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21. IOR/L/PS/12/3902

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3902
Title:
Coll 30/165 'Bahrein (and Nepal): Opium:- Supply of statistics under the Opium Conventions of 1925 and 1931.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of statistical information concerning the import and export of dangerous drugs in respect of Bahrain. The information was supplied by the Political Agency, Bahrain, via the Home Office, to the Permanent Central Opium Board of the League of Nations (later the United N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Aug 1935-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/3907

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3907
Title:
Coll 30/170 'Question of ownership of Libainat islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the disputed ownership of the islands of Libaina (rendered Libainat in the file title) al Saghir and Libaina al Khabir (also referred to as Bain-as-Seghir and Bain-al-Khabir, or jointly as the Bainain), lying between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which were the subject of territori...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1938-12 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (129 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/3975

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3975
Title:
Coll 30/233(S) 'PERSIAN CLAIMS TO TAMB AND ABU MUSA'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the ownership of the islands of Tamb and Abu Musa, following a revival of the Persian Government's claim to both islands in 1948. The British Government's position was that Tamb belonged to the Shaikh of Ras el Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], and Abu Musa to the Shaikh of Sharjah, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1948-23 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/18/B3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B3
Title:
Egyptian Claims to Sovereignty over the Somali Coast.
Scope & Content:
A historical memorandum relating to Egyptian claims to sovereignty over the Somali coast, written by A W Moore, Assistant Secretary to the India Office, in two parts, submitted 26 February 1876 and 11 October 1879. The first part of the memorandum provides a historical narrative of events leadi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1876-1879
Extent:

31 folios

25. IOR/L/PS/18/B8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B8
Title:
Memorandum on the Turkish claim to sovereignty over the eastern shores of the Red Sea and the whole of Arabia; and on the Egyptian claim to the whole of the western shore of the same sea, including the African coast from Suez to Cape Guardafui.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum prepared by Edward Hertlset, Foreign Office Librarian, on 5 March 1874 (printed by the Foreign Office 10 March 1874). The document gives a historical overview (from 1517 to 1874) of claims on the Red Sea coast, with particular focus on those of the Ottoman Turks and the Egyptians. It ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Mar 1874
Extent:

35 folios

26. IOR/L/PS/18/B9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B9
Title:
Memorandum on the separate claims of Turkey and Persia to sovereignty over the island of Bahrein.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum prepared by Edward Hertslet, Foreign Office Librarian, on 23 March 1874 (printed by the Foreign Office 25 March 1874). The document gives a historical overview (from 1506 to 1874) of claims on the islands of Bahrain (referred to as Bahrein throughout), with particular focus on those o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1874
Extent:

20 folios

27. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1
Title:
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)
Scope & Content:
A memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 1 September 1879. The document is a summary of correspondence, government reports, and published literature relating to the Turkish expedition into El Hassa [Al Has...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Sep 1879
Extent:

1 file (14 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1a
Title:
Letter from Louis Mallet, Under-Secretary of State for India, to Robert Bourke, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Scope & Content:
The letter outlines the opinion of the India Office that no negotiations should be opened with the Turkish authorities over more clearly defined areas of jurisdiction and responsibility for the two powers along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is argued that Britain should maintain the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1879
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2
Title:
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)
Scope & Content:
A memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 1 September 1879. The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1) and broadly addresses...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Sep 1879
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/3
Title:
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part III)
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written and compiled by Adolphus Warburton Moore for the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, and dated 2 December 1881. The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2) and broadly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1881
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)