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181. IOR/L/PS/12/3889

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3889
Title:
Coll 30/154 'War Emergency Legislation in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the formulation of war emergency legislation for the Persian Gulf in the run-up to, and during, the Second World War. According to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle) in 1937, certain factors peculiar to the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1937-12 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (639 folios)

182. IOR/L/PS/12/3890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3890
Title:
Coll 30/155 'Bahrein: Administration Reports, 1926- Annual Reports'
Scope & Content:
The file contains an Administrative Report and ten Annual Reports issued by the Government of Bahrain for the period 1926-46, with a small quantity of interspersed India Office covering letters, minutes and correspondence. The reports bear manuscript annotations. The file includes the following...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1938-18 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (502 folios)

183. IOR/L/PS/12/3891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3891
Title:
Coll 30/156 'Bahrein: Education of Sheikh's son. Visit to England.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the visit to England of Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad [‘Abdullāh bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah], son of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain. The purpose of the visit was to enable Shaikh Abdullah to acquire a good knowledge of English. The papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1938-14 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

184. IOR/L/PS/12/3892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3892
Title:
Coll 30/157 'Bahrein: Medical Officer to Bahrein Govt. Bahrain Govt. Hospital, and recruitment of European Nurses.'
Scope & Content:
The file covers the recruitment of a Medical Officer by the Government of Bahrain in 1938, and the recruitment of nurses in the United Kingdom: applications, references, and travel expenses, 1941-48. The file includes correspondence with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave (Adviser to the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1938-7 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (292 folios)

185. IOR/L/PS/12/3893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3893
Title:
Coll 30/157A 'Medical Equipment and Drugs for Bahrein Government Hospital'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns assistance given by various British Government departments with the provision from medical suppliers of medical equipment (1938-39) and drugs (1945-50) for the hospital of the Government of Bahrain. The papers include lists of medical equipment requested by the Government of B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1938-30 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (200 folios)

186. IOR/L/PS/12/3894A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3894A
Title:
Coll 30/158 'Koweit: Disturbances, 1938, and consequent administrative changes. Koweit Council.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the circumstances surrounding the recognition by the Ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of an elected Legislative Council (Majlis) in June 1938; and the subsequent administration of the state. The papers include correspondence and reports from the Political Resid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1938-3 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (347 folios)

187. IOR/L/PS/12/3894B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3894B
Title:
Coll 30/158A 'Koweit: Administration and Finances. Financial Adviser for Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the administration and finances of the state of Koweit [Kuwait], and in particular the proposed appointment of a British Financial Adviser to the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], a role similar to that of Charles Dalrymple Belgrave in Bahrain. This was against...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1946-5 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

188. IOR/L/PS/12/3895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3895
Title:
Coll 30/159 'Ownership of Hawar Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the disputed claims of the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands. The issue arose afresh in 1936 in response to a request from Petroleum Concessions Limited to settle the issue of ownership, in order that the Company could claim oil concession rights...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1936-15 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

189. IOR/L/PS/12/3896A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3896A
Title:
Coll 30/160(S) 'C.I.D. Sub Committee for questions concerning Middle East: Measures to influence minor powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of value in time of war.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions concerning the Middle East. The Sub-Committee had been charged by the Committee of Imperial Defence to 'investigate and report on the measures which might be taken, either b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1938-18 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (338 folios)

190. IOR/L/PS/12/3896B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3896B
Title:
Coll 30/160 Pt II(S) 'C.I.D. Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Measures to influence Minor Powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of Value in time of war. (Bushire Secret-Service Grant)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office, the Government of India External Affairs Department, HM Treasury, and the Foreign Office concerning the level of the secret service grant of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf for 1946-47. The grant had been paid by the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1945-15 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)