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Project / Collection India Office Records Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Subject Shipping

1. IOR/L/PS/12/74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/74
Title:
PZ 3790/33 'Iraq: arrest of Captain Macleod, Harbour Master at Abadan Reach, by Persian Naval Authorities in the entrance of the Shatt-el-Arab.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the arrest of a British harbour-master by the Persian naval authorities, who sought a sum of money for his release. The discussion in the file relates to the communication by British officials with the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1933-4 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/101
Title:
PZ 2006/34 'The Hadhramaut: Attitude of Ibn Saud towards - shipping at Port of Bir Ali'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between British officials relating to political and religious activity in Hedjaz [Saudi Arabia] and Batavia [Jakarta] by Arab merchants and other notables originating from opposing factions in the Hadhramaut [Hadramawt] region of the Aden Protectorate [Yemen]. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1934-18 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/234
Title:
PZ 5547/37 'Persian Gulf:– Establishment of a Light on Kubber Island'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the establishment of a light for shipping on Kubber Island [Jazīrat Kubbar]. The material is predominantly copy correspondence dating from 2 July 1935 to 8 June 1937. Correspondents include: the Port Director and Director General of Navigation, Bas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/483
Title:
PZ 934/41 'Persian Gulf Shipping.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Consul at Basra, HM Ambassador to Iraq, and the Minister of Shipping, regarding the monopoly over shipping in the Persian Gulf held by the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, and the consequent restrictive effects on other shipping...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1940-18 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/786
Title:
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/847
Title:
Ext 4226/43 ‘Compensation to Arabic Shaikhdoms for Losses by Enemy Action (Sinking of S.S. Dhafu); Sinking of dhows belonging to KOWEIT, QATAR, MUSCAT (Grounding of "Star of Mex")’
Scope & Content:
The file contains policy papers discussing whether the British Government should pay out compensation for dhows lost by the Persian Gulf States as a result of enemy action. The file also discusses whether compensation should be paid to coolies killed as a result of the sinking of the Norwegian v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1943-21 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1186

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1186
Title:
Ext 8046/46 'Proposed Iraqi merchant shipping line'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a proposal made by the Hanna Sheikh River Transport Company to open an Iraqi shipping line. The message is relayed by Sir George Clinton Pelham (British Embassy in Iraq, Baghdad) to Archibald William David (British Consul, Basra). Subsequent corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1946-21 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)