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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, Commerce Department, 1872-1947 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/118
Title:
File 1265/1907 ‘Persian Gulf:- Wireless Stations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about proposals for the establishment of wireless telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, Bushire, Debai [Dubai] and Zora near Ajman instead of Kuwait. The main correspondents are the following: ministers and senior off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1912
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/448
Title:
File 1032/1914 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA:- TRADE WITH PERSIAN GULF PORTS'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Persia.' The volume concerns the Government of India's trade with ports in the Persian Gulf, and various rations and restrictions introduced during the First World War. Principal correspondents include the British Minister at Tehran, the Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1913-2 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/480
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Persian neutrality; German money for Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns German remittances to Persia, and the Foreign Office's efforts to stop and prevent these. The volume covers: Transmission of money from Amsterdam to Tehran, to be used for German propaganda during the First World War, via Imperial Bank of Persia. Various German attempts to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Dec 1914-2 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (349 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/662
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 10 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying Service. Operation by Board of Control. Govt. of India's contribution to the Lighting Fund.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to arrangements for the financing of the Persian Gulf lighting and buoying service. Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: Details of a new scheme for funding the service, which is to consist of shipping dues levied on behalf of the Government of India b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1925-5 Dec 1932
Extent:

1 volume (434 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1478

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1478
Title:
Coll 1/42 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: lighthouses'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the India Office, and the Government of India Department of Commerce, regarding the administration of lighthouses and related dues. The correspondence concerns the lighthouses at Aden and Perim: the Elephant'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1933-21 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4492
Title:
Coll 44/16 ‘Persian Gulf. Introduction of an export licensing system. Regulation made under Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939).’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to the introduction of an export licensing system for Arab countries in the Persian Gulf during the Second World War. The papers notably cover the following: The Bahrain (also written in the file as Bahrein) Petroleum Compa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/768
Title:
File 29/18 II Tea and coffee: Bahrain, Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact of the quota system and export licensing restrictions that were imposed by the Government of India, on the supply of Indian tea (and to a lesser extent the supply of coffee) to Bahrain and also to Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Mar 1944-24 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/790
Title:
‘File 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of various essential commodities from India, by sea from Bombay and Karachi to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, during the Second World War (1939-1945). Several commodities are mentioned including spi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
9 Sep 1943-25 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/792
Title:
File 29/31 Matches from India for Bahrain, Trucial Coast & Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of matches from India to Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, for local consumption, under Government of India export licensing controls and import quotas imposed during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when matches and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1943-11 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1774

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1774
Title:
File 36/1 (a) Government of India Notifications restricting export of certain commodities from India
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of notifications from the Government of India's Department of Commerce regarding wartime export restrictions and related correspondence. The notifications were forwarded to the Political Residency in Bushire and the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1939-31 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (379 folios)