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191. IOR/L/PS/12/3897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3897
Title:
Coll 30/160(2) 'Measures to influence minor Powers & Arab States in time of War. Deputation of British Officer to RIYADH. (Capt G. S. de Gaury).'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the appointment of Captain Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury (formerly, the Political Agent, Kuwait) as Political Officer at Riyadh (1939-40). The appointment of a Political Officer, under the orders of HM Minister, Jedda, was proposed in 1939 as a special measure ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1939-21 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

192. IOR/L/PS/12/3898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3898
Title:
Coll 30/160(3) 'Measures to influence Persia in time of war. Question of supply of railway material to Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply by the Government of India of railway material to the Government of Iran. The supply of such material was seen by the British Government as a means of influencing certain minor powers in the Middle East in favour of the British on the outbreak of war [the Second Worl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1939-10 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

193. IOR/L/PS/12/3899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3899
Title:
Coll 30/161 'Oil: Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the preparation of the following Foreign Office confidential print: 'Note on Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula. (Prepared in the Petroleum Department, June 1938)', dated 11 June 1938. The file includes the original Petroleum Department version of the paper, dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1938-6 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

194. IOR/L/PS/12/3900

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3900
Title:
Coll 30/163 'Boundaries of Persian territory: Status of the islands Tumb, Little Tumb, Abu Musa, Farur, Little Farur and Sirri.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the territorial status of a number of islands in the Persian Gulf. The issue arose in response to a request from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited to the Foreign Office in 1938 concerning the extent of Iranian (generally referred to as Persian) territory, in order that the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1938-19 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

195. IOR/L/PS/12/3901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3901
Title:
Coll 30/164 'Oil: Oil Concesssions on the Trucial Coast:- Kalba.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the Kalba oil concession. The concession consisted of the commercial agreement between Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Sultan [Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba, and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, signed on 20 December 1938 (co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1938-17 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (119 folios)

196. IOR/L/PS/12/3902

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3902
Title:
Coll 30/165 'Bahrein (and Nepal): Opium:- Supply of statistics under the Opium Conventions of 1925 and 1931.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of statistical information concerning the import and export of dangerous drugs in respect of Bahrain. The information was supplied by the Political Agency, Bahrain, via the Home Office, to the Permanent Central Opium Board of the League of Nations (later the United N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Aug 1935-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)

197. IOR/L/PS/12/3903

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3903
Title:
Coll 30/166 'Koweit: Water Supply.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), particularly in terms of Kuwait's dependence for water on Iraq. The papers cover: delays to Kuwaiti water boats in the Shatt al Arab caused by Iraqi customs, which resulted in a water shortage in Kuwait, and complaint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1936-31 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

198. IOR/L/PS/12/3904

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3904
Title:
Coll 30/167 'Lights and Buoys: Bahrein:- Buoying of approaches on behalf of Bahrein Petroleum Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the agreement of the British Government to assist the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) with the lighting and buoying of the channel to the east of Muharraq Island, Bahrain. The channel was to be used by the company's tankers, and led to the end of the submarine pipeline from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1933-6 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (280 folios)

199. IOR/L/PS/12/3905

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3905
Title:
Coll 30/168 'Lights and Buoys: Proposed levy of light dues at Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposed levy for light dues at Bahrain on ships belonging to the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO). The measure was proposed by the Government of India in 1936, and further pressure was applied by the Persian Gulf Lighting Service Advisory Committee in 1940. The latt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1935-20 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

200. IOR/L/PS/12/3906

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3906
Title:
Coll 30/169 'Lights and Buoys: Buoying of approaches to Ras Tanurah on behalf of California Arabian Standard Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an approach to the India Office from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company Limited (CASOC), for assistance with the buoying of the channel leading to the company's chosen anchorage at Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tannūrah]. The request is contained in correspondence from the company'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1938-15 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)