUSTOMS DUTIES &c.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the import of certain items (such as refrigerators, furniture and motor cars) by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, the installation of radio-telephones and correspondence on the oil concessions in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1935
Extent:
1 volume (496 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/10/1003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1003
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 15 'Oil. Koweit Neutral Zone. On concessions in.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns correspondence and records of meetings to discuss questions relating to oil in the Persian Gulf, including Kuwait and the Kuwait Neutral Zone, and also Bahrain and Qatar. This includes discussion of the history and status of the Neutral Zone between Nejd and Koweit [Kuwait] a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1933-15 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 volume (488 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/281
Title:
PZ 1058/1939 'Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the Standard Oil Company of California's oil concession in Bahrein [Bahrain]. The correspondence is concerned with whether or not it would be appropriate for Imperial Airways to assist the Californian company in developing aerial infrastructure in Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1939-23 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/732

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/732
Title:
Ext 3508/42 'Report by Mr Bowlby, Petroleum Department representative, on his visit to Abadan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Basra'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a report by Hugo Salvin Bowlby, Petroleum Department representative in Baghdad, on his visit to Abadan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Basra, forwarded by Petroleum Department to the India Office. The report describes visits to oil fields in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in June 1942.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1942-6 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/3863

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3863
Title:
Coll 30/129 'Persian Gulf. Question of the ownership of the islands of Farsi, Arabi and Harqus, and Dalmah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the territorial status of a number of small islands in the Persian Gulf and their potential for oil exploration. In particular, the status of the islands of Farsi, Arabi and Harqus is discussed at length. In addition to corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1936-25 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

18. 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)

19. IOR/L/PS/18/B316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B316
Title:
'Report on the prospects of obtaining oil in the Jabal-Hamrin and Jabal-Makhul between Tikrit and Sharqat by E H Pascoe, Geological Survey of India'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document which provides topographical details for the mountain ranges of Jabal Hamrin and Jabal Makhul in Fars with a view to obtaining oil from the area. Edwin Hall Pascoe provides a general overview of the area before discussing the following areas in more detail: rocks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/6/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/110
Title:
‘File 2/32 ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AIR FACILITIES’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the negotiation of either the acquisition or lease of a base at Masirah Island. The British Government acquired a base either by the purchase or exchange of Masirah Island for Kuria Muria or the lease of wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1944-12 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)