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Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/71 Level [40] File

1. IOR/R/15/2/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/71
Title:
Miscellaneous reports and correspondence relating to Kuwait
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of the Political Agency, Bahrain relating to Kuwait, and reports concerning Kuwait circulated to the Agency. The papers include: report entitled 'Situation in Kuwait' by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Edward Archibald Hamilton, Political Agent, Kuwait, [March 1918]; 'Report on Insti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
[1 Mar 1918]-13 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/710

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/710
Title:
‘File 28/19 Export of oil and other articles from the Persian Gulf to Italian East Africa (dhow traffic)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and reports relating to outward trade from Bahrain and the ports of the Trucial Coast to the ports of the Red Sea and East Africa, in response to concerns that some cargoes (and in particular oil) were reaching Italian East Africa and Italian-occupied British So...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1940-31 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/711

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/711
Title:
‘File 28/20 Movements of enemy airliners’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a single item of correspondence, a naval telegram dated 29 November 1940 from the Admiralty (f 2), forwarded by the Political Agency to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (f 3). The telegraph states that reporting officers in neutral countries should telegraph the move...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1940-3 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/712

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/712
Title:
‘File 28/21 Landing of enemy agents, war materials, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the undertaking of controls to ensure that enemy agents or war materials cannot be landed at British ports. A letter from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (Commodore Cosmo Moray Graham) to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 22 January 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1940-26 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/713

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/713
Title:
‘File 28/22-I Mission of S.O.(I) [Staff Officer Intelligence] Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file’s papers relate to the appointment and activities of the Security Officer (initially referred to as a Staff Officer Intelligence) in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the file are the Security Officer at Bahrain (Captain C G Campbell) and the Political Agent at Bahrain (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1941-29 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/714

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/714
Title:
‘File 28/22-II Staff Officer (Intelligence) Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a single item of correspondence, a confidential note from the Staff Officer (Intelligence) Persian Gulf (Lieutenant RNVR [Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve] I Setter), addressed to all Persian Gulf Reporting Officers, dated 12 April 1946, announcing his taking up of duties from 3 A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1946-15 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/715

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/715
Title:
‘File 28/23 American Naval Observer at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the initial proposals for, and subsequent appointment and activities of, United States Naval Observers in Bahrain. Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1940-1 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/716

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/716
Title:
‘File 28/26 Admiralty war requirements’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence related to enquiries from British naval authorities in the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal, asking after the availability of various marine resources (motorised and sailing dhows, divers, barges) for procurement by the naval authorities for military means....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1941-22 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/717

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/717
Title:
‘File 28/27 Disturbances in Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, letters and other papers responding to the military operations carried out by British forces against Iraqi forces in Iraq between 2 and 31 May 1941, as part of the campaign widely referred to as the Anglo-Iraqi War, and the political aftermath of the War, concluding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1941-9 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/718
Title:
‘File 28/28-(i) Military requirements (purchases etc. for the army)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the acquisition of oil industry equipment and supplies from the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), for use by British military headquarters at Basra, Iraq (later referr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-29 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (305 folios)