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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/9/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/15
Title:
'LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF', Vol 15
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Bushehr], dated 27 February-6 November 1869. The despatches contain enclosures comprising correspondence sent and received by Pelly, dated 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1869-6 Nov 1869
Extent:
1 volume (550 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/25
Title:
'LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX JULY TO DEC. 1874. SECRET DEPARTMENT', Vol 25
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 30 July-31 December 1874, forwarding copies of his letters to the Secretary to the Government of India, For...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1874-16 Feb 1875
Extent:
1 volume (496 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/81
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 1 'Bahrain: situation; disurbances (1904-1905); Sheikh Ali's surrender; Question of Administration Reforms (Customs etc)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to disturbances in Bahrain and the consequent discussion over administrative changes. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1904-Aug 1914
Extent:

1 volume (260 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/82
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 2 'Bahrain: status; British protection of Bahrainis; Persian claim to sovereignty'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, handwritten notes, and minutes relating to the question over the status of subjects of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates) when in Persia and Turkish Arabia. The correspondence is mostly between the India Office and the Foreign Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Oct 1905-Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/83
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 3-5 Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning the affairs of Bahrain and Britain's role in the country. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and India Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosures and often in the form of pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1912
Extent:
1 volume (166 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/123
Title:
File 2908/1907 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Quarantine’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part one of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf: Quarantine. This part contains papers regarding proposals for the improvement of the Persian Gulf Quarantine Service. It therefore contains discussion between British officials over the provision of finance, personnel, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1910
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/339
Title:
File 451/1913 Pt 1-2 'Koweit and Bahrein: Oil Deposits. Water Supply.'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises two parts that contain correspondence pertaining to two distinct topics. Part one discusses the possibility of discovering oil deposits in Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrein [Bahrain], with some reference also made to the potential for deposits to be found in Syria and the Farsa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1918
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/457
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1902-28 July 1914
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/529
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Banks at Basra +c. - the Eastern Bank'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence and other papers mostly related to the Eastern Bank being invited by the Secretary of State for India to open a branch at Basra and to conduct the banking business of the Government of India at Basra. It also includes papers relating to: the Eastern Bank offer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1915-23 Jan 1918
Extent:

1 volume (212 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/617

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/617
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1916-17 PORTION'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises mainly printed correspondence, telegrams, summaries, printed reports, notes, receipts, statistical tables, and other papers concerning miscellaneous matters relating to Mesopotamia, including Basra, and also Bahrain. The papers notably cover: The Iraq Occupied Territories ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1915-27 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 volume (723 folios)