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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Admiralty, 1708-1964 Level [40] File

1. IOR/R/15/1/639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/639
Title:
File 86/1 II (D 78) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume continues on from IOR/R/15/1/638 in discussing a proposed Oil Concession for Kuwait which is negotiated by Major Frank Holmes on behalf of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited. The correspondence focuses on a proposed clause in the draft concession agreement, known as the 'Nati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1931-30 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/640

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/640
Title:
File 86/1 III (D 81) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the draft oil concession agreements presented to the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) by the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (A.P.O.C.). The correspondence focuses particularly on the individual c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1932-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (190 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/642

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/642
Title:
File 86/1 VI (D 97) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume relates to three main areas of discussion: The Kuwait Oil Company's negotiations with the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, for the granting of an oil concession in Kuwait. Included within the volume are copies of both the draft concession agreement, in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/647
Title:
'D.158. 86/1 - xi KUWAIT OIL'
Scope & Content:
The file primarily focuses on the progress being made by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) in drilling for oil in Kuwait, including establishing drills at new sites and the discovery of oil at the Burgan site in February 1938. Later correspondence relates to various topics, as follows: the work and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1937-30 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/693
Title:
'VOL. B. 60. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - vi. BAHRAIN UNALLOTTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Admiralty (Clifford George Jarrett), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1939-1 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/760
Title:
‘File 28/73 Tele-communications in time of war’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning arrangements for wireless radio communications at Bahrain during wartime. Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); representatives of the India Office (John Perci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1938-6 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1694

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1694
Title:
Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, the India Office and the Government of India, as well as with Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū]. These papers concern various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1929-13 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/172
Title:
File 3/2 Interference with Kuwait Sailing Craft on High Seas by Persian warships.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to incidents of Kuwaiti sailing boats being intercepted (and in some cases seized and detained) by Persian warships and other vessels, on suspicions of smuggling. The file largely consists of correspondence between British officials regarding several specific incidents, includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
10 Apr 1933-23 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (273 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/175
Title:
File 3/5 Persian Territorial waters – Limits for
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a recent claim, made by the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [temporarily held by Victor Alexander Louis Mallet], to a ten mile limit for Persian territorial waters. It contains copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1934-23 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/176
Title:
File 3/6 Iranian Fisheries.
Scope & Content:
This file documents concerns held by the British that pearl fisheries – both within and beyond the territorial waters of the Arab rulers – might be exploited by foreign parties. Much of the correspondence speculates on the extent of Persia's interest in the pearl fisheries that are not within th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1936-18 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)