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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Admiralty, 1708-1964

51. IOR/L/PS/12/1972, f 245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1972, f 245
Title:
‘PERSIAN GULF: PLANS OF THE NORTH EAST COAST OF BAHRAIN ISLAND’
Scope & Content:
A map included to illustrate proposals for an alighting area at Manama to facilitate the introduction of flying boat services by Imperial Airways via Bahrain. It illustrates the seaborne approaches to Bahrain Harbour and Khor Kaliya [Khawr al Qulay‘ah]. The map shows Bahrain island and the surro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

52. IOR/L/PS/12/1990

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1990
Title:
Coll 5/36 ‘Persian Gulf Air Route: Air facilities at Yas Island and at Abu Dhabi’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning negotiations with Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for air facilities at Yas Island [Sir Bani Yas] and Abu Dhabi. The required air facilities include emergency landing grounds, moorings for flying boats, and petrol storage faci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1934-8 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/2071

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2071
Title:
Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.'
Scope & Content:
This volume compiles printed copies of letters, telegrams, memoranda and newspaper extracts relating to Britain's involvement across the Arabian Peninsula during the period 1929-1938. Whilst the correspondence encompasses all matters concerning British interests in the region, much of it relates...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1929-15 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (527 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/12/2086

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2086
Title:
Coll 6/20 'Red Sea: Reports of proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of copies of extracts from (approximately) monthly reports of the proceedings of His Majesty's ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden during the years 1931-1945, which have been forwarded by the Admiralty to the Under-Secretary of State, India Office. Most of the extracts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1931-30 Nov 1945
Extent:
1 file (245 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/12/2093

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2093
Title:
Coll 6/26 'Hejaz: Jedda Lighthouse and Harbour'
Scope & Content:
This file discusses plans for the construction of a lighthouse near Jeddah harbour. It includes the following principal correspondents: The British Agent and Consul at Jeddah (Reader William Bullard, succeeded by Hugh Stonehewer Bird). The British Vice-Consul at Jeddah (Stanley R Jordan). His Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1923-15 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/12/2100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2100
Title:
Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.'
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence relating to oil and mining concessions in Yemen. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following: Details of a concession for the exploitation of oil and other minerals, reported to have been...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1932-23 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

57. IOR/L/PS/12/2113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2113
Title:
Coll 6/46 'Salutes in Hejaz Nejd.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns personal salutes given by British naval ships to dignitaries in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence, largely between officials of the Admiralty and the Foreign Office, begins with discussion about the number of gun salutes that should be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1928-5 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

58. IOR/L/PS/12/2120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2120
Title:
Coll 6/53 'Red Sea: The Hanish Islands.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the sovereignty status of the Hanish Islands, as well as that of other islands in the Lower Red Sea. It documents concerns held by the British Government that the Italian Government is in the process of attempting to establish some kind of informal control over certa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1928-12 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

59. IOR/L/PS/12/2121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2121
Title:
Coll 6/54 'Saudi-Arabia: Limits of Saudi Arabian territorial waters.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the delimitation of Saudi Arabia's territorial waters. It documents reservations held by the British regarding the Saudi Government's claim that its territorial waters extend as far as four miles from the shore (as opposed to the three-mile limit favoured by the British). The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1932-8 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

60. IOR/L/PS/12/2125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2125
Title:
Coll 6/58 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Most of the correspondence is focussed on British policy in response to the Saudi-Yemeni conflict. Related matters that feature in the correspondence include the following: Reports in March 1934 that peace negotiations between Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1914-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (449 folios)