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21. IOR/L/PS/12/3468

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3468
Title:
Coll 28/61 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Bundar Abbas & Lingah, 1925/6–’
Scope & Content:
Printed copies of annual trade and commerce reports for the Persian port of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], compiled by HM’s Consul at Bunder Abbas (George Alexander Richardson, Cecil Henning Lincoln). The file includes reports for the years 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1930-32, 1932-33, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1928-26 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/3470B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3470B
Title:
Coll 28/64 ‘Persia. Flying of Flags in. Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreign merchant vessels in Persian Ports.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the introduction of regulations by the Imperial Persian (Iranian) Navy relating to the flying of the Persian flag by foreign merchant vessels in Persian ports. The correspondence covers: the new regulations and their implications for British commercial interests such as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1930-27 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (141 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/660
Title:
‘File 28/1 J Sabotage to oil wells, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and notes containing guidance, issued in response to reports from the War Office, of German plans to sabotage oil fields and refineries and blow up shipping. The file includes: a copy of a telegram from MICE (Middle East Intelligence Centre) in Cairo,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/686
Title:
‘File 28/6 War. Arrangements for the Control of Norwegian, Danish and other neutral ships, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises communications and correspondence relating to the restrictions and orders imposed by the British Government on foreign vessels, and in particular those regarded as neutral or ‘enemy’ during wartime. The papers chiefly relate to Danish and Norwegian vessels, prompted by the Ger...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1940-15 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/706

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/706
Title:
‘File 28/17-B Action to be taken in the event of an entry into the war by Japan’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating both to Japan’s anticipated entry into the Second World War, and eventual entry in the wake of the Japanese Navy’s attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1940-14 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/730
Title:
‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942-15 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/744
Title:
‘File 28/52 Landing of U.S. seamen at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence concerning the presence of United States (US) merchant seamen at Bahrain, in particular questions of facilities for and supervision of US crews while on shore leave, and jurisdiction of US citizens at Bahrain. The first part of the file contains corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1944-19 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/758

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/758
Title:
‘File 28/70 Navicert Rules, Regulations and Instructions’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, chiefly sent from either the Government of India or the Ministry of Economic Warfare, including: official circulars, notices, instructions, and other papers, relating to the implementation of the Navicert system to Iraqi and Iranian ports in the Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1940-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (304 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/759
Title:
‘File 28/71 Navicert = routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of the Navicert system in the Persian Gulf, which was intended to regulate and control shipping in and out of the Persian Gulf during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1941-29 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/2/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/762
Title:
‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)