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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/651-765 Place Qatar, Arabian Peninsula, Asia Level [40] File

1. IOR/R/15/2/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/728
Title:
‘File 28/35 Defence of Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file, while entitled ‘Defence of Qatar’, chiefly concerns the issue of six rifles and 1,200 rounds of small arms ammunition (SAA) to British personnel employed by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in Qatar during the war. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1939-20 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/733

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/733
Title:
‘File 28/38 Powers to appoint approved members of the Company’s [Petroleum Concessions Limited] staff in Qatar as special police officers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to the institution of a regulation, created under the Qatar Order in Council (1939) enabling the Political Agent at Bahrain to appoint specified employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) as Special Police Officers in Qatar. The princip...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1947-4 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/755
Title:
‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to customs and transit duties payable on equipment and stores owned by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ) that are passing from Qatar through Bahrain, as a consequence of the shutdown of the Company’s operations in Qatar in 1942. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1942-19 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)