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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Subject Arms sales

1. IOR/L/PS/12/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/87
Title:
PZ 7629/33 'Persia: Persian armaments'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding actual and attempted purchases of armaments and military equipment by Persia. The primary correspondents are: War Office; India Office; Foreign Office; British Legation, Tehran; Export Credits Guarantee Department. Folios 91-177 cover War Office reports of arm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1933-6 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/228
Title:
PZ 2729/37(S) 'Pastori, an Italian subject: Activities in the Persian Gulf. I.P.I papers'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of memoranda, correspondence, and reports from Indian Political Intelligence concerning the activities of Tullio Pastori, an Italian subject in the Persian Gulf. It assesses whether he is merely a commercial adventurer, or a political agent for the Italians engaged in subversiv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1937-10 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/342
Title:
PZ 1076/40 ‘Arms Traffic Persian Gulf. Licences for export of Arms etc to the Persian Gulf Ports’
Scope & Content:
The file consists largely of monthly returns compiled by the Board of Trade and which relate to the licensing of British arms exports by sea to Muscat and the ports of the Persian Gulf, notably Basra (or Basrah). The returns contain the following information for every arms export listed: the exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1931-8 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (355 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/359
Title:
PZ 1673/40 'Activities of ADC to Shaikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains translated correspondence sent between Izzat Mohamed Jaafar, the Aide-de-Camp and Private Secretary to the Shaikh of Kuwait, and George Maratos of Alexandria. The correspondence relates to the activities of Jaafar, in particular his negotiations over the purchase of arms, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Mar 1940-22 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)