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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Commonwealth Relations Office, 1947-1966

71. IOR/L/PS/12/3694

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3694
Title:
Coll 29/114(2) 'Supply of motor vehicles for use of Political Officers'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf and their maintenance. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the British Embassy at Tehran,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1941-12 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/12/3706

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3706
Title:
Coll 29/118(7) 'Disposal of unwanted consular property in Bushire'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the sale of consular properties belonging to the British Vice-Consulates at Bushire and Bandar Abbas. The file includes description of the buildings and the properties, and a valuation report for the Bahmani Electricity Plant at Bushire. The file contains correspondence betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1948-3 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (115 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/12/3707

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3707
Title:
Coll 29/118(8) 'Embassy launch at Jedda. Arrangement for ownership'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the ownership of the launch at the British Embassy at Jedda, which could have been claimed by the Government of India and the Government of Pakistan. The file contains correspondence between the British Embassy at Jedda, the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1949-13 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/12/3708

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3708
Title:
Coll 29/119 'Post of Indian Assistant to Political Agent Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Indian Assistant to the Political Agency at Bahrain, who opted for Pakistani citizenship after Independence. The file contains correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1948-9 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/12/3941

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3941
Title:
Coll 30/201 ‘Persian Gulf. Judicial. Service of documents upon British subjects in Bahrein Islands.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the service of petitions of alimony and divorce upon British subjects in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file). The papers include correspondence, dated 1940, regarding an enquiry from the High Commissioner for Canada about the procedure in effecting s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1940-4 Sep 1947
Extent:

1 file (36 folios)

76. IOR/L/PS/12/4102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4102
Title:
Coll 35/2(2) 'Transmission of air mail bags to and from Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the dispatch of air mail diplomatic bags to and from Persian Gulf. The file covers the proposal to send Persian Gulf mail by RAF from Bahrain, in 1944. The file is composed of correspondence between the Air Ministry, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1943-5 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/12/4109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
Title:
Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The file covers: Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29 Proposed wireless communicati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (514 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/12/4115A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4115A
Title:
Coll 35/12(2) 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office and telephones; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme; Cable and Wireless Agreement with Shaikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office and mail delivery in Kuwait. The file contains: Commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Construction of wireless station at Kuwait, administered by Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Interruption of postal s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1941-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/12/4119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4119
Title:
Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office at Sharjah, 1933-37 Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office in Dubai, 1938 Note on the Indian Post and Telegraph Services in the Persian Gulf, 1946 Future adminis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1933-10 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (368 folios)

80. IOR/L/PS/12/4121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4121
Title:
Coll 35/16A 'Kuwait Air Mail services'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the delivery of airmail between UK and Kuwait, and between Kuwait and Iraq. The file contains correspondence between the UK General Post Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the India Office, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1948-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)