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51. IOR/L/PS/12/3964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3964
Title:
Coll 30/220 'Kuwait: General Relations with'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Kuwait affairs. The papers include a report dated 9 May 1944, by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, on a visit to Kuwait. The report includes details of conversations between Prior and the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1944-13 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/12/3757

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3757
Title:
Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936'
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of monthly intelligence summaries that were prepared by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The summaries are divided into a number of different thematic sections, the exact composition of which varies slightly from month to month, but usually includes a mixture of the foll...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1933-19 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (594 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/3765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3765
Title:
Coll 30/49(3) 'Persian Gulf. Lighting and Buoying in'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the Persian Gulf Lighting Service. Specifically, this correspondence discusses transferring responsibility for this service from the Government of India to the British Government, a proposal to construct a light house at Ras al-Hadd in Oman, the abolit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1940-2 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (426 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/12/3851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3851
Title:
Coll 30/122 'Persian claim to the island of Sirri'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the claim by the Government of Iran to the island of Sirri [Jazīreh-ye Sīrrī], which was occupied by the Iranian customs authorities. The issue arose following the seizure by inhabitants of the island of a dhow from Ras al Khaimah. The incident produced a protest by the Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1936-18 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/12/3899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3899
Title:
Coll 30/161 'Oil: Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the preparation of the following Foreign Office confidential print: 'Note on Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula. (Prepared in the Petroleum Department, June 1938)', dated 11 June 1938. The file includes the original Petroleum Department version of the paper, dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1938-6 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/12/3890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3890
Title:
Coll 30/155 'Bahrein: Administration Reports, 1926- Annual Reports'
Scope & Content:
The file contains an Administrative Report and ten Annual Reports issued by the Government of Bahrain for the period 1926-46, with a small quantity of interspersed India Office covering letters, minutes and correspondence. The reports bear manuscript annotations. The file includes the following...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1938-18 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (502 folios)

57. IOR/L/PS/12/3971

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3971
Title:
Coll 30/227 'Water Supply for Koweit (Distilling Plant)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals for the supply of drinking water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). It was said in 1947 that the need for fresh water was one of Kuwait's most pressing requirements, and now that the state was in receipt of considerable royalties, Kuwaitis would not be satisfied ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1947-1 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

58. 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)

59. IOR/L/PS/12/3891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3891
Title:
Coll 30/156 'Bahrein: Education of Sheikh's son. Visit to England.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the visit to England of Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad [‘Abdullāh bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah], son of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain. The purpose of the visit was to enable Shaikh Abdullah to acquire a good knowledge of English. The papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1938-14 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

60. IOR/L/PS/12/3920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3920
Title:
Coll 30/182 'Oil: Question of survey of north-eastern corner of Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to the India Office that a British Government survey vessel should survey the north-east coast of the Qatar Peninsula between Ras Umm Hasah and Ras Luffain [Ra's Lafān]. The area between those two places had been identified by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1939-17 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)