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141. IOR/L/PS/12/3843

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3843
Title:
Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of extracts of reports on naval affairs and general intelligence in the Persian Gulf sent from the Admiralty to the India Office. The extracts were sent approximately every month and cover the whole of the period 1935-39. The extracts are drawn from reports of proceedings of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1935-10 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (600 folios)

142. IOR/L/PS/12/3844

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3844
Title:
Coll 30/115 'Persian Gulf: Koweit; Visits of the Sheikh of Koweit abroad'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding visits to other countries by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, between 1935 and 1948. The primary correspondents are: the Political Resident, Persian Gulf; the India Office; the Political Agency, Kuwait; the Shaikh of Kuwait; Buckingham Pal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Apr 1931-27 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (238 folios)

143. 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)

144. 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)

145. IOR/L/PS/12/3847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3847
Title:
Coll 30/118 'Gypsum deposits in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the potential commercial exploitation by British firms of deposits of gypsum in the Persian Gulf. Gypsum was used as a cementing material and for the manufacture of plaster board. The main deposits were along the coast of Iran (referred to throughout as Persia), but the substan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1935-31 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

146. IOR/L/PS/12/3848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3848
Title:
Coll 30/119 'Qatar: Protest by Ibn Saud against the grant of the Qatar Oil Concession. Direct correspondence between the Sheikh of Qatar & Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a letter from Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Saudi Arabia, to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim ath-Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar (also spelled Katr), concerning the Qatar oil concession and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1935-18 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

147. IOR/L/PS/12/3849

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3849
Title:
Coll 30/120 'Development of the Port of Bander Shahpur & Khorramshahr.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns development, facilities, and customs at the Iranian ports of Bandar Shahpur (also referred to as Bander Shahpur) and Khorramshahr. The papers include reports from the British Consul, Khuzistan, and the British Vice-Consul, Khorramshahr, statistics of shipping, and a letter of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1933-3 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

148. IOR/L/PS/12/3850

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3850
Title:
Coll 30/121 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Reservation by the Bahrain Petroleum Company of land not within the original reservation.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns applications by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) to the Government of Bahrain for reservations of land for refinery purposes in addition to those reserved under the terms of Articles I and II of the Mining Lease dated 29 December 1934. The additional reservations, which la...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1935-8 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

149. IOR/L/PS/12/3851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3851
Title:
Coll 30/122 'Persian claim to the island of Sirri'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the claim by the Government of Iran to the island of Sirri [Jazīreh-ye Sīrrī], which was occupied by the Iranian customs authorities. The issue arose following the seizure by inhabitants of the island of a dhow from Ras al Khaimah. The incident produced a protest by the Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1936-18 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

150. IOR/L/PS/12/3852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3852
Title:
Coll 30/123 'Bahrain (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) over oil concession rights in the Bahrain Unallotted Area (also referred to as the Additional Area), i.e. those parts of Bahrain territory not forming part of the concession awarded to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1935-18 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (398 folios)