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431. IOR/R/15/2/707

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/707
Title:
‘File 28/17-C Action to be taken in the event of entry into the war of France’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of Government of India correspondence relating to actions to be taken or followed in the event of war with France, including: treatment of French colonies in Africa as enemy territory; detention of ships with French goods; French goods placed in prize (f 2). A copy of a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1940-18 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

432. IOR/R/15/2/708

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/708
Title:
‘File 28/17-D Action to be taken in the event of entry into war of Bulgaria’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: a piece Government of India correspondence, dated 29 December 1940, containing instructions to be followed by Government officials in the event of Bulgaria’s entry into the Second World War. The instructions state that Bulgarian vessels, or vessels carrying cargo consigned to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

433. IOR/R/15/2/606

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/606
Title:
'21/2 TAXES IN QATAR'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns protests by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to the British Political Agent at Bahrain regarding the plan of Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, the Ruler of Qatar, to impose a system of taxation on its employees and the question of whether this breaches Article 10 of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1940-9 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

434. IOR/R/15/2/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/289
Title:
‘File 7/27 Closing down of Royal Air Force station, Muharraq in 1947 and arrangements for maintaining and servicing Muharraq aerodrome’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers relate to the cessation of Royal Air Force (RAF) activities at Muharraq, as well as at Sharjah. Correspondence takes place between the Political Resident and Political Agent, and various representatives of the RAF and civil aviation authorities. The corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1947-17 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

435. IOR/R/15/2/821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/821
Title:
File 32/13 (1 B/3) Payment of a Proportion of Visa Fees Collected by Consular Officers to the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Claud Cranbrook Lewis deGrenier (on behalf of the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) to the Political Agency in Bahrain in which he inquires whether visa fees for entry to Bahrain that are collected outside of the country should be remitted to the Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1934-9 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

436. IOR/R/15/2/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/139
Title:
File 1/A/1 I Stamps and Postage; Relations with Persia
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the issue in Bahrain, at the request of the Ruler of Bahrain, of Indian postage stamps bearing the surcharge 'Bahrain' (i.e. overprinted with the word 'Bahrain') and the response of the Persian Government in view of Persia's claim to Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1932-11 May 1935
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

437. IOR/R/15/2/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/146
Title:
File 1/A/13 II TRANSHIPMENT OF CARGO & TRANSIT DUES
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the transhipment of cargo in Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein) territorial waters, the collection by Bahrain of transit dues on cargoes, and relations between Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Britain. The correspondence is principally between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieute...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1933-28 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (310 folios)

438. IOR/R/15/2/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/149
Title:
File 1/A/23 I Activities of the Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the seizure of, or interference with, Arab merchant vessels (dhows, jolly-boats, booms) by ships of the Iranian Navy, and the Iranian (often referred to as the Persian) authorities. The pretext was generally the prevention of smuggling. The correspondence is mainly between the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
8 May 1933-5 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

439. IOR/R/15/2/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/466
Title:
'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations between 1949 and 1950 and specifically concerns boundaries with Qatar (folios 2-3 and 6-12), Buraimi [al-Buraymī] (folios 4-5 and 16-19) and the Trucial Coast (folios 14-15). The file contains correspondence between Herbert George Jakins, Cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1949-23 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

440. IOR/R/15/2/510

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/510
Title:
‘File 13/3 BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] services’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the introduction, maintenance and withdrawal of air services operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in the Gulf, stopping at Bahrain, Sharjah or Dubai. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (numerous incumbe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1932-20 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (226 folios)