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1. IOR/L/PS/12/4252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4252
Title:
Coll 37/18 'Travellers. Persian Gulf, Arab States, Arabia: Lady Dorothy Mills: Mrs Howard Clitty: Mrs M. A. Cairnes: Miss Palmer Smith: Mrs Greenway: Lady Qadir & Miss Clements.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to seven different applications to visit the Persian Gulf (mainly Kuwait, Yemen and Bahrain), which were submitted during the period 1931-35 by the following: Mrs Winifred J Howard-Clitty, Dorothy Mills, Mrs Margaret Maria...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1931-4 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/4488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4488
Title:
Coll 44/9(S) ‘War. Defence, Protective and other measures. Persian Gulf: Maintenance of spare parts at Bahrein by oil companies operating in the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to preparations for war. It discusses a proposal made by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) to keep in Bahrain (also written here as Bahrein) a large stock of spare parts in connection with the working of oilf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1939-29 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4492
Title:
Coll 44/16 ‘Persian Gulf. Introduction of an export licensing system. Regulation made under Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939).’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to the introduction of an export licensing system for Arab countries in the Persian Gulf during the Second World War. The papers notably cover the following: The Bahrain (also written in the file as Bahrein) Petroleum Compa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4493

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4493
Title:
Coll 44/17 'War. Detention of enemy civil aircraft'
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the procedure for the detention of enemy aircraft in the Arab Gulf States in the event of the declaration of war. Correspondents include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; and the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1939-4 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4584
Title:
Coll 45/3 (2) PROPAGANDA: PERSIAN GULF: Work of Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf (Public Relations Officer): Propaganda Material
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on the role of the Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf, specifically about material characterised as propaganda, from 13 June 1939 to 31 March 1948. The correspondence is primarily between the Secretary of State for India, Public Relations Officer in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1939-31 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (250 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/239-294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/239-294
Title:
File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence from 1871 to 1948 on a range of matters relating to the Trucial Coast and nearby islands including Abu Musa, Tunb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Topics in the correspondence discussed include: British relations with the Trucial States of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1871-1948
Extent:
56 volumes

7. IOR/R/15/1/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/660
Title:
‘File 86/2 XII (C 54) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil production in Bahrain, being undertaken by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 XI (C 53) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/659). The principal correspondents in the volume a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1934-21 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (232 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/665
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL VOL C 79 86/3-1 B.P.C. MISCELLANEOUS'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch, Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch, Tom Hickinbotham, Hugh Weightman, Reginald Alban), and representatives of the Bahrain Petr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-28 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (215 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/668
Title:
'Vol D.144. Confidential 86/5-ii HASA OIL'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident (Trenchard Craven Fowle; Percy Gordon Loch); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch; Tom Hickinbotham; Hugh Weightman); the British Minister and Legation at Jedda (Sir Reader Bullard; Andrew Spencer Calvert); the Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1934-9 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/669

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/669
Title:
Confidential 86/5-III. Vol. D.172 Hasa oil
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Government of India, and the Secretary of State for India regarding progress being made by the Standard Oil Company of California (later Arabian-American Oil Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1939-30 Nov 1945
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)