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2871. IOR/L/PS/12/3865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3865
Title:
Coll 30/131 'Persian Gulf. Pearling. American process for the manufacture of cultured pearls'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and an American malacologist named Clarence F Hoy. The correspondence concerns a proposal by Hoy to introduce a method for the manufacture of cultured pearls somewhere in the British Empire, with Bahrain mentioned as a possible location...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1936-1 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

2872. IOR/L/PS/12/3866

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3866
Title:
Coll 30/132 'Persian Gulf. Importation of Indian Labour to Bahrain by Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence sent to the India Office by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, General Manager of Petroleum Concessions Limited, regarding the company's desire to hire a number of Indian personnel for employment in Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast. The file includes a divider, whi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1936-10 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

2873. IOR/L/PS/12/3867

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3867
Title:
Coll 30/133 'Persian Gulf. Trucial Coast: Appointment of a Medical Officer'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the provision of medical facilities on the Trucial Coast including the political reasons for doing so. Specifically, the correspondence discusses the opening of a medical dispensary in Dubai in June 1939. The file also contai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1936-11 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

2874. IOR/L/PS/12/3868

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3868
Title:
Coll 30/134 'Persian Gulf. Question of residence of European women in Bahrain and Koweit'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the need for oil companies active in Bahrain and Kuwait to provide suitable accommodation for any 'European women' resident there. The correspondence is between officials at the India Office, Petroleum Concessions Limited and the Kuwait Oil Company. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1936-1 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

2875. IOR/L/PS/12/3869

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3869
Title:
Coll 30/135 'Bahrein: Production of oil - Royalty, Gauging, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns general matters relating to the operations of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain. The papers mostly consist of correspondence from the company, with correspondence and minutes produced by the India Office and other British officials, including the Political Agent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1936-19 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

2876. IOR/L/PS/12/3870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3870
Title:
Coll 30/136 'Film productions: Facilities for film-producing units.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the making of a documentary film by the Strand Film Company, London, concerning the Imperial Airways route between the United Kingdom and Australia, which involved filming at Sharjah. The papers include: telegrams dated 1936 giving permission for the filming from the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1936-13 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

2877. IOR/L/PS/12/3871

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3871
Title:
Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the appointment by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in 1936 of Ernest Vincent Packer as Manager of the Company's central office in Bahrain, and includes correspondence from the Company, a copy of Packer's application form (dated 1931), and correspondence from British officia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1936-22 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

2878. IOR/L/PS/12/3872

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3872
Title:
Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the preparation and signing of two agreements relating to the Debai [Dubai] oil concession: Political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary company, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, setting out the terms in the event...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1936-25 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)

2879. IOR/L/PS/12/3873

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3873
Title:
Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of the Dubai Oil Concession commercial agreement between the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al-Hasher [Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm]) and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-2 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

2880. IOR/L/PS/12/3874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3874
Title:
Coll 30/140 'Visits of foreign warships to Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns visits by foreign warships to Persian Gulf states that were under British protection. The British Government was concerned that such visits should obtain prior permission, particularly visits to the Trucial Coast in the 1930s, where British officials cited the Exclusive Agreeme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jan 1935-21 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

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