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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, 1822-1971

1. IOR/R/15/6/451-453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/451-453
Title:
File 16: Sinking of Norwegian ship, Dahpu in Muscat harbour
Scope & Content:
These files comprise telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking in June 1943 of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include reports of the sinking, attempts at salvage, claims for compensation, and defensive measures in the harbour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1943-1947
Extent:
3 files (465 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/298-331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/298-331
Title:
File 9: Naval and Shipping
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Naval and Shipping' covers the movements, facilities, protocols, and regulation of shipping at Muscat, other Omani ports, and within the Persian Gulf. Subjects covered by the file, include: Movements of British Naval vessels and officers Movements of foreign vessels Visits of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1923-1952
Extent:
34 files (1660 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/63
Title:
Letters outward
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of some letters outwards penned by David Anderson Blane, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The principle recipients are Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (in the Political Department); and John Pepper, Commander and Senior Officer of the Indian N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1833-17 Oct 1833
Extent:
1 volume, 23 items (20 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/709
Title:
‘File 28/18 Sabotage smuggling etc of mail’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and notes relating to the possible sabotage and smuggling of mail: a telegram from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG), dated 18 November 1940, reporting a suspected case of sabotage in which a leaking jar of acid was found in a mail bag (f 2); a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1940-22 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/92
Title:
‘Vol 126 Letters outward’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises letters sent by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel Hennell, to the Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Commodore George Barnes Brucks. The letters are instructions relating to the dispatch of Government vessels to the Arab coast to deal w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1840-13 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 volume, 5 items (15 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/711

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/711
Title:
‘File 28/20 Movements of enemy airliners’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a single item of correspondence, a naval telegram dated 29 November 1940 from the Admiralty (f 2), forwarded by the Political Agency to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (f 3). The telegraph states that reporting officers in neutral countries should telegraph the move...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1940-3 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/72
Title:
Letters Outward 1837
Scope & Content:
The file consists of letters sent outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf by the Officiating Resident, Samuel Hennell; and Thomas Mackenzie, Acting Assistant in Charge. The most common addressee is John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Political Department of the Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1837-22 Nov 1837
Extent:
1 file, (60 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/231
Title:
'File 5/197 I – Absconding of Slaves from Sharja and Henjam'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to two specific incidents of Arab slaves absconding to the Persian territory of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām]. The first incident took place in March 1930, when four slaves absconded from Umm al Qaiwain to Jazīreh-ye Hengām, pursued by a group of armed Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
22 Mar 1930-3 Feb 1934
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/712

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/712
Title:
‘File 28/21 Landing of enemy agents, war materials, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the undertaking of controls to ensure that enemy agents or war materials cannot be landed at British ports. A letter from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (Commodore Cosmo Moray Graham) to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 22 January 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1940-26 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/921

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/921
Title:
File No. 1/9 TELEGRAMS RECEIVED AND ISSUED FOR VARIOUS AUTHORITIES
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams to and from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding matters relating to the administration and staffing of the Political Residency and Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf. Matters discussed in the file include: telegrams regarding leave arrangements f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1945-16 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (106 folios)