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81. IOR/R/15/2/753

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/753
Title:
‘File 28/61 War. BAPCO and A.I.O.C. – Attitude of employees regarding enlistment in armed forces at outbreak of war’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the appointment of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) as special police officers, to be engaged as part of BAPCO’s oil refinery defence scheme in time of war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1939-2 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

82. IOR/R/15/2/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/755
Title:
‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to customs and transit duties payable on equipment and stores owned by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ) that are passing from Qatar through Bahrain, as a consequence of the shutdown of the Company’s operations in Qatar in 1942. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1942-19 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

83. IOR/R/15/2/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/761
Title:
‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, reports and other papers concerning oil storage facilities requested by the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC) at Muharraq airfield in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1943-14 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/2/763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/763
Title:
‘File 28/77 War – Reserve of spare parts for oil companies to be kept at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to proposals, initially raised by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) to retain in Bahrain a stock of spare parts used by the region’s oil industries (in particular the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC)), should a major war lead to d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1939-22 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

85. IOR/R/15/2/861-872

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/861-872
Title:
File 38: Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:
The files and volumes contain correspondence and memoranda relating to the work of Petroleum Concessions Limited and their subsidiaries, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, in the Persian Gulf ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1950
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1149 folios)

86. IOR/R/15/2/882

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/882
Title:
File 39/12 APOC's oil storage on Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between Anglo Persian Oil Company's (APOC) managers, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Residency Agent at Sharjah and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding APOC's oil storage at Sharjah. There is also correspondence with in Arabic be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1933-11 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

87. IOR/R/15/2/888

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/888
Title:
File 39/22 Bahrain pearling banks in strip of seabed leased by Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain regarding the use of pearling banks within areas of oil interest near Ras Tanura.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1947-24 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

88. IOR/R/15/2/890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/890
Title:
File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Agency at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore. The correspondents are: Ruler of Qatar, Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1949-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

89. IOR/R/15/2/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/891
Title:
File 39/24 Seabed concession, Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mostly in English and Arabic, between the Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī (from August 1949 Shaikh ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī); the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1947-17 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

90. IOR/R/15/2/1173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1173
Title:
File 5/3 I Registration of Documents.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the registration of documents by the Political Agency, Bahrain, which formed part of the Agency's notarial duties. The papers consist of correspondence between those applying to register documents and the Political Agency, Bahrain. Much of the correspondence is with the Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1926-30 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (250 folios)