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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, 1865-1941

1. IOR/R/15/1/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129
Title:
Vol 177 Commerce and Miscellaneous letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence inwards and outwards from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at Bushire. The subjects covered includes the rules and regulations that British subjects are subject to when trading with, or within Persia; the resignation of Samuel Hennell as Resident in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1852-17 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 volume, 27 items (61 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/581
Title:
File 61/14 V (D 49) Nejd and 'Iraq, Relations between
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports relating to affairs between Najd, Kuwait, and Iraq. Most of the correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, the Political Resident in Bushire, Henry Dobbs, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Ibn Sa'ud, the King of the Hejaz and Najd, Leo Amery, th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1928-31 Mar 1928
Extent:

1 volume (291 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/668
Title:
‘File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two secret telegrams, sent by the C-in-C (Commander-in-Chief), E.I. (East Indies Station), both dated 29 April 1940. The first (f 2) states that ‘All Swedish, Finnish, Latvian and Estonian ships in British Ports and bound for Scandinavian, Danish or Baltic Ports should by some ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/686
Title:
‘File 28/6 War. Arrangements for the Control of Norwegian, Danish and other neutral ships, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises communications and correspondence relating to the restrictions and orders imposed by the British Government on foreign vessels, and in particular those regarded as neutral or ‘enemy’ during wartime. The papers chiefly relate to Danish and Norwegian vessels, prompted by the Ger...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1940-15 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1657
Title:
File 19/3 III Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron, travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Shoreham between 1936 and 1937. The file contains programmes, lists of presents presente...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1936-12 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1658
Title:
File 19/3 IV Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief - East Indies (to Persian Gulf)
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron (Vice-Admiral James Fownes Somerville), travelling to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries on HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1939. The file contains ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1938-13 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/302

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/302
Title:
File 9/1 A I Visits of H. E. The Naval Commander-in-Chief to Muscat & Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to visits by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, to Muscat. The file covers several such visits and proposals for visits made between 1934 and 1949. They cover the following: notice of each visit, as well as any cancellations when they occurred; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1934-27 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/303
Title:
File 9/1 A II Visit of Commander-in-Chief to Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to visits by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, to Muscat. The file covers visits in early 1949 and 1950. The papers deal with matters such as notifying the Sultan of Muscat, the programme of events for the visits, lists of officers aboard visit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1949-16 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/304
Title:
File 9/1 A III Visit of Commander-in-Chief to Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to visits by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, to Muscat. The file covers a visit in early 1950 and a proposed visit in early 1951 which was later cancelled. The papers deal with matters such as notifying the Sultan of Muscat, the programme of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1950-19 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)