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1. IOR/L/PS/6/112, ff 2-10a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/112, ff 2-10a
Title:
Political No. 168 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter Containing a Report on the Coal or Fossil Bitumen at Harbool
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 2 October 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 2 November 1873, forwarding a letter from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottom...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Oct 1873-1 Nov 1873
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/228
Title:
PZ 2729/37(S) 'Pastori, an Italian subject: Activities in the Persian Gulf. I.P.I papers'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of memoranda, correspondence, and reports from Indian Political Intelligence concerning the activities of Tullio Pastori, an Italian subject in the Persian Gulf. It assesses whether he is merely a commercial adventurer, or a political agent for the Italians engaged in subversiv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1937-10 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13
Title:
File B/2 Oils and Minerals, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The letters, office notes and other items contained in the volume relate to the discovery and survey of bitumen (or asphalt) deposits in Bahrain, and subsequent discussions between British officials and the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, on securing exclusive concessions to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1907-12 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)