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1. IOR/L/PS/9/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/23
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, AUG-DEC 1873', Vol 23
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 August-27 December 1873, forwarding copies of his despatches to the Secretary to the Government of India, For...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Aug 1873-27 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 volume (510 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/62
Title:
‘ENCLOSURES RECEIVED FROM THE PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX. POLITICAL & SECRET DEPARTMENT’ Vol. 1
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Marquis of Salisbury, HM Principal Secretary of State for India, from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 9 January-11 December 1875, forwarding copies of his letters to the Secretary to the Government of India, F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1875-11 Dec 1875
Extent:
1 volume (743 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1177
Title:
File 912/1926 'PERSIAN GULF NEWS SUMMARY 1926-1930'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains monthly news summaries compiled by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. These were widely distributed to British ministers, senior officials and military officers in London, India and the Middle East.The copies of the news summaries in this volume were recei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1926-13 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 volume (446 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/704

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/704
Title:
Ext 1569/42 'Tours of the Political Agent, Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains a report by Major Reginald George Alban, Political Agent inBahrain, describing a tour he undertook of settlements in the Trucial States [United Arab Emirates].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1941-14 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1019

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1019
Title:
Ext 4045/45 'Formation of a Union of Arab Amirates of the Persian Gulf - with Headquarters at Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding reported discussions among the rulers of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the Trucial States to form a federation and to gain entry into the Arab League. The primary correspondents are: Ministry of Information; India Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1945-2 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/616
Title:
File 78/1 II Pearl Fisheries
Scope & Content:
The Pearl Fisheries subject file contains correspondence and other papers relating to British concerns over the admission of foreign vessels into the Persian Gulf to fish on the pearling banks. At the front of the file are a number of fold-out maps (folios, 3, 5, 11 and 13) showing the locations...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1937-24 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/626
Title:
F-82 82/27 I: QATAR OIL
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the Shaikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives, including Haji 'Abdullah Williamson, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State for Colonies in Londo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1925-23 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 volume (361 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/706

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/706
Title:
File 61/8 Bin Saud's Relations with Trucial Chiefs
Scope & Content:
The file concerns relations between Ibn Sa'ud (also referred to in the papers as Ibn Saud, Bin Saud, and Bin Sa'ud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] and the Rulers of the Trucial States. The papers include reports in Arabic with separate English translations f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1923-5 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/727

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/727
Title:
Persian Gulf Gazetteer Part II, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume is Part II Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf (Simla: G C Press, 1904). The volume contains notes, followed by subsections on Trucial Chiefs' Territory, Katar [Qatar], Bahrein [Bahrain], Hasa, and Koweit [Kuwait]. The v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (139 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/731(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/731(1)
Title:
Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953
Scope & Content:
The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States, and Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1953
Extent:

1 volume (107 folios)