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211. IOR/L/PS/12/3917

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3917
Title:
Coll 30/179 'Kuwait:- Buoying of Kadhama Channel.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the temporary buoying of the channel to the Ras Kadhama anchorage, at the western end of Kuwait Bay. The request was made by the Kuwait Oil Company, to enable them to land oil well drilling material, and the work was carried out by the Persian Gulf lig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1936-7 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

212. IOR/L/PS/12/3918

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3918
Title:
Coll 30/180 'Kuwait:- Establishment of a light on Kubber Island.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a light for shipping (and rejected proposals for an aero-maritime beacon) on Kubber Island (also referred to as Kubbar Island), in the approaches to Kuwait. The file contains correspondence from the Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, Bombay; and fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1937-26 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

213. IOR/L/PS/12/3919

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3919
Title:
Coll 30/181 'Development of Education in the Arab States.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the development of education in the Persian Gulf, particularly in Kuwait and Bahrain, including appointments to the post of Director of Education, Bahrain, which was organised (and partly funded) by the British Council. The papers cover: reports from the Political Agent, Kuwai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jan 1939-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (533 folios)

214. IOR/L/PS/12/3920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3920
Title:
Coll 30/182 'Oil: Question of survey of north-eastern corner of Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to the India Office that a British Government survey vessel should survey the north-east coast of the Qatar Peninsula between Ras Umm Hasah and Ras Luffain [Ra's Lafān]. The area between those two places had been identified by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1939-17 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

215. IOR/L/PS/12/3921

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3921
Title:
Coll 30/183 'Proposed visit to Persian Gulf by H.E. the Viceroy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposal by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, that he make an official visit to the Arab shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf: Muscat, Sharjah, Bahrain, and Kuwait are mentioned as likely destinations. Linlithgow requested permission for the visit from the Secretary of State for India,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1939-25 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

216. IOR/L/PS/12/3922

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3922
Title:
Coll 30/184 'Bahrein: Council of Regency during Sheikh's absence from Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the administration of Bahrain in the absence of the Ruler, Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]. Correspondence from Charles Darymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 1936, sets out the arrangements for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1936-17 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

217. IOR/L/PS/12/3923

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3923
Title:
Coll 30/185 'OIL: Hasa Oil. Qn of a pre-emption agreement.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the question ('Qn' in the file title) of whether the British Government required a pre-emption agreement (to commandeer oil in case of national emergency) in the case of oil from Hasa. The file includes correspondence on the matter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1938-29 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

218. IOR/L/PS/12/3924

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3924
Title:
Coll 30/186 'Oil: Koweit Territorial Waters. Jurisdiction over the sub-soil beneath the sea. Off-Shore Oil in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the interest of the Kuwait Oil Company in exploring for submarine oil deposits beyond the limits of Kuwait's territorial waters, and the issue of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf generally, in the light of the United States Government's proclamation of 1945 concerning the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1939-12 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)

219. IOR/L/PS/12/3925

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3925
Title:
Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the application to the Persian Gulf of amended prize jurisdiction in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of, the Second World War. Prize law related to the capture of enemy ships and goods during wartime. The Prize Act, 1939 extended prize law to aircraft also. The paper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1939-21 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

220. IOR/L/PS/12/3926

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3926
Title:
Coll 30/188 'Kuwait: Mining for Sulphur by Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and a new company, the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited (formed from American interests in the Kuwait Oil Company), to explore for deposits of sulphur in Kuwait. Sulphur was u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1940-28 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)