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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, 1919-1936 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/804
Title:
File 788/1919 Pt 2 ‘MESOPOTAMIA DISPOSAL OF RIVER CRAFT (1919.)’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence on the disposal of river craft in Mesopotamia, exchanged between 9 May and 20 December 1919, after the conclusion of the First World War. It contains material relating to: The centralisation of the disposal of all small miscellaneous craft in the Ministry of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1919-20 Dec 1919
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2886
Title:
Coll 17/24 ‘Iraq. Internal. New Iraqi Income Tax Law. Effect on British aircraft and shipping.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the objections of HM Government to Article 6 of the draft Iraq Salaries and Allowances Tax Law of 1930; and the liability of British aircraft and shipping companies operating in Iraq to income tax under Article 29 of the Iraq Income Tax ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1930-9 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/328
Title:
File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The documents contained in this file cover a diverse range of topics. The file includes - in the following order - letters concerning water boring operations in Bahrain (1925/1926), a report of an assassination attempt against Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1926), a petition to the Political Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1925-28 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/387
Title:
File 26/157 (F 66) Arabistan and Luristan: Representation in, changes resulting from the War
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda and reports pertaining to British governmental representation in Arabistan [Khūzestān]. The correspondents include the Political Resident at Bushire, the British Minister at Tehran, the High Commissioner at Baghdad, the British Consul at Mohammer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1919-13 Jun 1924
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/344

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/344
Title:
File 9/3 Indian business interests in Bahrain and the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning how to improve the Indian trade in the Gulf and how to increase it to the detriment of the Japanese trade, providing that India can supply similar goods at competitive prices. The file contains info...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1932-25 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/552
Title:
File 16/2 B.I.S.N. STEAMERS CALLING AT SHARJAH
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence which discusses two matters. Firstly, issues around the granting of exclusive rights to the British India Steam Navigation company to use Sharjah as a Port of call and how to deal with any requests from Soviet and Japanese shipping. Correspondents include Lieute...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1933-5 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1082

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1082
Title:
File no. 3/3 III Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of HMS ships and miscellaneous correspondence
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency at Bushire, the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited and the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, regarding expenses for catering for Royal Navy ships, sport activities, activiti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1934-29 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (289 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1085

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1085
Title:
Naval and Marine - 3/5 Coal for steam launch
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding supplies of coal for the Agency launches; its cost and arrangements for its shipment to Bahrain. Also discussed are difficulties in obtaining good quality coal; and a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1927-19 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1086

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1086
Title:
FILE NO. 3/6 I cf. 1929. PURCHASE, UPKEEP, AND REPAIRS TO LAUNCHES.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the purchase, upkeep and repair to the Bahrain Agency steam launches John Lambert and Felix Jones. The John Lambert was made in 1918 by the Royal Indian Marine Dockyard at Calcutta and had a thorough overhaul in May 1930. A large part of the correspondence is requests ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1929-19 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 volume (276 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1095

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1095
Title:
File 3/13 Visit of HMS Ormonde to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the visit of HMS Ormonde to Bahrain to conduct surveys of Bahrain, Yas Island and Muharraq; the survey party consisted of two officers and eleven ratings and was engaged in surveying work on a number of visits. Includes notice in Arabic with English translation, signed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1932-24 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (86 folios)