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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom, 1858-1935

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/227
Title:
PZ 2729/37 'Pastori, an Italian subject: Activities in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of telegrams reporting the activities of Tullio Pastori, an Italian subject in the Persian Gulf, whose objective is to obtain Arab labourers for employment in Eritrea on the behalf of the Italian authorities. He is suspected of seeking to make concessions with the Sheikhs of Di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1937-30 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/233
Title:
PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/284
Title:
PZ 2024/1939 'Desire of Japanese diplomatic staff to visit Bahrain and Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to a proposed visit of Japanese diplomatic staff to Bahrain and Kuwait. The main correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the India Office. The main recipients are the Political Agents in Kuwait and Bahrain and the Secretary of S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1939-15 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/361

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/361
Title:
PZ 1682/1940 'Propaganda: tour of the Middle East by Mr Rushbrook-Williams, Ministry of Information, for discussion of propaganda problems'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to a tour of the Middle East by Laurence Frederic Rushbrook-Williams in 1940 to discuss propaganda problems in the area and improve the co-ordination of pro-British propaganda. The main correspondents in the file are Rushbrook-Williams (Adviser for Midd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1940-16 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/371

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/371
Title:
PZ 2216/40 'Bahrain to be main collecting and temporary detention port in the Persian Gulf: question of responsibility'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a letter sent to the Secretary of State for India by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on behalf of the Political Agent in Bahrain, and a draft reply. The subject of the correspondence is a question of whether or not Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1940-6 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/458
Title:
PZ 236/41 'Disturbances on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to the Secretary of State for India. The correspondence relates that, on the pretext that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1941-9 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/470
Title:
PZ 508/41 'Propaganda in Iran. (Consignment of Indian Wheat).'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iran, the Secretary of State for India, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department, discussing the detestation felt by many in Iran for the Shah and for the British, who are perceived to have helped the Shah to seize power. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1941-13 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/480
Title:
PZ 852/41 '"Monitoring" Intercept.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Ministry of Information, Censorship Division, regarding intercepted Italian and German broadcasts of an alleged engagement between the Fakir of Ipi and British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1941-15 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/482
Title:
PZ 916/41 'Discontinuance of "Guidance Telegrams."'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a telegram from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for India, requesting the discontinuance of guidance telegrams. The telegram is accompanied by internal notes confirming that the request has been carried out.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1941-21 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)