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11. IOR/L/PS/10/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/457
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1902-28 July 1914
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/866

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/866
Title:
Ext 5586/43 Lord Wavell: request for pearls from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding an upcoming visit to Bahrain by thenewly appointed Governor-General of India Archibald Wavell, 1st EarlWavell, and his request to view a selection of pearls. The correspondents arethe India Office and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1943-12 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

13. 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)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/3865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3865
Title:
Coll 30/131 'Persian Gulf. Pearling. American process for the manufacture of cultured pearls'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and an American malacologist named Clarence F Hoy. The correspondence concerns a proposal by Hoy to introduce a method for the manufacture of cultured pearls somewhere in the British Empire, with Bahrain mentioned as a possible location...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1936-1 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

15. 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)

16. 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)

17. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3
Title:
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. I. Geneaological Tables-Maps. Part III. J G Lorimer. 1915
Scope & Content:
This volume is Part III of Volume 1 of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915) compiled John Gordon Lorimer. The contents are divided into two sections and contain genealogical tables of Persian Gulf and Arabian ruling families, and one map, housed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume, 22 items (45 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3, f 27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3, f 27
Title:
'Pocket No. 25: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Chart showing the Pearl Banks along the Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanura and Debai'
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: An outline map entitled 'Chart showing the Pearl Banks along Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanura and Dabai' issued as an enclosure to Part II of Volume I of the ‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer'. Shows the southern coast of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanura and D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 map

19. IOR/L/PS/20/C250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C250
Title:
Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)
Scope & Content:
A printed précis of correspondence on various Persian Gulf subjects, prepared for the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Simla, in July 1911 (Part I) and July 1913 (Part II). The document is divided into two parts. Most subjects relate to Turkish claims to sovereignty in the region, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913
Extent:

1 file (60 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/53
Title:
Vol 67, 68: Native Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists mostly of translations of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, Major David Wilson, from a number of East India Company native agents. The letters concern developments on both sides of the Gulf. The most prominent correspondents are the following: Gool...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1829-23 Apr 1830
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)