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

31. IOR/L/PS/12/3822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3822
Title:
Coll 30/103 'Basidu: Position of the inhabitants of Basidu in the event of evacuation by His Majesty's Government.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions over the position of the inhabitants of Basidu [on the island of Qeshm], in the event of its evacuation by the British Government. Basidu was a former naval depot that had been under British control since [circa] 1820. However, in the opinion of the Law Officers, Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Oct 1933-29 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/3824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3824
Title:
Coll 30/104(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Operations of the Koweit Oil Company. (Provision of Motor Vehicles & Spares for Sheik of Koweit)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company, from its initial explorations and discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Kuwait, to the suspension of the Company's operations during the Second World War (1939-45), and the resumption of its operations after the war. The main co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-20 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (373 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/12/3829

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3829
Title:
Coll 30/106 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Bushire flag incident, 1934.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an incident at Bushire on 26 November 1934, in which an allegedly drunk Persian naval officer ordered a British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) tender, the Garmsir, to haul down the red ensign. The officer was said to have accompanied the order with threats, and to have s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1934-25 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/12/3840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3840
Title:
Coll 30/111 'British Naval Stations in: Establishments at Khor Quwai and Bahrain. Evacuation of Henjam and Basidu.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū, Qeshm], in Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia), and the transfer of naval facilities to a new main station at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and a subsidiary statio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1934-4 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (572 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/12/3845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3845
Title:
Coll 30/116 'Kuwait: establishment of a bank'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, intelligence summaries, and drafts between officials on behalf of the Government of India and the officials of the Ottoman Bank, the Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran regarding the opening of a bank in Koweit [Kuwait]. In ad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1935-23 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (244 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/12/3846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3846
Title:
Coll 30/117 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain Grievances of the Baharinah.'
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to the grievances of the Baharnah (the native population of Bahrain). The papers include: The petition of the Baharnah to the Ruler of Bahrain Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa requesting the adoption of a Qanun (code of laws) in the courts, proportional representati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1935-11 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/12/3858

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3858
Title:
Coll 30/125 'Persian Gulf. Bahrein. Visit of the Sheikh of Bahrein to England 1936'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a state visit to Britain made by the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al-Khalifa, in June 1936. The correspondence discusses the logistics of the visit in detail, including the journey there and back from Bahrain (via ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1936-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (340 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/12/3862

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3862
Title:
Coll 30/128 'Persian Gulf. Style of address of the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a decision to raise the official status and personal address of the rulers of Kuwait and Bahrain from 'His Excellency' to 'His Highness'. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency, the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1936-14 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/12/3863

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3863
Title:
Coll 30/129 'Persian Gulf. Question of the ownership of the islands of Farsi, Arabi and Harqus, and Dalmah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the territorial status of a number of small islands in the Persian Gulf and their potential for oil exploration. In particular, the status of the islands of Farsi, Arabi and Harqus is discussed at length. In addition to corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1936-25 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/12/3928

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3928
Title:
Coll 30/191 ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of the Persian Gulf. Establishment of aircraft facilities at Socotra and Salalah (Muscat) and Assembly Port at Masira Bay.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to defence facilities in the Persian Gulf and on, or near, the Southern Arabian Coast. It includes papers relating to the following: The construction of a naval ammunition store on Jiddah Island (also spelled Jidda Island in the file), ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1939-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (482 folios)