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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Ministry of Transport, 1919-1970

1. IOR/L/PS/12/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/786
Title:
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/788
Title:
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1943-5 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/804
Title:
Ext 1237/43 'Representation of Middle East Supply Centre in Persia: appointment of Mustapha, agricultural expert'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises papers relating to requests made by the Ministry of Shipping to find a suitable agricultural adviser to represent the Middle East Supply in Centre in Persia. The principal correspondents in the file are the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of War Transport. The ministries...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1943-22 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/860

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/860
Title:
Ext 5263/43 'Despatch of goods to Persian Gulf: Parcel Post'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding licences andformalities required to export goods to the Persian Gulf. The primarycorrespondents are: India Office; Board of Trade; Ministry of War Transport. Folios 4-13 cover enquiries from the companies Johnson &Johnson, J A Afriat, and Gordon &a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1943-29 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3693
Title:
Coll 29/114(1) 'Supply of transport vehicles for consular posts in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf and their maintenance. The file contains a promotional leaflet for Armstrong Siddeley cars (folios 157-166). The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1943-31 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (201 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3696

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3696
Title:
Coll 29/115(1) 'Provision of vehicles for the Shaikhdoms'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of cars and lorries for Bahrain, Kuwait and Persian Gulf shaikhdoms. The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, the Ministry of War Transports, and the Political Adv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1945-13 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3955
Title:
Coll 30/212 'Essential undertakings in: BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY, etc. Proposed grant of passages to wives & fiancées of employees of B.P.C. Visas for same. And other undertakings.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns unrest and discontentment amongst British employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, which led to discussions between British officials and the company about ways to allow employees to go on leave to the United Kingdom or receive visits in Bahrain from their...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1942-26 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (200 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1386
Title:
‘File 12/16 Merchant Shipping Acts and instructions to Consuls’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of instructions to British Consuls, in the form of letters, printed circulars, notices and forms, issued by the Ministry of Transport (or the Ministry of War Transport during the Second World War) and relating to merchant shipping, including regulations and government p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1931-25 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)