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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom, 1858-1935

1. IOR/R/15/6/414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/414
Title:
File 13/1 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf. The file contains the 'Note on certain enquiries made by the Committee [League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts] relative to certain states in the Persian Gulf.' Included i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/185
Title:
File 8/2 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BOUNDARY OF MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the boundaries of Muscat, in the context of anticipated negotiations between the British Government and King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], regarding the eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Reference is made to the 'blue line', which was laid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1934-12 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1695-1741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1695-1741
Title:
File 28: Oils and Minerals
Scope & Content:
The forty-seven files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the English Office at the Bahrain Political Agency. The 'Oil and Minerals' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain, other Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1950
Extent:
47 files (11,586 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/423
Title:
File 14/1 Oil: concessions in Muscat
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions Discussions with Major Frank Holmes about visit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 May 1933-4 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/388-460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/388-460
Title:
File 10 Oil and Minerals
Scope & Content:
The 73 volumes and files forming the 'Oil and Minerals' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The majority of the files and volumes date from 1932-1951 except for IOR/R/15/2/411, containing documents from 1916. The 'Oil and Minerals' subjec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916-1950
Extent:
73 files and volumes (12,321 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/622
Title:
F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Embassy of the United States of America at London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1932-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/448
Title:
File 10/21 (10/1 B) Bahrain Oil Concession: Proposal by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited to install radio telephones
Scope & Content:
The file is formed by two files put together. The first part of the file contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, and correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1933-9 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/294
Title:
‘File 7/1 II Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of a new Order in Council to clarify the extent of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, prompted by ongoing oil negotiations between Kuwait and the United States. The primary British concern being the removal of the requirement that Britain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1932-6 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/311
Title:
File 9/1 Slave Traffic
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence regarding the trade in enslaved people in the Persian Gulf, and particularly in Kuwait (where there was no anti-slavery agreement between the British Government and the Ruler of Kuwait). Much of the correspondence is concerned with the preparation of informat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1929-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/173
Title:
File 3/3 Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
This file concerns visits of Persian warships to Arab ports. The two main issues discussed are whether Arab rulers in the Gulf should be formally notified prior to any visits to their ports by Persian warships, and, in cases where notification has not been received, whether a call to visit shoul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1932-29 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)