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1. IOR/F/4/2224/110799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2224/110799
Title:
‘Bussorah. Euphrates Flotilla. Claims advanced for rent for premises for buildings appropriated to the use of.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 November 1847. The item relates to two separate claims by Colonel Robe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1845-30 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/891
Title:
File 1913/1920 'Mesopotamia and Palestine: rent of billets in occupation of military; liability of Mesopotamian state for cost of military forces'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence regarding the use of billets by British military forces and civil officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the years following the end of the First World War. Topics discussed include: Efforts to vacate and release as many billets as possible as a way to appease anti-Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1919-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1005

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1005
Title:
Ext 3229/45 'Proposed Increase in Rent of Kuwait Agency Dispensary'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request for an increase in the rent paid by the Kuwait Agency Dispensary in order to finance necessary repairs and improvements to the building. The primary correspondents are: Political Agent, Kuwait; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Government of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1945-13 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1383
Title:
Pol Ext 6443/49 'Information on rents, local wages and hire of furniture in Bagdad, for information of the High Commissioner for Pakistan in London'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the costs incurred by the British Embassy, Baghdad, in the payment of rents, wages for local staff and hire of furniture. The information has been compiled at the request of the High Commissioner for Pakistan in London. As well as the Embassy, the other ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1949-18 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1979

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1979
Title:
Coll 5/29 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Additional facilities at Koweit for RAF purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the reservation of land in Kuwait (also frequently spelt Koweit) for the potential future use of the Royal Air Force (RAF); the correspondence is prompted by fears that the Kuwait Oil Company may develop sites in connection with its oil conces...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1934-15 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1995
Title:
Coll 5/41 ‘Persian Gulf: RAF fuel barge at Ras.al.Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Air Headquarters (Iraq), the Foreign Office, and the India Office, respecting thirteen-month of arrears in the rent due to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1934-22 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1301
Title:
File 6/82 Rent Control
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, government proclamations and regulations concerning rent control in Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Political Residency in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1943-24 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)