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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Petroleum Division, 1929-1970

21. IOR/L/PS/12/2976

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2976
Title:
Coll 20/18(2) 'Muscat: Oil: Political Agreement and Exchange of Notes'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes, and minutes regarding the political agreement connected to the oil concession agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL). Due to disagreement over the Sultan's obligations to British companies and the British Government when it ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1937-10 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/2984

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2984
Title:
Coll 20/24 'Muscat: Oil concessions at Gwadar: Negotiations with Burmah Oil Company and Indian Oil Concessions Ltd'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes regarding oil exploration rights in Gwadur [Gwadar]. Competition for the oil concession in Gwadur was between Indian Oil Concessions Limited and Burmah Oil Company Limited. The papers concern the negotiations between the two companies and the Sultan ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1937-4 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (329 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/2999

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2999
Title:
Coll 20/39 'Muscat: Tours of Political Agent; General Situation in Oman; Including assistance to Sultan of Muscat - RAF support'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes, and minutes relating to the situation in the interior of Oman. The papers cover the following matters: the Sultan's ambition to assert his authority over the tribes of the interior of Oman due to the Imam's ill health the question of what military (arms and personnel) supp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1940-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (138 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/3641

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3641
Title:
Coll 29/65 'Bushire: deputation of Lt Col T C W Fowle to UK'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns terms and arrangements for the deputation to England in April 1933 of Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Fowle's resumption of charge in May 1933, to follow up on the negotiations on oil in Kuwait. The file is composed of correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1933-14 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/3824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3824
Title:
Coll 30/104(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Operations of the Koweit Oil Company. (Provision of Motor Vehicles & Spares for Sheik of Koweit)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company, from its initial explorations and discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Kuwait, to the suspension of the Company's operations during the Second World War (1939-45), and the resumption of its operations after the war. The main co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-20 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (373 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/3899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3899
Title:
Coll 30/161 'Oil: Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the preparation of the following Foreign Office confidential print: 'Note on Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula. (Prepared in the Petroleum Department, June 1938)', dated 11 June 1938. The file includes the original Petroleum Department version of the paper, dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1938-6 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/3930

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3930
Title:
Coll 30/192(1) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence BAHRAIN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file), including the supply of guns to the Government of Bahrain, and anti-aircraft defences. The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Political Agent at Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1938-30 Sep 1942
Extent:

1 file (162 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/3939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3939
Title:
Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War. It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Ab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1942-15 Jul 1943
Extent:

1 file (113 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/3944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3944
Title:
Coll 30/204 ‘Persian Gulf Oil. Future of oil in its relation to the Middle East – Admiralty Memorandum on –’
Scope & Content:
The file contains: a copy of an Admiralty memorandum, dated 11 October 1940, entitled ‘The Future of Oil in its Relation to the Middle East’; and correspondence related to the memorandum and to the arrival in Iran of eight German officers, who were suspected of being involved in activities again...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1940-27 Nov 1941
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/12/4338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4338
Title:
Coll 37/104 ‘Travellers. Passports for employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers concerning concessions from the British Passport Office and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to expedite exit permits and visas for British employees of oil companies in the Persian Gulf. The main Gulf-based oil companies...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1936-6 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)