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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary of State for India and Burma, United Kingdom, 1935-1947

81. 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)

82. 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)

83. IOR/R/15/1/685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/685
Title:
'D.142 CONFIDENTIAL. 86/13-i. P.C.L. KUWAIT.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the India Office (John P Gibson, Maurice Clauson, Roland T Peel, John C Walton); the Foreign Office (George Rendel, Lacy Bagallay); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard C Fowle); the Political Agent at Kuwait (Gerald Simpson de Gaury);...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1936-17 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/2/159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/159
Title:
File 1/A/38 III Negotiations with Bin Saud re: Eastern Boundary of Saudi Arabia.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns negotiations between the British and Saudi Arabian governments over the definition of the eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia, particularly the border with Qatar and Abu Dhabi. The King of Saudi Arabia is commonly referred to in the papers as Bin Saud or Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1935-6 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

85. 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)

86. IOR/R/15/2/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/438
Title:
File 10/14 II Bahrain unallotted area
Scope & Content:
The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Limite...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1938-30 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 volume (391 folios)

87. IOR/R/15/2/441

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/441
Title:
'File 10/15 CASOC DESIRE TO INSTALL W/T IN BAHRAIN FOR USE WITH BAHRAIN AND DHARHAN'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) representatives. The bulk of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1938-16 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

88. 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)

89. IOR/R/15/2/567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/567
Title:
File No. 17/18 BAHRAIN-BUSHIRE CABLES.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence) regarding the Bushire to Bahrain submarine cable which had been laid in 1935 without the cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1946-19 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

90. IOR/R/15/2/785

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/785
Title:
‘File 29/25 DATES QUOTA – 1944-’45 FOR BAHRAIN AND TRUCIAL COAST’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about a British Ministry of Food scheme in 1944 for ensuring a controlled supply of Iraqi dates at reasonable prices to the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms during the Second World War (1939-1945), because local date crops were insufficient and imported dates were subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1944-24 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)