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1421. IOR/L/PS/12/791

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/791
Title:
Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit'
Scope & Content:
Thefile consists primarily of letters between the Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Treasury about a Swissapplication to send watches to Kuwait. The Foreign Exchange Control and theLocal Government accept the Swiss application and the watches are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1942-7 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

1422. IOR/L/PS/12/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/788
Title:
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1943-5 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

1423. IOR/L/PS/12/766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/766
Title:
Ext 6047/42 Improvement of amenities of government servants in essential enterprises in the Persian Gulf (Cable and Wireless, Bahrain Petroleum Co)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Government of India, External Department; the Ministry of Fuel and Power; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee; and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), regarding recreational facilities for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1943-10 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

1424. IOR/L/PS/12/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/146
Title:
PZ 3727/35 'Establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the poverty of Hejaz and the establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital. It also includes a translation of an advertisement to pilgrims announcing Medina-made cloth for sale in Mecca. The main corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1933-May 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

1425. IOR/L/PS/12/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/128
Title:
PZ 704/1935 Arabia: Request for Financial Assistance for the ex-Amir of Mecca
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, and enclosed copies of Foreign Office correspondence, relating to the former Amir [Emir] of Mecca, Sherif Ali Haider. It includes a letter from Kenneth Johnstone, Foreign Office, to John Gilbert Laithwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1935-25 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

1426. IOR/L/PS/12/528

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/528
Title:
Ext 3703/41 'Reactions in Middle East (expt. Afghanistan) to Russo-German war.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Foreign Office, HM Ambassador at Tehran and the Military Attaché, Tehran, regarding the positive reaction in Iran to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and describes an attempt by the Secretary of State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1941-3 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

1427. IOR/L/PS/12/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/768
Title:
Ext 6064/42 Pro-Axis plot in Persia; discovery of Mayer documents, etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, telegrams, and reports from the Government of India External Department; the Commander in Chief in the Middle East; the War Office; the Foreign Office; the British Embassy in Tehran; and the Minister of State in Cairo, regarding a German-Persian plot for a coup ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1942-21 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

1428. IOR/L/PS/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2
Title:
PZ 53/31 'Disposal of Rebel Leaders - Ibn Mashur.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the case of Farhan ibn Mashur, who had committed various acts of rebellion against Ibn Saud. At the conference on HMS Lupin in February 1930 (the Lupin Conference) the King of Iraq (Faisal I) had given a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1931-21 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

1429. IOR/L/PS/12/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/786
Title:
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

1430. IOR/L/PS/12/760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/760
Title:
Ext 5697/42 General Hurley, USA Minister to New Zealand: tour of Middle East, Russia, etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams from the Government of India, External Department, the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the British Minister of State in Cairo, and the British Embassy in Washington, regarding a tour conducted by General Hurley (USA Minister to New...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1942-20 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)