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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, 1919-1936

21. IOR/R/15/2/1418

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1418
Title:
File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1932-27 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (266 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/1497

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1497
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/4 Correspondence with – the Mespers, Bahrain, etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency at Bahrain and various steamship operators at Bahrain, as follows: until 1937, representatives of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (MPC hereafter; briefly referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran Corporation in early 1937 and referred to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1926-18 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/1530

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1530
Title:
‘File No. 16/32 Miscellaneous. Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire.’
Scope & Content:
Routine correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the Persian Gulf Political Residency at Bushire. The file’s principal correspondents include: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Persian Gulf Political Resident, or Secretary to the Political Resident; representatives...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1931-12 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (307 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/1539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1539
Title:
‘File 16/34-II Letters of guarantee. Issue of:–’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the principal shipping agents at Bahrain: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, and Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited. The correspondence is routine, and relates to the exchange of bills of lading and redemption of let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1935-11 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/1650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1650
Title:
File 19/1 II Political Agents Bahrain touring
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for visits of the Political Agent and the Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah; and programmes of tours of the Trucial Coast in 1937 and 1938, staying at the Rest House in Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1935-15 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/1652

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1652
Title:
File 19/2 II Tour. The Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for the first official visits of the newly nominated Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior): to Bahrain, in December 1932, to the Trucial Coast in February and March 1933, cruises of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
29 Nov 1932-7 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (202 files)

27. IOR/R/15/2/1656

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1656
Title:
File 19/3 II Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, memoranda and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Rear Admiral Dunbar Nasmith), travelling with his wife to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries between 1933 and 1935 on board HMS Hawkin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1932-12 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (334 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/1661

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1661
Title:
File 19/6 Tours. Tour of HBM's Minister and Legation Staff, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the British Minister and the Legation Staff at Tehran to Bahrain and the Persian Gulf countries. The principal correspondents are: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited; the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1934-9 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/1867

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1867
Title:
‘File B/10-I CLAIM OF THE RULER OF DUBAI AGAINST MESPERS’
Scope & Content:
The file contains enquiry correspondence relating to a claim made in 1935 by Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] the Ruler of Dibai [Dubai], principally against the shipping agents Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (also referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1935-18 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)