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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Board of Trade, 1786-1970

31. IOR/L/PS/12/3728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3728
Title:
Coll 30/18(1) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein, Customs dues on goods in transit; attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia and its precursor states, the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926-1932) and the Sultanate of Nejd (1921-27). ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1920-31 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (576 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/3729

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3729
Title:
Coll 30/18(2) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Transit Dues: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia. The correspondence also discusses relations between the two countries generally and the role of Britain. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-24 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (388 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/12/4129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4129
Title:
Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the re-establishment of cable communication between Sheikh Said and the island of Perim [Yemen], proposed by the ruler of Yemen in 1932, and negotiations with Eastern Telegraph Company Limited. The file contains correspondence between: the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Jan 1932-26 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/18/B411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B411
Title:
Note on Trade in the Persian Gulf (Communicated by the Board of Trade)
Scope & Content:
Note on trade in the Persian Gulf by the Board of Trade, divided into the following sections: a) General (revised to 26 July 1928); b) Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat (revised to 26 July 1928); c) The position of British Trade in the Gulf (to 30 June 1928). Section 'a' discusses the counterba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/18/B412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B412
Title:
Persian Coasting Trade (Communicated by the Board of Trade)
Scope & Content:
Memorandum concerning treaty rights of British ships in Persia. It covers the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1920 and its repercussions on the coasting trade; it highlights how other powers that have treaties with Great Britain have the right to partake in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

36. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/2/166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/166
Title:
File 1/A/43 II Defence Measures in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the implementation of defence measures during the Second World War (1939-45) in the area governed by the Political Residency in Persian Gulf generally, and more specifically in Bahrain. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1939-12 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/2/678

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/678
Title:
‘File 28/4 Trading with the enemy’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of printed circulars and notices issued by the British Government, memoranda and letters issued by the Government of India, and copies of correspondence to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to trade with countries and territories regarded as the enemy, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1939-4 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 volume (498 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/6/255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/255
Title:
File 8/65 III RENEWAL of COMMERCIAL TREATY MAY 1938 – Feby. 1939
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the renewal of the 1891 Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. The volume covers the period M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1938-24 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (260 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/6/329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/329
Title:
File 9/27 Naval & Shipping: Right of foreign vessels to fly British flag when chartered by British subjects
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between officials at the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade concerning what rights foreign vessels chartered by British subjects have to fly the British flag. The correspondence is forwarded to the Political Agency, Muscat, by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)