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51. IOR/L/PS/12/3489

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3489
Title:
Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning diplomatic relations between the British and Persian Governments over the concession and operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (from 1935, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited), referred to as APOC hereafter. The file includes: correspondence dated 1933 to 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Dec 1934-21 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/12/3515

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3515
Title:
Coll 28/104 ‘Persia. Hormuz. Salt. Hormuz Red Oxide’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Government of India’s attempts to obtain control over rock salt production on the island of Hormuz [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz], partly in order to thwart Japanese attempts to establish their own concession on the island. The file includes a copy of the con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Apr 1941-25 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/3718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3718
Title:
Coll 30/8 'Persian Gulf - Pearling: Various Enquiries Concerning'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding pearl diving in the Persian Gulf, primarily in Bahrain. The majority of this correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains correspondence from a number of external parties interested in gaining access to the Persian Gulf pearl ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1929-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (164 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/18/B152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B152
Title:
British Museum report on the Persian Gulf as a possible area for successful sponge fisheries. (Pol. No. 1718/05)
Scope & Content:
Report prepared by Randolph Kirkpatrick of the British Museum (Natural History) in November 1905 into the commercial potential of sponge fisheries in the Persian Gulf. The report is organised into small sections, as follows: Conditions favourable to the growth of commercial sponges; Unfavourabl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1905
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/18/B166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B166
Title:
Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled on 12 February 1908 and contains information compiled by the India Office on British political and commercial interests in the Persian Gulf, including Pearl Fisheries (folios 58v-63); General Trade Statistics and German Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1908
Extent:

1 file (66 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/3
Title:
No. 1. Concession pour la Navigation sur le Tigre et l'Euphrate.
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a concession for navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which sets out terms and conditions. It was signed by the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) and Baron Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay) – on behalf of the Secretary of State for India, on 12 Dece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Dec 1913
Extent:

1 item (7 folios)

57. IOR/L/PS/18/B404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B404
Title:
Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in Basidu
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with Basidu [Bāsa ‘īdū](on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]) in terms of status and rights from c 1820-1928. Covering: introduction to the location of Basidu and its strategic importance; extent of the British Concession; status of Basidu – c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

58. IOR/L/PS/18/B463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B463
Title:
Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937
Scope & Content:
This volume is an administration report covering the years 1926 to 1937 (though in some subjects the report goes further back than 1926) and deals mainly with the activities of the Bahrain Government. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report was based on annual report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

59. IOR/L/PS/18/B478

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B478
Title:
Memorandum on the Oil Concessions in the Arab Sheikhdoms
Scope & Content:
This printed secret memorandum by the India Office, dated 13 March 1944, concerns oil concessions in the Arab sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in the context of the United States of America's discussions on oil in the Middle East. The aim of the memorandum is to give an account of British interest...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1944
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

60. IOR/L/PS/18/C156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C156
Title:
'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)