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1. IOR/L/PS/10/50/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/1
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 6 'Koweit:- Status of Koweitis in Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the status of citizens of Koweit [Kuwait] in Persia, particularly in view of the fact that the British Government had not declared a formal protectorate over Kuwait, and that sovereignty over Kuwait was claimed by the Ottoman Empire. The principal correspondents are the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-30 Aug 1905
Extent:

77 folios

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1156
Title:
Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3709
Title:
Coll 30/1 'Tamb Island: Question of Lease to Persia, Persian Govt's Claim to Tamb'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the disputed ownership of the Tamb (also written as Tanb and Tund) [Greater and Lesser Tumb] islands between Ras al-Khaimah and the Government of Persia. The islands of Abu Musa and Henjam and their status are also mentioned intermittently throughout ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 May 1930-15 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (437 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3792
Title:
Coll 30/75 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Persian claims to Arab Littoral. Persian Govt. question right of H.M. Govt. to make official representations on behalf of Arab Rulers.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns relations between the governments of the United Kingdom and Persia (also referred to as Iran), specifically in terms of relations between Persia and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf that were under British protection. The file mainly contains correspondence from British Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jun 1918-26 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (394 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3810

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3810
Title:
Coll 30/90 'Persian claim to the island of Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the claim of the Government of Iran (generally referred to as the Government of Persia) to territorial sovereignty over Bahrein [Bahrain]. The papers include: the Iranian claim in the light of the Bahrain oil concession; representations by the Government of Iran to the League ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 May 1934-23 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file in 3 parts (519 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3822
Title:
Coll 30/103 'Basidu: Position of the inhabitants of Basidu in the event of evacuation by His Majesty's Government.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions over the position of the inhabitants of Basidu [on the island of Qeshm], in the event of its evacuation by the British Government. Basidu was a former naval depot that had been under British control since [circa] 1820. However, in the opinion of the Law Officers, Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Oct 1933-29 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3902

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3902
Title:
Coll 30/165 'Bahrein (and Nepal): Opium:- Supply of statistics under the Opium Conventions of 1925 and 1931.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of statistical information concerning the import and export of dangerous drugs in respect of Bahrain. The information was supplied by the Political Agency, Bahrain, via the Home Office, to the Permanent Central Opium Board of the League of Nations (later the United N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Aug 1935-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)