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601. 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)

602. IOR/L/PS/12/3919

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3919
Title:
Coll 30/181 'Development of Education in the Arab States.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the development of education in the Persian Gulf, particularly in Kuwait and Bahrain, including appointments to the post of Director of Education, Bahrain, which was organised (and partly funded) by the British Council. The papers cover: reports from the Political Agent, Kuwai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jan 1939-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (533 folios)

603. IOR/L/PS/12/4088-4099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4088-4099
Title:
Political (External) Collection 34: Slavery and the Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 34: Slavery and the Slave Trade sub-series concerns British anti-slave trade policy across the Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula, and Persian Gulf regions. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, specifically between the Foreign Office and Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1919-1948
Extent:
12 files (2358 folios)

604. IOR/L/PS/12/4090

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4090
Title:
Coll 34/3 'Slavery and Slave Trade: Red Sea and Arabia: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to slavery and slave traffic in the Red Sea and Arabian Peninsula. Principal correspondents include officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Treasury, and Admiralty. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, come...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Feb 1922-27 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (444 folios)

605. IOR/L/PS/12/4112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4112
Title:
Coll 35/10 'Afghanistan: entry into International Postal and Telegraph Unions; reorganisation of posts and telegraphs services'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the re-organization of Posts and Telegraphs in Afghanistan. The file covers: Arrangements with the Afghan Government for the transport of passengers, goods and mails between Peshawar and Kabul, 1923 Negotiations for Afghanistan to enter Postal Union, 1923 Afghan postal office ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Mar 1923-24 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

606. IOR/L/PS/12/4114A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114A
Title:
Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait. The file contains: Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29 Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

607. IOR/L/PS/12/4117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4117
Title:
Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the postal service in Persia and in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: Review of postal service in Persia [Iran] and in the Persian Gulf, with complaints of inefficiencies since their transfer under Persian administration, 1923 Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923 Proposed ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jun 1923-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

608. IOR/L/PS/12/4125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4125
Title:
Coll 35/19 'Persian Gulf: proposed erection by Persian Government of wireless stations at Persian Gulf ports'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed erection by Persian Government of wireless stations on the coasts of the Persian Gulf, at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bushire. The file contains a document in French, an invitation to tender. The file contains correspondence between the British Legation at Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Feb 1934-14 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

609. IOR/L/PS/12/4129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4129
Title:
Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the re-establishment of cable communication between Sheikh Said and the island of Perim [Yemen], proposed by the ruler of Yemen in 1932, and negotiations with Eastern Telegraph Company Limited. The file contains correspondence between: the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Jan 1932-26 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

610. IOR/L/PS/12/4131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4131
Title:
Coll 35/25 'Broadcasting of anti-British propaganda in the Middle East, Persian Gulf, NWF and Central Asia, etc. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding broadcasts made by Radio Bari (the Italian Government's Arabic language radio station) and their reception in Bahrain and Kuwait. It also contains discussions concerning the proposed establishment of a British Government Arabic language radio service, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Jan 1933-28 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (428 folios)