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11. IOR/L/PS/10/1003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1003
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 15 'Oil. Koweit Neutral Zone. On concessions in.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns correspondence and records of meetings to discuss questions relating to oil in the Persian Gulf, including Kuwait and the Kuwait Neutral Zone, and also Bahrain and Qatar. This includes discussion of the history and status of the Neutral Zone between Nejd and Koweit [Kuwait] a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1933-15 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 volume (488 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/10/1004

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1004
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 16 'Persian Gulf: Oil Bahrain. Calibration of Tanks and measurement of oil.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the calibration and measurement of the oil storage tanks of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited in order to assess royalties due to the lessors. Included in the file is a technical plan: 'Diagram of Sit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934-1942
Extent:
1 file (177 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/10/1005

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1005
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 17 'Persian Gulf: oil; tables of quantities produced by Bahrain Petroleum Co Ltd'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises tables of the capacities of the storage tanks of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Petroleum Company Limited. The tables were compiled by B and R Redwood, Petroleum Inspection Department in August 1934.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/383
Title:
PZ 3044/40(1) ‘OIL – Persian Gulf. Bahrein. Personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Coy., (Roster of Employees Sept: 39/Dec:1940.)’
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of copies of the Roster of Employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (also spelled Bahrein Petroleum Company in the file) (sent to the India Office by the Political Agent, Bahrain), as of 30 September 1939, 31 December 1939, 31 March 1940, 30 June 1940, 30 Septe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1939-15 May 1941
Extent:

1 file (754 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/799
Title:
Ext 1077/43 'Utilisation of coke stocks in Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of one letter and a note from the Middle East Supply Centre in Cairo. The letter is a study of local resources in Persia regarding supplies and transport of coal and coal lumps and is composed of several parts covering the following topics: The supplies of coal lumps that civi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/1134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1134
Title:
Ext 2385/46 'Gift of island of Um-as-Sabaan to Mr M W Thornberg: visits of Mr Thornberg to Bahrain, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters relating to the presence of Max Thornburg in Bahrain during 1946, and his plans to settle on the Island of Um-as-Sabban. The papers are speculative exchanges between various the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India on the nature of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1946-15 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/2161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2161
Title:
Coll 6/89 'Saudi Arabia: Approaches to Jedda Harbour. Interest of Standard Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the California Arabian Standard Oil Company's interest in erecting storage tanks at Jedda, which would involve making improvements to the harbour's navigational facilities in the process. The file features the following correspondents: the California Arabian Standard Oil Compa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1938-21 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/3453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3453
Title:
Coll 28/48 'Persia. Anglo-Persian Oil Company; Relations with Persian Govt.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, and other papers, concerning relations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Persian Government, and between the British and Persian governments over APOC operations in Persia [Iran]. The file covers: reports of attacks on APOC drilling operations at Bik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Sep 1923-22 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 volume (272 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/3454

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3454
Title:
Coll 28/49 ‘Persia. Income Tax Law. Income Tax on A.P.O.C.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the Persian Government’s income tax law, its implementation, and likely income tax claims that will be made on British interests in Persia [Iran], including the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The file includes multiple iterations of the new tax law (most in French), which w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1929-22 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

20. 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)