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1. IOR/L/PS/12/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1097
Title:
Ext 6485/45 'Senior Naval Officer - Persian Gulf Question whether he should be stationed ashore or afloat'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of several telegrams discussing the migration of the Senior Naval Officer of the Persian Gulf's headquarters. The correspondence is between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1946-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1099
Title:
Ext 6566/45 'Appt. of Lieut. Commander Clifton E. Perry, U.S. Naval Reserve, assigned U.S. Naval Observer at American Consulate, Aden.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single page announcing the succession of the post United States Naval Observer to the American Consulate at Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2890
Title:
Coll 17/28 'Iraq. Creation of Iraqi navy.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the intention of the Government of Iraq to form a small river fleet. The papers mostly consist of the following: copies of correspondence between Robert Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Archibald Clark Kerr, HM Ambassador to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1936-18 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3776

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3776
Title:
Coll 30/59 'Persian Gulf. Creation of Persian Navy, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning their response to the Government of Iran's desire to establish a navy in the Persian Gulf. Topics discussed include what role the British Government should play in terms of supplying ships, personnel and training and the subs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Sep 1929-21 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (310 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3928

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3928
Title:
Coll 30/191 ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of the Persian Gulf. Establishment of aircraft facilities at Socotra and Salalah (Muscat) and Assembly Port at Masira Bay.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to defence facilities in the Persian Gulf and on, or near, the Southern Arabian Coast. It includes papers relating to the following: The construction of a naval ammunition store on Jiddah Island (also spelled Jidda Island in the file), ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1939-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (482 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/161
Title:
Vol 246: Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This volume consists almost entirely of letters received by the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy from the senior Indian Navy officer in command of the Persian Gulf Squadron (acting or otherwise). Most of the letters are addressed to a named recipient and the bulk of these are addressed to R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1857-2 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/341
Title:
File 8/50 Staff Officer (Intelligence) East Indies: Periodic Newsletter
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodic newsletters written by J E M Ruffer, Staff Officer (Intelligence) at the East Indies Station, Naval Headquarters, Trincomalee. Present within the file are newsletter numbers 1-5 issued between 13 May and 9 October 1948 on an approximately monthly basis. Each newsletter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1948-9 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/164
Title:
File 2/11 Formation of an Iraqi river fleet
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the India Office and the British Embassy in Basra on the formation of a small river fleet in Iraq to protect the Shatt al-Arab waterway during the Second World War. The papers cover the size and armament of the fleet of six boats, the projected cost of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1936-20 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/316
Title:
File 13/7 'Japanese Trawlers for the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding measures under consideration by the British government for preventing encroachments by Japanese and other foreign vessels on Arab pearl fisheries in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between: J P Gibson of the India Office, and T V Brennan and La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1938-20 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/376
Title:
File 11/27 Assistance to Political Officers in the Persian Gulf (Defence)
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of a memorandum from the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain to the Political Agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait concerning the circumstances in which Royal Navy ships could be called upon to render assistance to political officers in the Persian Gulf (folios 2-3). Als...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1948-7 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)