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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Ministry of Transport, 1919-1970 Level [40] File

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/804
Title:
Ext 1237/43 'Representation of Middle East Supply Centre in Persia: appointment of Mustapha, agricultural expert'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises papers relating to requests made by the Ministry of Shipping to find a suitable agricultural adviser to represent the Middle East Supply in Centre in Persia. The principal correspondents in the file are the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of War Transport. The ministries...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1943-22 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/860

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/860
Title:
Ext 5263/43 'Despatch of goods to Persian Gulf: Parcel Post'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding licences andformalities required to export goods to the Persian Gulf. The primarycorrespondents are: India Office; Board of Trade; Ministry of War Transport. Folios 4-13 cover enquiries from the companies Johnson &Johnson, J A Afriat, and Gordon &a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1943-29 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)