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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968

21. IOR/L/PS/12/3801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3801
Title:
Coll 30/84 'PASSPORTS & VISAS: INCLUDING PERSIAN REFUSAL TO VISA BRITISH PASSPORTS ENDORSED FOR KOWEIT AND BAHRAIN.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the refusal of the Government of Persia (later referrred to as Iran) to issue visas for travel to Persia to holders of British passports bearing endorsements for Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrain. The issue arose because of Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. This refusal by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
23 Aug 1933-19 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file, in two parts (255 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/3802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3802
Title:
Coll 30/86(1) 'PERSIA. RELATIONS WITH IRAQ. SHATT-EL-ARAB: INTERNATIONALISATION OF, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSERVANCY BOARD.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab). The papers include: negotiations with the governments of Iraq and Persia [Iran]; the involvement of British shipowners in discussions; numerous drafts o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jul 1932-10 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 volume (592 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/3803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3803
Title:
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (468 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/3804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3804
Title:
Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/3810

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3810
Title:
Coll 30/90 'Persian claim to the island of Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the claim of the Government of Iran (generally referred to as the Government of Persia) to territorial sovereignty over Bahrein [Bahrain]. The papers include: the Iranian claim in the light of the Bahrain oil concession; representations by the Government of Iran to the League ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 May 1934-23 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file in 3 parts (519 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/3811

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3811
Title:
Coll 30/91(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company. The agreement provided the company with exclusive rights to exploit oil, gas, and petroleum products with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1934-23 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (477 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/3812

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3812
Title:
Coll 30/91(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the negotiations concerning the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Shaikh Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company in 1934. The Kuwait Oil Company was 50-50 owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1934-11 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (390 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/3817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3817
Title:
Coll 30/97 'Importation of naval stores into Henjam.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Foreign Office, HM Minister, Tehran, and officials of the Persian Government concerning the import of naval stores into the Royal Indian Marine (RIM) [Royal Indian Navy] depot at Henjam. The Government of Persia refused to allow import of the stores fre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1934-7 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/3818

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3818
Title:
Coll 30/99 'Koweit & Bahrain Nationality. Date of institution of.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs for information concerning the date of the independence of Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrain from Ottoman control, and therefore the date at which the nationality of the two states commenced. Various views are advanced in the corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1933-1 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/12/3819

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3819
Title:
Coll 30/100 'Bahrain. (Persian claim to,): Geneva Arms Traffic Convention of 1925:- Reservation of the United States Senate to its ratification'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the attaching of a reservation by the United States Senate to its ratification of the Geneva Arms Traffic Convention of 1925 [the Geneva Protocol]. The reservation stated that adherence to the treaty should not be construed as denying any right of sovereignty of the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1934-25 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)