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81. IOR/L/PS/12/3784

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3784
Title:
Coll 30/67 'Koweit & H.M.G.: Policy of H.M.G. in regard to relations with the Shaikh of Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns British Government (HMG) policy on relations with the Shaikh of Koweit [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait]. The file contains correspondence, minutes and memoranda produced by senior officials at the Foreign Office and the India Office; the Political Resident in the Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1933-26 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (351 folios)

82. IOR/L/PS/12/3785

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3785
Title:
Coll 30/68 'Trade: Japanese trading activities in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports on Japanese trade with the Persian Gulf, in the light of a marked increase in Japanese trading activities in the region. The file contains information relating to Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast. The file consists of correspondence from the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1933-2 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (117 folios)

83. IOR/L/PS/12/3786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3786
Title:
Coll 30/69 'Bahrain: Pearling Riots in.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns demonstrations by pearl divers in Bahrain in 1932, in the course of which two people were killed. The disturbances arose following the issue of a proclamation by the Government of Bahrain announcing changes in inheritance law. However, the file states that the basic cause of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1932-15 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

84. IOR/L/PS/12/3787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3787
Title:
Coll 30/70 'Bahrain: Amendment of contracts of Capt Parke, Commandant of Police, & Mr Belgrave, Adviser to the Sheikh of Bahrain: leave of Mr Belgrave, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the terms of service of British officials working for the Government of Bahrain, principally Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; Belgrav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1930-24 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

85. IOR/L/PS/12/3788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3788
Title:
Coll 30/71 'Persian Navy: Visit of Persian gunboats to India & Ceylon. Docking facilities, refitting, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains information concerning the Persian Navy, including the visit of the Persian warships HIMS Babr and HIMS Palang to India and Ceylon, 1934; the cost of refitting the ships while in India; provision of docking facilities and further cost of refitting, 1935; the reimbursement of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Oct 1933-30 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

86. IOR/L/PS/12/3789

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3789
Title:
Coll 30/72 'Foreign Shipping in: Inauguration of regular steamship service from Italy by the Lloyd Triestino Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the introduction of a 'subsidised' shipping service into the Persian Gulf by the Italian shipping company Lloyd Triestino. The Foreign Office viewed the development with concern, at a time of increasing international interest in the Persian Gulf. The papers cover: summary of f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1933-31 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

87. IOR/L/PS/12/3790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3790
Title:
Coll 30/73 'German activities in the Gulf (inc Hansa line)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns various German activities in the Persian Gulf, principally the presence in the Gulf of German shipping, which was operated by the Hansa Line. The Foreign Office wished 'to discourage, as far as possible, German penetration in the Persian Gulf' (folio 65). The papers cover: lis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1934-26 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

88. IOR/L/PS/12/3791

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3791
Title:
Coll 30/74 'Bahrain: Qn. of customs duty to be charged on goods imported by air into Bahrain.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request to the Political Agent, Bahrain from Imperial Airways Limited (made through their agents, Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, Bahrain) for a reduction in customs duty charged on the c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value of goods imported by them into Bahrain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1933-10 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

89. IOR/L/PS/12/3792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3792
Title:
Coll 30/75 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Persian claims to Arab Littoral. Persian Govt. question right of H.M. Govt. to make official representations on behalf of Arab Rulers.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns relations between the governments of the United Kingdom and Persia (also referred to as Iran), specifically in terms of relations between Persia and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf that were under British protection. The file mainly contains correspondence from British Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jun 1918-26 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (394 folios)

90. IOR/L/PS/12/3793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3793
Title:
Coll 30/76 'Koweit: Abduction to Koweit of two Persian customs guards, by the crew of a Persian dhow.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the abduction from Dilam [Bandar-e Deylam] in Persia to Koweit [Kuwait] of two Persian customs guards by the crew of a Persian dhow. The nakhoda of the dhow feared punishment after his cargo was judged to be contraband by the Persian authorities, and so fled to Kuwait, with the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1934-26 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)