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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/651-765

71. IOR/R/15/2/721

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/721
Title:
‘File 28/29 Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence received from or relating to the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI), including: a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) to his Political Agents, dated 1941, concerning the establishment ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1941-18 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/2/722

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/722
Title:
‘File 28/30 War. Hostilities in Iran’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers produced in response to Britain’s involvement in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, which began on 25 August 1941. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1941-29 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

73. IOR/R/15/2/723

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/723
Title:
‘File 28/32 Food requirements from Pakistan. Civil requirements programme’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the export of foodstuffs from Pakistan to the sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf, as part of the Civil Requirements Programme. Principal correspondents in the file include: Political Agency staff at Bahrain; the Director (or Act...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1947-24 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/2/724

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/724
Title:
‘File 28/32 I Recruitment in Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to investigations into the prospect of recruiting large numbers of labourers from the Persian Gulf, for non-combatant military work in Basra, and later on, civilian (oil refinery) labour at Abadan. The principal correspondents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1942-28 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

75. IOR/R/15/2/725

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/725
Title:
‘File 28/33 Compensation & war risk insurance’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers related to questions concerning: a) the liability of oil companies (specifically the Bahrain Petroleum Company, or BAPCO) to pay compensation to employees injured by enemy action or while undertaking war service, and b) the risks to oil company ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1942-24 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (99 folios)

76. IOR/R/15/2/726

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/726
Title:
‘File 28/34-(i) War Emergency Legislation’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the drawing up of: a) an Emergency Order in Council, with Defence Regulations, and b) proclamations by the Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar, for issue in the event of war with Germany. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1939-23 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

77. IOR/R/15/2/727

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/727
Title:
‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to, and copies of the various orders, regulations and notices, issued under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council, 1939. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1939-9 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

78. IOR/R/15/2/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/728
Title:
‘File 28/35 Defence of Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file, while entitled ‘Defence of Qatar’, chiefly concerns the issue of six rifles and 1,200 rounds of small arms ammunition (SAA) to British personnel employed by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in Qatar during the war. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1939-20 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

79. IOR/R/15/2/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/730
Title:
‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942-15 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

80. IOR/R/15/2/731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/731
Title:
‘File 28/37 Dhow launches &c. for war purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to miscellaneous calls and requests for dhows and other watercraft, to perform various tasks related to wartime measures, including: transport of war equipment; use as floating craft platforms for wireless observation equipment; to assist in importing p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1942-17 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)