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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Place Qatar, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3725

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3725
Title:
Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to the national anthems and official flags of a number of different states and their rulers. Specifically, the correspondence relates to the national anthem of Bahrain, the personal standard of the Ruler of Kuwait, the flag of M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1917-7 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (129 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3800
Title:
Coll 30/83 'QATAR OIL CONCESSION, POLICY AND PROTECTION.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns British Government policy towards Qatar in the light of the bid by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) to obtain a concession from the Shaikh of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]) to produce oil in the country. The British Government were keen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1933-12 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (505 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3805

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3805
Title:
Coll 30/87(1) 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions between the British Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) over the drafting of an agreement to obtain an oil concession in Qatar (also spelled Katr and Qatr) for the company. The British Government was keen that the concession should be obtained by a B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1933-15 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (382 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3806A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3806A
Title:
Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the agreement between the British Government, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) (later the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), and the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] to award the company an exclusive oil concession in Qatar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1935-8 Nov 1944
Extent:

4 volumes (639 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3806B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3806B
Title:
Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited) in Qatar. Of particular importance in the file is the issue of the division of the sea bed for drilling operations between PCL's concession, and that of the Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1945-13 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (296 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3867

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3867
Title:
Coll 30/133 'Persian Gulf. Trucial Coast: Appointment of a Medical Officer'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the provision of medical facilities on the Trucial Coast including the political reasons for doing so. Specifically, the correspondence discusses the opening of a medical dispensary in Dubai in June 1939. The file also contai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1936-11 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3936

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3936
Title:
Coll 30/195 ‘Persian Gulf Defence QATAR.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Qatar. It includes a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq, 8 August 1938, concerning the defence of Qatar, including the possibe need to protect an oil field an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 August 1938-29 Jan 1943
Extent:

1 file (26 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3943

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3943
Title:
Coll 30/203 ‘Persian Gulf. Qatar – Proposed engagement of an “adviser on foreign affairs” by the sheikh.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to suspicions that Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar, desired to obtain an Iraqi adviser on foreign affairs, and objections to this by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the India Office, and the Fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1940-13 Nov 1941
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3963

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3963
Title:
Coll 30/219 'Affairs in Qatar'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, reports, and intelligence summaries, sent to the India Office, and later the Foreign Office, concerning affairs in Qatar. The reports refer frequently to the 'unsatisfactory' state of internal affairs in Qatar. The papers include: reports by the Political Agent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1941-7 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)