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1. IOR/L/PS/12/517

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/517
Title:
Ext 2944/41 'Flour for Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Economic Warfare, regarding a shortage of flour in Bahrein [Bahrain] caused by a lack of shipping space on v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1941-7 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/576

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/576
Title:
Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to British propaganda (in the form of food packages, radio broadcasts and literature) in Persia [Iran] during the first few months of the British and Russian occupation of the country. It contains correspondence discussing the internal affairs of Persia from a British perspecti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1941-23 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/787
Title:
Ext 329/43(1) ‘SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with replacing sugar previously obtained by the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) from India with sugar supplied from the United Kingdom; sugar production in India and Pakistan had fallen following the end of the Second World War (1939-194...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1947-7 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/788
Title:
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1943-5 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)