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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Colonial Office, 1854-1966

1. IOR/R/15/2/389

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/389
Title:
File 10/1 II Bahrain Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), the Colonial Office, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident. Most correspondence is about the discovery of oil in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1933-23 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/567
Title:
File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to Hejaz affairs. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London, and the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1930-4 Apr 1932
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/388
Title:
'File No: 10/1 (Vol: I). Oils & Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Colonial Office, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident in Bushire. Most correspondence is about the negotiations for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1932-25 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/390
Title:
'File 10/1 (Vol III). Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The volume mainly contains correspondence and telegrams on the renewal of the Bahrain Oil Concession, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Secretary of State in India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1933-21 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/875
Title:
File 39/4 (10/4) Activities of Eastern and General Syndicate in Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Colonial Office regarding the interest of Frank Holmes, on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate, in applying for an oil concession in Qatar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/562
Title:
File 61/9 (D 109) Nejd passports
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, memoranda, handwritten notes, a draft of a Najdi passport and a copy of an official Najdi passport. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in Bushire (Arthur Trevor, later Stuart Knox); the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1922-12 Sep 1924
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/578

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/578
Title:
File 61/14 II (D 46) Relations between Nejd and 'Iraq
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to affairs between the British Mandate of Iraq and the Kingdom of Najd and the Hejaz, ruled by Ibn Sa'ud. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Hig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1927-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/626
Title:
F-82 82/27 I: QATAR OIL
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the Shaikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives, including Haji 'Abdullah Williamson, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State for Colonies in Londo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1925-23 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 volume (361 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/566

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/566
Title:
File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams and reports concerning events in the Hejaz. The correspondence is between the Colonial Office, the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the British Consulate in Jeddah, and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1925-9 Mar 1928
Extent:
1 volume (40 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/293
Title:
‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf Political Resident: The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1927
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)