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21. 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)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/3485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3485
Title:
Coll 28/81 ‘Persia. Concessions in; Activities of Mr C. C. Hart. Amiranian Oil Company’s Concession.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers reporting on the activities of individuals and companies from the United States of America, seeking to gain oil concessions in Persia [Iran]. The majority of the file focuses on the activities of two US citizens, Charles Calmer Hart (a former US Minister to Iran) and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Aug 1934-22 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

23. 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)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/3490A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3490A
Title:
Coll 28/85S (1) ‘Persia. Abadan and S. W. Persian oilfields; Protection of British interests.’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to strikes and social unrest amongst workers on the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s (AIOC) oilfields in southern Iran (frequently referred to as Persia throughout the file), and the AIOC refinery at Abadan. The file’s principal correspondents include: the British Ambassador at Tehran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1946-28 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (555 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/3490B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3490B
Title:
Coll 28/85S (1) ‘Persia; Abadan and S.W. Persian Oilfields; A.I.O.C. Indian Employees’
Scope & Content:
The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/85S (1) ‘Persia. Abadan and S. W. Persian oilfields; Protection of British interests.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3490A). It consists chiefly of extracts of quarterly reports, prepared by HM Consul-General at Khorramshahr, on affairs at the Anglo-Iran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1948-4 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/3491A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3491A
Title:
Coll 28/85S (2) ‘Persia; Abadan situation 1946; Policy to be pursued by H.M.G. (Recommendations & General Appreciation).’
Scope & Content:
Secret papers and correspondence concerning the British Government’s response to the potential threat of Soviet Communist penetration in Persia [Iran] and a perceived increase in influence of the Tudeh Party within the Persian Government. The political crisis was triggered by events at the Anglo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1946-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/3826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3826
Title:
Coll 30/104(4) 'INDIAN & PAKISTAN EMPLOYEES OF KUWAIT OIL COMPANY'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Indians and Pakistanis working in the Gulf states as employees of the Kuwait Oil Company, the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), Petroleum Concessions Limited, Qatar, and the Arabian American Oil Company Limited, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, particularly in terms of labour un...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1948-13 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/18/B364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B364
Title:
‘Letter from Lt-Col Sir A.T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed copy of a letter, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the protection of the oil fields operated by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the Arab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/1/618-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/618-637
Title:
File 82: Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The twenty files forming the 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files were produced by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire. The 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Anglo-Persian Oil Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1939
Extent:
20 files (4277 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/1/638-703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/638-703
Title:
File 86: Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises detailed records of the negotiations for, and awarding of, oil concessions in the Persian Gulf. Also included are records of the exploitation of the concession through geological surveying, drilling, and the construction of refineries and pipelines. The main concess...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1925-1948
Extent:
66 files and volumes (7898 folios)