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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language French Place Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/81
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 1 'Bahrain: situation; disurbances (1904-1905); Sheikh Ali's surrender; Question of Administration Reforms (Customs etc)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to disturbances in Bahrain and the consequent discussion over administrative changes. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1904-Aug 1914
Extent:

1 volume (260 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/82
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 2 'Bahrain: status; British protection of Bahrainis; Persian claim to sovereignty'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, handwritten notes, and minutes relating to the question over the status of subjects of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates) when in Persia and Turkish Arabia. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office and the Foreign Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Oct 1905-Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/457
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1902-28 July 1914
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1040

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1040
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 2 'Bahrein: Passport arrangements for travellers between Bahrein and Persia; Position of Bahreinis in Persia'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, draft papers, and memoranda relating to passport arrangements for Bahrainis in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly copies of that between officials in numerous diplomatic and administrative posts in parts of Mesopotamia, Persia, and the Persian Gulf, the Gover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jan 1923-7 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (661 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1041

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1041
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 3 'Bahrein: Persian claim to sovereignty'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. The original correspondence is principally between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Government of India (Foreign and Political Department). Further corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Dec 1922-22 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 volume (634 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/1045

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1045
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 7 'Bahrain: Persian claim to sovereignty; Persian Treaty negotations 1929-1930'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and memoranda relating to Persia's claim to sovereignty in Bahrain. Principal correspondents include officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department). Further correspondence, usua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Feb 1929-5 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 volume (559 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1981

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1981
Title:
Coll 5/31 ‘Air Route to India: Prohibition of private flights along the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes on the subject of private (or chartered) flights through the Persian Gulf states in special treaty relations with the British Government, these states being: Bahrain, Kuwait (also spelt Koweit), Muscat (Oman), and Sharjah. Prior to 1946, the corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Jun 1933-3 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (622 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3552
Title:
Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the business case to transfer the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain. The file is composed of internal correspondence between British officials including the Foreign Office (C W Baxter), the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Apr 1929-5 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 volume (447 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3717

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3717
Title:
Coll 30/7 'Persian Gulf, Russia: Russian Trade Activities'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the trading activities of the U.S.S.R. in the Persian Gulf, primarily in Iraq, Persia, Kuwait and Bahrain. These officials are from the Department of Overseas Trade; the Political Residency in Bushire; the British Consulates...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Oct 1927-7 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (280 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3821
Title:
Coll 30/102 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Negotiations between (a) the Iraq Petroleum Coy. and (b) the Standard Oil of California regarding the Bahrain oil concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations involving the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), the Standard Oil Company of California, the Texas Corporation, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the rights to exploit oil in Bahrain. The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-4 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)