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2831. IOR/L/PS/12/3820

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3820
Title:
Coll 30/101 'Henjam: Efforts of Deputy Governor Henjam to compel all boats to carry registration numbers.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an order from the Deputy Governor, Henjam (acting on the instructions of the Government of Persia) that all vessels in Henjam (including British naval vessels flying the white ensign and using the Royal Indian Navy depot there) should be registered and numbered. The papers in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1934-4 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

2832. IOR/L/PS/12/3821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3821
Title:
Coll 30/102 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Negotiations between (a) the Iraq Petroleum Coy. and (b) the Standard Oil of California regarding the Bahrain oil concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations involving the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), the Standard Oil Company of California, the Texas Corporation, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the rights to exploit oil in Bahrain. The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-4 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

2833. IOR/L/PS/12/3822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3822
Title:
Coll 30/103 'Basidu: Position of the inhabitants of Basidu in the event of evacuation by His Majesty's Government.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions over the position of the inhabitants of Basidu [on the island of Qeshm], in the event of its evacuation by the British Government. Basidu was a former naval depot that had been under British control since [circa] 1820. However, in the opinion of the Law Officers, Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Oct 1933-29 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

2834. IOR/L/PS/12/3823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3823
Title:
Coll 30/104(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Personnel of the Koweit Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns enquiries into the nationalities of the personnel employed by the Kuwait Oil Company in Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The British Government was keen to enforce Article 3 of the Political Agreement dated 5 March 1934 between HM Government and the Company, which stated th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1934-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 4 parts (655 folios)

2835. IOR/L/PS/12/3824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3824
Title:
Coll 30/104(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Operations of the Koweit Oil Company. (Provision of Motor Vehicles & Spares for Sheik of Koweit)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company, from its initial explorations and discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Kuwait, to the suspension of the Company's operations during the Second World War (1939-45), and the resumption of its operations after the war. The main co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-20 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (373 folios)

2836. IOR/L/PS/12/3825

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3825
Title:
Coll 30/104(3) 'Koweit: Medical facilities for non-Asiatic staff in Kuwait of Kuwait Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposal by the Kuwait Oil Company to recruit an American nurse in the United States for service to the American and European staff of the Company in Kuwait. The issue arose because the Company had up until that point been dependent for medical and hospital facilities on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1939-31 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

2837. IOR/L/PS/12/3828

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3828
Title:
Coll 30/105(1) 'Trucial Coast. Dubai Affairs: Hostilities between Sheiks of Dubai and Abu-Dhabi in respect of Ghanadhah (abu-Dhabi-Dubai Camel Dispute)
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a territorial dispute between the rulers of Dubai (also referred to as Dibai) and Abu Dhabi over an area around Khor Ghanadah (approximately forty miles south of Dubai, on the coast of the Persian Gulf). The dispute involved the threatened use of armed force, and included an i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1945-15 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

2838. IOR/L/PS/12/3829

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3829
Title:
Coll 30/106 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Bushire flag incident, 1934.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an incident at Bushire on 26 November 1934, in which an allegedly drunk Persian naval officer ordered a British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) tender, the Garmsir, to haul down the red ensign. The officer was said to have accompanied the order with threats, and to have s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1934-25 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

2839. IOR/L/PS/12/3830

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3830
Title:
Coll 30/107 'Koweit: Rules of succession in Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the rules of succession for the rulers of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The papers cover: correspondence dated 1935 between the India Office and Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon of The Times concerning the article on Kuwait for the new edition of the Statesman's Year ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1935-19 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

2840. IOR/L/PS/12/3831

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3831
Title:
Coll 30/108 'Trucial Coast. Medical Quarantine and Sanitary Arrangements. Quarantine restrictions on the Trucial Coast: Appt of Medical Adviser to P.R.P.G. (Maj W. J. Moody)
Scope & Content:
The file concerns medical and quarantine arrangements in the Persian Gulf, and the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel William Joseph Moody as Medical Adviser to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The papers include: reports of an outbreak of smallpox on the Trucial Coast, 1936; notes of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Oct 1934-10 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

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