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1. IOR/R/15/6/380

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/380
Title:
File 11/32 II Palestine
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily at the Political Residency in Bahrain, the Political Agency in Muscat and the Foreign Office) and the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman regarding the employment of Palestinian refugees for government service in M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1949-29 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/379
Title:
File 11/32 Royal Commission on Palestine
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the response to events in Palestine in Oman and the broader Gulf region including Bahrain and Kuwait. Both public opinion and the reaction of the region's rulers are discussed. In addition to correspondence, the file contains ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1937-25 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/381
Title:
File 11/32 III Palestinian Arab Students
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the employment of Palestinian teachers in the Middle East, primarily in government service in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, the Foreign Office, the Political Residency in B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1950-30 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/319
Title:
File 13/11 'Registration of Foreigners - Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers regarding the registration of foreigners. It mainly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain [the latter is ‘Prodrome’ in the telegrams]. It also includes letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1949-31 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/382
Title:
File 11/32 IV Palestinian Arab Students as teachers for Muscat Govt.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of Palestinian teachers in Lebanon to work for the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Muscat, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, the Po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1950-20 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/361

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/361
Title:
File 9/13 Kuwait/Haifa, Kuwait/Riyadh motor route
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning commercial motor routes between Kuwait/Haifa, Kuwait/Riyadh, proposed by the Kuwait Oil Company to link Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Palestine as an alternative route to the main route via Baghdad. On f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1937-9 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/165
Title:
File 1/A/42 Palestine disturbances.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the publication of the report of the Palestine Royal Commission, and British Government White Papers on Palestine, 1937-39; the reaction to them in Bahrain (and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf); the response of the King of Saudi Arabia [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1936-3 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (290 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/878
Title:
File 39/7 (10/9) Kuwait Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between Kuwait Oil Company, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Agent at Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the discovery of oil in Kuwait; because of the scarcity of oil found in the well at Bahra it was ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1936-16 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/318
Title:
File 13/9 'Employment of Foreigners in Kuwait Government (Refugee Labour)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers relating to the employment of foreigners in Kuwait. It largely consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain. It also includes: correspondence between the Political Ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1945-11 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/571
Title:
File 61/11 VIII (D 148) Nejd-Hejaz: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence is made up of regular reports sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to the Foreign Office in London. The remaining correspondence is between the two aforementioned p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1936-26 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)