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641. IOR/R/15/2/388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/388
Title:
'File No: 10/1 (Vol: I). Oils & Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Colonial Office, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident in Bushire. Most correspondence is about the negotiations for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1932-25 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

642. IOR/R/15/2/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/390
Title:
'File 10/1 (Vol III). Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The volume mainly contains correspondence and telegrams on the renewal of the Bahrain Oil Concession, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Secretary of State in India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1933-21 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

643. IOR/R/15/2/473

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/473
Title:
'11/11 Visits by P.R's in the P.G. to King Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence reporting on visits to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud) undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior in 1932 and 1946 respectively. The report of Prior's visit (ff 2-9), dated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1932-7 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

644. IOR/R/15/2/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/658
Title:
‘File 28/1 H Proposal for provision of Indian Infantry Company for Bahrain defence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises three items: a copy of a telegram (f 2) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) dated 28 May 1940. The Resident states that he is considering requesting a company of Indian infan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1940-29 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

645. IOR/R/15/2/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/668
Title:
‘File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two secret telegrams, sent by the C-in-C (Commander-in-Chief), E.I. (East Indies Station), both dated 29 April 1940. The first (f 2) states that ‘All Swedish, Finnish, Latvian and Estonian ships in British Ports and bound for Scandinavian, Danish or Baltic Ports should by some ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

646. IOR/R/15/2/675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/675
Title:
‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from the Political Resident to his Agents, dated 16 Novem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (144 folios)

647. IOR/R/15/2/735

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/735
Title:
‘File 28/40 Proposed military occupation of Gulf ports & coast watching system’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises three items of correspondence relating to plans for reconnaissance flights over parts of the coast in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with a view to their occupation by British forces if necessary: a memorandum from Tenth Army headquarters, dated 25 June 1942 and marked mos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1942-6 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

648. IOR/R/15/2/765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/765
Title:
‘File 28/79 Discovery of wireless set at Jazirat Shaikh Shuaib’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the discovery of a wireless set, with parachute attached, at Kuwait, and four similar devices found near Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], reported by the Political Agent at Kuwait [Gordon Noel Jackson] and the British Consular Agent at Lingah respectively, i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1945-24 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

649. IOR/R/15/2/875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/875
Title:
File 39/4 (10/4) Activities of Eastern and General Syndicate in Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Colonial Office regarding the interest of Frank Holmes, on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate, in applying for an oil concession in Qatar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

650. IOR/R/15/2/881

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/881
Title:
File 39/11 (12/13) Magnetic observations in Bahrain by Kuwait Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding terrestrial magnetic observations as part of a seismic survey carried out in various stations of the Persian Gulf by Kuwait ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1936-26 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

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