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661. IOR/R/15/2/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/728
Title:
‘File 28/35 Defence of Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file, while entitled ‘Defence of Qatar’, chiefly concerns the issue of six rifles and 1,200 rounds of small arms ammunition (SAA) to British personnel employed by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in Qatar during the war. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1939-20 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

662. IOR/R/15/2/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/897
Title:
‘File 41/2 Arms traffic’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

663. IOR/R/15/2/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/343
Title:
File 9/2 Pearling
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation at Jedda, the Political Agent at Sharjah, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Ruler of Dubai and the Ruler of Qatar, on the subject of introd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1934-10 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)

664. IOR/R/15/2/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/148
Title:
File 1/A/13 IV Transhipment of cargo at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the agreement reached between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia (with the consent of Bahrain) on transit dues at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein). The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), and the Assistant Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1935-22 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (199 folios)

665. IOR/R/15/2/416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/416
Title:
File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the India Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent in Bahrain with the Shaikh of Qatar, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the borders of Qatar, the oil concession and the relation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1935-30 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

666. IOR/R/15/2/528

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/528
Title:
‘File 13/23 Survey of P.G. [Persian Gulf] Aerodromes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the arrival in Bahrain in January 1947, of a survey party, who are touring the head of the Persian Gulf to assess the region’s aerodromes. The principal correspondents in the file are the Bahrain Political Agent, Captain Hug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1946-3 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

667. IOR/R/15/2/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/562
Title:
File No. 17/9 MAILS BETWEEN BAHRAIN & IRAN
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Political Agent at Bahrain (Reginald George Evelin Alban, Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain, Secretary to the External Affairs Department of the Government of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
21 Sep 1937-8 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

668. IOR/R/15/2/598

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/598
Title:
‘19/11 MR. FELIX VALYI. MR FELIX VAYLI’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence from the British Consulate General at Bushire and the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning the activities of Felix Valyi, a Hungarian Orientalist. In particular, are details of his plan for a 'world university' in Greece and a 'Council of Higher Learning in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1946-16 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

669. IOR/R/15/2/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/749
Title:
‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) for emergency commission to the military forces, and correspondence concerning official policy towards volunteers for military duty, and proposals for the introduction in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1930-2 Feb 1942
Extent:

1 volume (351 folios)

670. IOR/R/15/2/879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/879
Title:
File 39/8 Oil Development, Middle East: Trans-Arabian pipe line
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Fuel and Power and the Political Resident at Bahrain about American interest in Middle East oil. The correspondence discusses a Trans-Arabian oil pipeline to the Mediterranean ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1943-24 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)