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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Air Ministry, 1918-1964

91. IOR/L/PS/12/3629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3629
Title:
Coll 29/54 'Bushire: appointments as Political Agent of: 1) Lt Col T C W Fowle 2) Major C G Prior 3) Lt Col W R Hay'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns appointments at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The file contains official and personal correspondence related to: appointment of Trenchard Craven William Fowle following the death of Hugh Biscoe, Political Resident, in 1932. Fowle's record of service (f 205). Con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1932-9 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

92. IOR/L/PS/12/3653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3653
Title:
Coll 29/77 'Appointment of an RAF Liaison Officer for the Persian Gulf, with headquarters at Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed appointment of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Liaison Officer for the Persian Gulf, with headquarters at Bahrain, 1935-1937. The file is composed of correspondence between the Air Ministry, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Air Headquarters for the Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1929-27 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

93. IOR/L/PS/12/3689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3689
Title:
Coll 29/111 'Bushire: provision of transport for tours of Political Resident'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the provision of transport facilities for tours of the Political Resident at Bushire to the Persian Gulf, by ship and aircraft. The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Viceroy, the British Legation at Tehran, the Treasury, the Fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1939-22 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

94. IOR/L/PS/12/3783

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3783
Title:
Coll 30/66 'Purchase of land at Bahrain by H.M.G. Accounting arrangements.'
Scope & Content:
The file details accounting arrangements for the purchase of land at Bahrain by the Admiralty and the Air Ministry 'for naval and air purposes'. Payments were to be made to the Government of Bahrain by the Government of India, acting on behalf of the British Government (HMG). The papers, dated 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1934-18 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

95. IOR/L/PS/12/3800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3800
Title:
Coll 30/83 'QATAR OIL CONCESSION, POLICY AND PROTECTION.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns British Government policy towards Qatar in the light of the bid by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) to obtain a concession from the Shaikh of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]) to produce oil in the country. The British Government were keen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1933-12 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (505 folios)

96. IOR/L/PS/12/3928

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3928
Title:
Coll 30/191 ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of the Persian Gulf. Establishment of aircraft facilities at Socotra and Salalah (Muscat) and Assembly Port at Masira Bay.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to defence facilities in the Persian Gulf and on, or near, the Southern Arabian Coast. It includes papers relating to the following: The construction of a naval ammunition store on Jiddah Island (also spelled Jidda Island in the file), ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1939-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (482 folios)

97. IOR/L/PS/12/3930

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3930
Title:
Coll 30/192(1) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence BAHRAIN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file), including the supply of guns to the Government of Bahrain, and anti-aircraft defences. The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Political Agent at Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1938-30 Sep 1942
Extent:

1 file (162 folios)

98. IOR/L/PS/12/3932

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3932
Title:
Coll 30/192(3) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of Bahrein (a) Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Capt A.C. Byard. (b) Bahrein Defence Force – Recruitment from personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Company.’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two folders of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain: folder A ‘Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Captain A. C. Byard. “ ” Major H.T. Hewitt.’ [‘Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1939-24 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

99. IOR/L/PS/12/3933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3933
Title:
Coll 30/193 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. KOWEIT.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the defence of Kuwait (also spelled Koweit and Kuweit in the file). It includes correspondence regarding the following: the preparation of a scheme for the defence of Kuwait by the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq; an exercise carried ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1938-20 Mar 1942
Extent:

1 file (78 folios)

100. IOR/L/PS/12/3934

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3934
Title:
Coll 30/196(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence. Koweit- Estabt of R.A.F. Pack Wireless Stn @.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the installation of a wireless set with Royal Air Force operators at the Kuwait Political Agency (the commercial 'at' symbol is used in the file title), pending the establishment by Cable and Wireless Limited of their wireless station at Kuwait, in connection...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1939-30 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)