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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

201. IOR/L/PS/12/3901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3901
Title:
Coll 30/164 'Oil: Oil Concesssions on the Trucial Coast:- Kalba.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the Kalba oil concession. The concession consisted of the commercial agreement between Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Sultan [Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba, and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, signed on 20 December 1938 (co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1938-17 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (119 folios)

202. IOR/L/PS/12/3902

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3902
Title:
Coll 30/165 'Bahrein (and Nepal): Opium:- Supply of statistics under the Opium Conventions of 1925 and 1931.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of statistical information concerning the import and export of dangerous drugs in respect of Bahrain. The information was supplied by the Political Agency, Bahrain, via the Home Office, to the Permanent Central Opium Board of the League of Nations (later the United N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Aug 1935-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)

203. IOR/L/PS/12/3903

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3903
Title:
Coll 30/166 'Koweit: Water Supply.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), particularly in terms of Kuwait's dependence for water on Iraq. The papers cover: delays to Kuwaiti water boats in the Shatt al Arab caused by Iraqi customs, which resulted in a water shortage in Kuwait, and complaint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1936-31 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

204. IOR/L/PS/12/3904

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3904
Title:
Coll 30/167 'Lights and Buoys: Bahrein:- Buoying of approaches on behalf of Bahrein Petroleum Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the agreement of the British Government to assist the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) with the lighting and buoying of the channel to the east of Muharraq Island, Bahrain. The channel was to be used by the company's tankers, and led to the end of the submarine pipeline from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1933-6 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (280 folios)

205. IOR/L/PS/12/3905

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3905
Title:
Coll 30/168 'Lights and Buoys: Proposed levy of light dues at Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposed levy for light dues at Bahrain on ships belonging to the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO). The measure was proposed by the Government of India in 1936, and further pressure was applied by the Persian Gulf Lighting Service Advisory Committee in 1940. The latt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1935-20 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

206. IOR/L/PS/12/3906

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3906
Title:
Coll 30/169 'Lights and Buoys: Buoying of approaches to Ras Tanurah on behalf of California Arabian Standard Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an approach to the India Office from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company Limited (CASOC), for assistance with the buoying of the channel leading to the company's chosen anchorage at Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tannūrah]. The request is contained in correspondence from the company'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1938-15 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

207. IOR/L/PS/12/3907

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3907
Title:
Coll 30/170 'Question of ownership of Libainat islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the disputed ownership of the islands of Libaina (rendered Libainat in the file title) al Saghir and Libaina al Khabir (also referred to as Bain-as-Seghir and Bain-al-Khabir, or jointly as the Bainain), lying between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which were the subject of territori...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1938-12 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (129 folios)

208. IOR/L/PS/12/3908

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3908
Title:
Coll 30/171 'Koweit: Iranian population of Koweit. Iraqi interest.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request by the Government of Iraq to establish the precise numbers of the Shiah population in Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). This information is given in a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle) to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1938-3 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

209. IOR/L/PS/12/3909

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3909
Title:
Coll 30/172 'Attitude of Ibn Saud (Saudi Arabia) towards Arab rulers in Persian Gulf and P. Gulf affairs.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from British officials concerning the attitude of the Government of Saudi Arabia (specifically that of its king, Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]) toward the rulers of other Gulf states. The correspondents include HM Minister, Jedda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1938-2 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

210. IOR/L/PS/12/3910

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3910
Title:
Coll 30/173 'Oil: Abu Dhabi Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the oil concession agreement between Petroleum Concessions Limited (through its subsidiary, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited) and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and the ratification of the agreement by the British Government. The papers cover: the initial ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1938-2 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)