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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Naval bases Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/230
Title:
File 759/1912 'Henjam Coal Depot: Persian Customs'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the creation of a coal depot at Henjam Island, alongside the existing telegraph station. The discussion in the volume relates to the handling of relations with the Persian government in connection with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1923
Extent:
1 volume (215 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/410
Title:
File 3654/1913 ‘Pts 1.2.&3. PERSIA:- ADMIRALTY OIL COMMISSION’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1, 2 and 3 of the subject ‘Persia – Admiralty Oil Commission’. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/410/1) concerns the Admiralty Oil Commission, which is also referred to as Admiral Slade’s Committee. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/410/2) concerns the Admiralty’s contract with the Anglo-Persian O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1918
Extent:
1 volume (338 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1414
Title:
Pol Ext 8078/49 'Visit of Royal Indian Navy ships to East African ports, Seychelles, Mauritius and Aden'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to visits by the Royal Indian Navy to ports in East Africa and the Indian Ocean. The majority of the papers are exchanges between the Colonial Office in London and British officials in East Africa. The bulk of the papers convey serious British concerns about Ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1949-1 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3782

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3782
Title:
Coll 30/65 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Purchase of land at Bahrain by H.M.G. for naval and R.A.F. purposes'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to the purchase of land in Bahrain for the use of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force as a potential replacement for Britain's naval base on Henjam [Hengam] Island in Iran. Copies of the minutes from several meetings of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1933-14 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 file (473 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3817
Title:
Coll 30/97 'Importation of naval stores into Henjam.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Foreign Office, HM Minister, Tehran, and officials of the Persian Government concerning the import of naval stores into the Royal Indian Marine (RIM) [Royal Indian Navy] depot at Henjam. The Government of Persia refused to allow import of the stores fre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1934-7 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3840
Title:
Coll 30/111 'British Naval Stations in: Establishments at Khor Quwai and Bahrain. Evacuation of Henjam and Basidu.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū, Qeshm], in Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia), and the transfer of naval facilities to a new main station at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and a subsidiary statio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1934-4 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (572 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3859
Title:
Coll 30/126 'Persian Gulf. Construction of Naval Bases at Khor Quwai & Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction of a British naval base at Khor Kuwai (occasionally spelt Quwai in the file) in Oman in 1936 and its subsequent closure in 1947. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the India Office, the Admiralty, the Political Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1936-21 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3946

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3946
Title:
Coll 30/206 'Bahrein Naval Wireless Station.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the Naval Wireless Station at Bahrain. The papers include: correspondence from the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the installation of a wireless receiving and transmitting set at the Jufair naval...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1940-8 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)