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261. IOR/L/PS/12/3965B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3965B
Title:
Coll 30/221 'Banking facilities in Bahrein and Saudi-Arabia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Bahrain alone, and not, as the title states, Saudi Arabia. The file contains two letters dated September 1949 from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay) concerning a visit to Bahrain by a representative of the Pakistan State Ban...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1944-8 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

262. IOR/L/PS/12/3966

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3966
Title:
Coll 30/222 'Construction of repair docks at Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposed survey of Bahrain by a construction company (Holloway Brothers), who had been commissioned by a shipping and trading company to select a site for a repair dock. The papers include telegrams from HM Ambassador, Baghdad, and the Political Agent, Bahrain. The file inc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1945-28 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

263. IOR/L/PS/12/3967

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3967
Title:
Coll 30/223 'Survey of Trucial Coast by U.S.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a survey of the Trucial Coast in June to August 1945 by a United States Army Survey Mission. The survey was undertaken in conjunction with Survey Branch Middle East. Correspondence dated August-October 1945 discusses the Survey Mission's request to extend its work into Muscat t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1945-27 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

264. IOR/L/PS/12/3968A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3968A
Title:
Coll 30/224 'Currency Arrangements in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns currency issues affecting the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, following the transfer of administrative responsibility from the Government of India to the Persian Gulf Residency in 1947. Under the new arrangements, responsibility for exchange control was vested in the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1947-29 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (302 folios)

265. IOR/L/PS/12/3968B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3968B
Title:
Coll 30/224 'Currency Arrangements in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns currency arrangements in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf that were under British influence. The papers cover: allegations by the Government of Pakistan and in the Pakistani press of discrimination against Pakistan currency in Bahrain; exchange control policy; 'Report on Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1948-14 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

266. IOR/L/PS/12/3969

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3969
Title:
Coll 30/225 'Economic development of Gulf States: (Agriculture and Fisheries) Water Scheme for Muscat.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals for the economic development of the Persian Gulf states that were under British supervision, particularly in terms of fisheries, agriculture, and water supply. The proposals are discussed in the light of expected increases in oil revenue in all the states, and the com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1947-10 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (140 folios)

267. IOR/L/PS/12/3970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3970
Title:
Coll 30/226 'ACTIVITIES of ASSOCIATED ETHYL CO.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns enquiries by representatives of the Associated Ethyl Company Limited, London, into the possibilities in the Persian Gulf for the manufacture of tetra-ethyl-lead and the recovery of bromine from seawater. Ethyl-lead was required as a booster for petrol, and an India Office minut...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1947-21 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

268. IOR/L/PS/12/3971

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3971
Title:
Coll 30/227 'Water Supply for Koweit (Distilling Plant)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals for the supply of drinking water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). It was said in 1947 that the need for fresh water was one of Kuwait's most pressing requirements, and now that the state was in receipt of considerable royalties, Kuwaitis would not be satisfied ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1947-1 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

269. IOR/L/PS/12/3972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3972
Title:
Coll 30/228 'COMMUNAL SITUATION IN PERSIAN GULF.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a single item of correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay) to the Commonwealth Relations Office, London, concerning communal relations between Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, and Hindus in the Persian Gulf. The enclosur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1948-25 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

270. IOR/L/PS/12/3973

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3973
Title:
Coll 30/231 'Annual Political Review of Events in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of the Annual Report (political review of events in the Persian Gulf) of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay, for the years 1948 and 1949. The report for 1948 was the first to be submitted to the Foreign Office. The report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1949-28 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)