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1. IOR/R/15/1/692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/692
Title:
'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1939-2 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/696

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/696
Title:
'Confidential 86/22 - i A.78. GWADAR OIL'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence in English and Arabic between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent at Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts), the India Office (John Percival Gibson, John Charles Walton), the Secretary to the Government of India, Ext...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1937-21 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (219 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/700

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/700
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/31 VOL. B.64 OIL IN ITS RELATION TO THE MIDDLE EAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence and discussions regarding the economic and political situation in relation to oil in the Middle East during and immediately after the Second World War. At the centre of the discussions are talks which took place in Washington DC between US and UK government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1940-22 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/520

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/520
Title:
‘File 13/11 Air communications with Bushire’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a copy of a single letter, dated 16 May 1942, from the Political Resident, Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, to Hugh Weightman, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department. In the letter Hay requests that one of the five weekly air services cur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/527
Title:
‘File 13/22 India – Persian Gulf Air Route. India – U.K. Air Route’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the status of existing, and proposals for new, air routes running along the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. Aside from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain, the principal correspondents in the file are representatives ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1946-1 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/539
Title:
File 14/4 Visits of Japanese representatives and agents
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes, memoranda, and correspondence relating to the visits and treatment of Japanese and Italian subjects and agents in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency at Bushire, the British Ministry at Jeddah, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1936-4 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/559

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/559
Title:
17/6 AMATEUR TRANSMITTING STATIONS
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence relating to applications from three individuals, Trevor John Brown and Eric William Dennett of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, and Joseph Alexander Faithful of Cable and Wireless, for licences to practice amateur wireless transmitting in Bahrain. The correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1936-4 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/562
Title:
File No. 17/9 MAILS BETWEEN BAHRAIN & IRAN
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Political Agent at Bahrain (Reginald George Evelin Alban, Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain, Secretary to the External Affairs Department of the Government of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
21 Sep 1937-8 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/564

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/564
Title:
File No. 17/14 USE OF UNITED STATES ARMY POST OFFICE FACILITIES FOR BAPCO & ARAMCO.
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the use by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) of the United States Army Post Office in Bahrain to send mail and parcels to the United States and Canada. The correspondence discusses permission the existi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1944-3 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/566

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/566
Title:
File No. 17/17 Direct Wireless Communication by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company With America.
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), Officer in Charge of the Bahrain Branch of Cable and Wireless (Cecil Edward Gahan), Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG) (Cosmo Moray Graham), Political Resident ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1940-4 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)