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1491. IOR/L/PS/12/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/215
Title:
PZ 7836/36 'Grant of a gratuity to Mr. C. Bayer, Mechanical Engineer, Kowait Agency'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns expenditure in the Persian Gulf relating to a proposed grant of a gratuity to Mr Cyril Bayer, who being disabled by a stroke of paralysis and unable to work, was sent to India under medical advice. Payment is recommended in consideration of his long service as Mechanical Enginee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1936-25 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

1492. IOR/L/PS/12/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/216
Title:
PZ 8456/36 'Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah: particulars of writings, movements, etc. (Inc commutation of pension)'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the circumstances and arrangements for the pension of Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah and his request for it to be commuted and paid in a lump sum.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1936-29 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

1493. IOR/L/PS/12/218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/218
Title:
PZ 8747/36 ‘Tour of G.W. Rendel, C.M.G., Foreign Office, to the Middle East, 1937. Report by Mr G.W. Rendel’
Scope & Content:
The file consists largely of a report by Mr George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office in London, on his private tour to the Persian Gulf and also to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Ibn Saud, in February and March 1937. This personal account of his trip is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1936-4 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

1494. IOR/L/PS/12/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/226
Title:
PZ 2174/37 'Mr. Mohamed Yehia:– Activities. Scheme for formation of Anglo-Moslem Society'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the activities of Mr Mohamed Yehia, and the scheme for the formation of an Anglo-Moslem [Muslim] Society. It consists of correspondence seeking information about Mr Yehia and his activities after a request was received by Sir Abdul Qadir (Advisor to the Secretary of State), fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1937-28 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

1495. IOR/L/PS/12/227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/227
Title:
PZ 2729/37 'Pastori, an Italian subject: Activities in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of telegrams reporting the activities of Tullio Pastori, an Italian subject in the Persian Gulf, whose objective is to obtain Arab labourers for employment in Eritrea on the behalf of the Italian authorities. He is suspected of seeking to make concessions with the Sheikhs of Di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1937-30 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

1496. IOR/L/PS/12/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/228
Title:
PZ 2729/37(S) 'Pastori, an Italian subject: Activities in the Persian Gulf. I.P.I papers'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of memoranda, correspondence, and reports from Indian Political Intelligence concerning the activities of Tullio Pastori, an Italian subject in the Persian Gulf. It assesses whether he is merely a commercial adventurer, or a political agent for the Italians engaged in subversiv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1937-10 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

1497. IOR/L/PS/12/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/230
Title:
PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains mainly despatches received by the Foreign Office, reporting on the Egyptian proposal to establish a modern Islamic Caliphate under King Farouk. The main correspondents are Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt, and Sir Reader William Bullard, Minister at the British Le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1930-8 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

1498. IOR/L/PS/12/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/231
Title:
PZ 2994/37 'Koweit. Kuwait Electric Company Replacement of German engineer by a British Indian'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding the employment of a German engineer at the Kuwait Electric Company (also referred to as the Kuwait Electric Light Company and the Kuwait Electric Supply Company), and the need for his replacement with a British Indian, due to the strategical importan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1937-18 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

1499. IOR/L/PS/12/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/233
Title:
PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

1500. IOR/L/PS/12/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/234
Title:
PZ 5547/37 'Persian Gulf:– Establishment of a Light on Kubber Island'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the establishment of a light for shipping on Kubber Island [Jazīrat Kubbar]. The material is predominantly copy correspondence dating from 2 July 1935 to 8 June 1937. Correspondents include: the Port Director and Director General of Navigation, Bas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

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