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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, 1822-1971 Place Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/12/920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/920
Title:
Ext 2103/44 'Presentation of naval sword to Shaikh of Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the presentation of a naval sword to His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain [King of Bahrain] on behalf of the Royal Navy. The initial proposal was made by Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (Captain John Montagu Howson), to the Commander in Chief, Eastern ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1944-15 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1097
Title:
Ext 6485/45 'Senior Naval Officer - Persian Gulf Question whether he should be stationed ashore or afloat'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of several telegrams discussing the migration of the Senior Naval Officer of the Persian Gulf's headquarters. The correspondence is between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1946-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3554

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3554
Title:
Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain in 1946, and the conversion of the Royal Navy Base in Bahrain for the use of the Political Resident. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1946-13 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (367 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/191
Title:
Agreements with the Trucial Chiefs and also with the Chiefs of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This volume contains originals and copies of correspondence between Major Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Her British Majesty's Consul General for Fars; Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Secretary to the Government of India; Muḥammad Amīn bin Badr, temporary Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1891-2 May 1900
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/248
Title:
14/88 III B 33 Tamb Island
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the islands of Bahrain, Tanb (also written as Tamb) [Greater and Lesser Tumb] and Abu Musa in the context of the Persian claim to these islands. The main correspondents are Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Political Resident Persian Gulf (Trenchard...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 Sep 1934-25 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (205 folios)