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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary of State for India and Burma, United Kingdom, 1935-1947 Digitised Content No

1. IOR/L/MIL/7/10829

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/10829
Title:
Collection 248/26 'Loan of an Indian Bn at Aden under the Imperial Govt. – Conditions of service &c'.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to conditions of service for units of the British Indian Army loaned to HM Government for service in Aden, in particular pay and allowances. Some of the correspondence also covers the Aden Protectorate Levies and Indian troops serving elsewhere, e.g. in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1939-23 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/575
Title:
Ext 5626/41 'Internment of Axis (German and Italian) nationals in Iran. Question of their disposal.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the internment and proposed transfer of civilian Axis nationals (mainly Germans and Italians but also Bulgarians, Hungarians and Romanians) who have been handed over to the British authorities in Persia [Iran]. The file features the following principal correspondents: His ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Aug 1941-24 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4583A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4583A
Title:
Coll 45/3 (1) 'Propaganda: Persian Gulf: Appointment of a Publicity Officer to the Gulf: Allowances, Pay, Budget, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on various aspects of the British Government's 'publicity' or propaganda policies in the Persian Gulf region from 8 May 1939 to 3 December 1948. The primary correspondents are as follows: the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1939-3 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (565 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4596
Title:
Coll 45/12 ‘Propaganda: British Propaganda in Iran – Publicity (Broadcasting, Films, Posters, etc)’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on British propaganda in Persia [Iran]. The correspondence is primarily between the following: the Secretary of State for India; the External Affairs Department of the Government of India; the British Ambassador to Persia; the Foreign Office; and Henry Duncan Gr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1940-18 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (422 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/R/15/2/876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/876
Title:
File 39/5 (10/5 III) Dissatisfaction among ARAMCO employees
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence with representatives of California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), from 1944 known as Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO), and between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India, and the Secretary o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1941-5 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (242 folios)

8. 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)

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/15/6/236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/236
Title:
File 8/54 Muscat State Affairs: Affairs of members of ruling family
Scope & Content:
This file concerns members of the ruling family of Muscat. Most of the file relates to the financial affairs of Dhiyab bin Fahad [Dhiyab bin Fahad bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd], a cousin of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence begins with a request from Dhiya...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
25 Apr 1941-29 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)