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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/25
Title:
PZ 3162/31 'Persian Gulf: Political Resident's Interview with Secty of State'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains papers regarding a meeting between Lieutenant-Colonel HughVincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and William WedgwoodBenn, Secretary of State for India. The meeting was at the Resident’s requestand took place in London in June 1931. The main topics of conversatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/49
Title:
PZ 1648/32 Persian Gulf: Irregularities Committed by Captain A R Walker as Commandant of Muscat State Levy Corps
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence (mainly copies) regarding irregularities in connection with the administration and command of the Muscat State Levy Corps by Captain A R Walker, 11th Sikh Regiment. It includes: copies of correspondence between S E Hedgcock, Muscat, and the Political Agent, Mus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1932-2 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/54
Title:
PZ 3067/32 'Regulations governing importation of live-stock and animal products into foreign countries'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding regulations governing imports of livestock and animal products into Afghanistan, India, Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait and the Trucial States. The primary correspondents are: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; William...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1931-27 Aug 1932
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/86
Title:
PZ 7248/33 'Persian Gulf: Jewish school at Bushire; q[uestio]n of financial assistance from Anglo-Jewish Association'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request by the Jewish community in Bushire for assistance in funding a school, and the consideration of this request by the Anglo-Jewish Association. The primary correspondents are: Secretary, Anglo-Jewish Association; Colonial Office; Political Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1933-16 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/89
Title:
PZ 8239/33 ‘Persian Gulf: Qn [Question] of supply of Press Cuttings to Bushire’
Scope & Content:
The file contains mainly correspondence and notes by India Office officials in London, relating to their enquiries and arrangements for the subscription, payment and supply of British press cuttings containing news coverage of Persia and the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, in 1934-1935 and again...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1933-22 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/110
Title:
PZ 3191/34 'Persian Gulf Viceroy's passage by Imperial Airways from Karachi to UK'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the ceremonial visits made by the Viceroy of India to Bahrain, Kuwait and Sharjah in the summer of 1934, where he landed by aeroplane, on route from Karachi to England by Imperial Airways Ltd, for a period of home leave. The file contains reports by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1934-15 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/122
Title:
PZ 7769/1934 'Supply of maps to the political resident in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes, supply notes, and an air consignment note, relating to the supply of maps to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes correspondence between Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and John Gilbert Laithwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-9 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/135
Title:
PZ 2429/1935 'Count Byron de Prorok: activities in Yemen and Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the monitoring by British officials of the activities of Count Byron Khun de Prorok and his expeditions in Yemen and the Persian Gulf. This included attempts to search for the ancient lost city of Ubar in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1935-5 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/200
Title:
PZ 3537/36 Muscat: allowance to Saiyid Tarig bin Taimur bin Faisal
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the financial position of Saiyid Tarig bin Taimur bin Faisal [Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur bin Faisal], the son of Taimur bin Faisal [Āl Sa‘īd, Taimur bin Faisal] (Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1913-1932). It consists of correspondence regarding a maintenance allowance. The main corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1936-10 Aug 1936
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/215
Title:
PZ 7836/36 'Grant of a gratuity to Mr. C. Bayer, Mechanical Engineer, Kowait Agency'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns expenditure in the Persian Gulf relating to a proposed grant of a gratuity to Mr Cyril Bayer, who being disabled by a stroke of paralysis and unable to work, was sent to India under medical advice. Payment is recommended in consideration of his long service as Mechanical Enginee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1936-25 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)