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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Ministry of Information, 1939-1946

11. IOR/L/PS/12/801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/801
Title:
Ext 1186/43 'Transmission of mail from Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain Island, to its Head Office in New York'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the transmission of internal correspondence between Bahrain and New York by the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The file covers concerns that sensitive information is being sent openly and is therefore vulnerable to enemy interception, and suggestions that future tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1942-17 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/824
Title:
Ext 2725/43 'Anglo Persian Relief Fund'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of letters, telegrams and reports regarding the Anglo Persian Charitable Relief Committee to Iran. The file contains two reports entitled 'Anglo-Iranian relief fund.' These reports list the cities that received aid from the fund and the amounts. The file contains a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1943-18 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/837A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/837A
Title:
Ext 3518/43 'Pol. Resident's Request for Photograph of himself'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters between Graves Law, Ministry of Information, Roland Tennyson Peel and E W R Lumby, and the India Office which discuss photographing Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Geoffrey Prior, the Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1943-4 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (8 files)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/940

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/940
Title:
Ext 3859/44 'Arrangements for visits to war factories etc. (for officials home on leave)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers arranging for diplomats who are home on leave to have tours of factories involved in the war effort from the Ministry of Information.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1944-10 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/1019

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1019
Title:
Ext 4045/45 'Formation of a Union of Arab Amirates of the Persian Gulf - with Headquarters at Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding reported discussions among the rulers of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the Trucial States to form a federation and to gain entry into the Arab League. The primary correspondents are: Ministry of Information; India Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1945-2 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/2995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2995
Title:
Coll 20/35 'Sultan of Muscat's desire to avoid wireless and press publicity during wartime'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and minutes concerning the Sultan of Muscat's wish to minimise wireless and press publicity of his country and its relations with Britain during the Second World War. The correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Extern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1940-8 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/3942

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3942
Title:
Coll 30/202 ‘Persian Gulf. Photographs of Notabilities (Sheikhs &c) (used for propaganda purposes)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the use of illustrations for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. It includes correspondence regarding a request from the Ministry of Information for photographs for the Middle East edition of a proposed fortnightly War P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1938-20 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/4145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4145
Title:
Coll 35/37 'Persian Gulf: provision of wireless receiving sets for Political Agencies on Arab Coast and Political Resident'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns supply of wireless receiving sets for Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf. The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, HM Ministry of Information, the India Office, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1939-11 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/4600

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4600
Title:
Coll 45/13 ‘PROPAGANDA Proposed Ministry of Information office in Basra (Savidge)’
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to the establishment of a Ministry of Information office in Basra. Correspondence discusses the practicalities and issues relating to the engagement of the services of Major C A G Savidge of the Department of External Affairs, Government of India, to take charge of the Ministry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1941-10 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/174
Title:
File 1/A/50 I Publicity
Scope & Content:
The file deals with the dissemination in Bahrain of publicity and propaganda material in support of the British and allied cause at the start of the Second World War (1939-45). Most of the information originated with the Ministry of Information in London. The file also contains information on th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-25 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (403 folios)