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037-000228401 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968

1. IOR/R/15/2/550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/550
Title:
15/10 PERSIAN GULF HANDBOOK
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note from the Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain, forwarding Hand Book on the Persian Gulf, Correspondence between File 15/10 Foreign Office Persian Gulf Handbook. Enclosed are two copies of a Handbook on the Persian Gulf published by the Foreign Office, August 1948. The not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/642

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/642
Title:
‘File 25/8 Eire and the Commonwealth’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a single item of note, a telegram from the Foreign Office to His Majesty’s representatives at Bahrain, dated 14 December 1948, on the subject of Eire (the Republic of Ireland) and the Commonwealth. The telegram was sent in response to the ratification of the Republic of Ireland...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1948-23 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/436
Title:
File 10/13 A.P.O.C. - Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Foreign Office on sundry matters, amongst which: visa arrangements for British nationals, petroleum development in Muscat and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1936-26 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/797
Title:
ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITISH LEGATION IN TRANSJORDAN.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Foreign Office circular noting that as a result of the Anglo-Transjordan Treaty [Treaty of London] of 22 March 1946, which recognised Transjordan as a fully independent state with Amir [Emir] Abdulla [‘Abdullāh] bin Hussein as sovereign, responsibility for British policy h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/743

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/743
Title:
‘File 28/51 Anglo – American relations (policy)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and notes concerning Anglo-American foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on shared interests and closer future policy cooperation in the region. The file includes: copies of correspondence dated 29 April 1944, from the Foreign O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1944-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/511
Title:
‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence relating to requests from foreign airlines – chiefly the Dutch company Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Air France – to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and its aerodrome facilities at Bahrain, Gwadur [Gwādar, then a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/469
Title:
'11/7 SAUDI ARMS REGULATIONS'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns new arms regulations concerning the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which were issued by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in October 1935. The correspondence in the file is between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1936-15 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/892
Title:
'File No. 40/1 ENQUIRIES BY STRICK & CO. RE: GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN PERSIAN GULF'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter from Messrs Frank C Strick and Company to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Gordon Loch) regarding the possibility of sourcing gypsum from the Persian Gulf. The enquiry results in discussion between the India Office (Maurice J Clauson) and Foreign Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1935-30 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/660
Title:
‘File 28/1 J Sabotage to oil wells, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and notes containing guidance, issued in response to reports from the War Office, of German plans to sabotage oil fields and refineries and blow up shipping. The file includes: a copy of a telegram from MICE (Middle East Intelligence Centre) in Cairo,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/635
Title:
‘File 24/4 MR. EL MAKKI (Swiss) & MR. QUISAN (French)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of letters and telegrams as a result of enquiries made by the Political Agent, Bahrain, about Imperial Airways passengers Captain Henry Guisan, Swiss, born 1899, and his companion Mr El Makki or Mekki, French, born 1892. They had been refused permission to land at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1934-15 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)