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

231. IOR/L/PS/12/3931

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3931
Title:
Coll 30/192(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence Bahrein. Supply of ammunition to the Bahrein Govt by H.M.Govt.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the gift of 100,000 rounds of ammunition from the British Government to Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file). The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1939-29 Jul 1940
Extent:

1 file (27 folios)

232. IOR/L/PS/12/3932

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3932
Title:
Coll 30/192(3) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of Bahrein (a) Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Capt A.C. Byard. (b) Bahrein Defence Force – Recruitment from personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Company.’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two folders of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain: folder A ‘Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Captain A. C. Byard. “ ” Major H.T. Hewitt.’ [‘Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1939-24 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

233. IOR/L/PS/12/3933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3933
Title:
Coll 30/193 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. KOWEIT.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the defence of Kuwait (also spelled Koweit and Kuweit in the file). It includes correspondence regarding the following: the preparation of a scheme for the defence of Kuwait by the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq; an exercise carried ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1938-20 Mar 1942
Extent:

1 file (78 folios)

234. IOR/L/PS/12/3934

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3934
Title:
Coll 30/196(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence. Koweit- Estabt of R.A.F. Pack Wireless Stn @.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the installation of a wireless set with Royal Air Force operators at the Kuwait Political Agency (the commercial 'at' symbol is used in the file title), pending the establishment by Cable and Wireless Limited of their wireless station at Kuwait, in connection...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1939-30 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

235. IOR/L/PS/12/3935

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3935
Title:
Coll 30/194 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. SHARJAH & DIBAI.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Sharjah and Dubai (also spelled Dibai in the file). The papers consist of correspondence, and a copy of a report entitled ‘Appreciation of the Situation Regarding the Defence of Sharjah and Dibai Alighting Area Against Tribal Attack and Sabota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1939-29 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

236. IOR/L/PS/12/3936

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3936
Title:
Coll 30/195 ‘Persian Gulf Defence QATAR.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Qatar. It includes a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq, 8 August 1938, concerning the defence of Qatar, including the possibe need to protect an oil field an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 August 1938-29 Jan 1943
Extent:

1 file (26 folios)

237. IOR/L/PS/12/3937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3937
Title:
Coll 30/196 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. Muscat. War Subsidy’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Muscat. It includes papers regarding: the position of the Sultan of Muscat in the event of the outbreak of war (since he was an independent sovereign and therefore his state would not automatically be on the side of the British Empire in war)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1938-8 Mar 1951
Extent:
1 file (430 folios)

238. IOR/L/PS/12/3938

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3938
Title:
Coll 30/197 ‘Persian Gulf. Special War Measures – Allocation of war-time expenditure. Appt. of Political Officer on Trucial Coast & addtl staff in the Gulf. Inc. Censorship (staff) Arrangements’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to special measures, mainly consisting of the recruitment of extra staff, taken by British authorities in the Persian Gulf in the event of war and during the Second World War. These special measures included the appointment of a Political Officer for the Trucial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1938-21 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (151 folios)

239. IOR/L/PS/12/3939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3939
Title:
Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War. It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Ab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1942-15 Jul 1943
Extent:

1 file (113 folios)

240. IOR/L/PS/12/3940

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3940
Title:
Coll 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to: a tour of Muscat by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Consul-General, Bushire, in February 1940; his journey from Muscat to Bahrein [Bahrain] in the ship LT [Lighthouse Tender] Ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1940-1 Oct 1946
Extent:

1 file (64 folios)