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41. IOR/L/PS/12/2138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2138
Title:
Coll 6/67(5) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar (Khor al Odeid)'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat (i.e. the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Much of the correspondence relates to British concerns that oil companies operating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1937-11 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 volume in 2 parts (391 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/12/2139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2139
Title:
Coll 6/67(6) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar: Trucial Coast Oil Concessions'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically its border with Qatar. The correspondence and memoranda near the beginning of the volume discuss from a British perspective the origins and recent history of the boundary dispute, which is d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1940-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/12/2149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2149
Title:
Coll 6/76 'Saudi Arabia: Oil concessions over the Red Sea littoral.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily relates to oil concessions in Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea coast. Much of the correspondence discusses the progress and outcome of negotiations between the Saudi Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence includes discussion of the following: Whether ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1936-14 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/12/2152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2152
Title:
Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1936-19 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/12/2159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2159
Title:
Coll 6/86 'Saudi Arabia and Yemen: Relations with Japan.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Saudi-Japanese relations. (Yemen is mentioned in the file's original title, but no reference to Yemen is made in the surviving correspondence.) It includes discussion of the following: Reports in 1938 of a Saudi Government representative having suggested to his Japanese count...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1938-10 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/12/3398A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3398A
Title:
Coll 28/4 ‘Persia Imperial Bank of; Charter &c. Liability to Persian Stamp Duty’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning the institution, status and affairs of the Imperial Bank of Persia (Imperial Bank of Iran from 1935). Correspondence is principally exchanged between the Treasury of the British Government, the India Office, and Foreign Office. Subjects covered include: A request from the Gover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Aug 1903-17 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/12/3412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3412
Title:
Coll 28/16 ‘Persia; Imperial Bank of Persia; relations with the Persian Government.’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and other papers relating to British Government officials’ response to the deteriorating state of relations between the Persian Government and the Imperial Bank of Persia, in light of the Persian Government’s imposition of restraints upon the bank (such as monopoly laws,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1931-21 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/12/3460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3460
Title:
Coll 28/55 ‘Persia. Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Relations with Persian Govt.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Persian Government’s annulment of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) concession in December 1932, and the ensuing diplomatic crisis between the two countries. The papers include: diplomatic exchanges between the British and Persian Governments an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
8 Aug 1932-14 Sep 1933
Extent:
1 volume (541 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/12/3461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3461
Title:
Coll 28/55A ‘Persia. Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Press Cuttings regarding Persian Govt’s Cancellation of D’Arcy Concession.’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised wholly of press cuttings taken from a range of British newspapers (chiefly the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, the Manchester Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Times, the Daily Herald, the News Chronicle, the Daily Worker), relating to: the Persian Government’s annulment ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1932-13 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/12/3476

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3476
Title:
Coll 28/72 ‘Persia. Telegraph stations at Jask; Question of Persian encroachments and realignment of boundary.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the British Legation in Tehran, including HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and the Foreign Office, including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, John Allsebrook Simon. The correspondence concerns questions over the extent of the conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jun 1932-7 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (108 folios)