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1. IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 246-249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 246-249
Title:
Political No. 23 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Relating to the Projected Exploration of the Persian Gulf by a British Company to be Established for the Purpose of Pearl Fishing
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 30 January 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 24 February 1874, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the projected exploration of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1874-24 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 258-264

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 258-264
Title:
Political No. 23 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Relating to the Projected Exploration of the Persian Gulf by a British Company to be Established for the Purpose of Pearl Fishing
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 30 January 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 24 February 1874, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the projected exploration of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1874-24 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/555
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 1 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia: General File’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning oil exploration and applications for oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and in the frontier region between Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran] during and in the years following the First World War, when Mesopotamia was under British military occupation and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Feb 1918-18 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 volume (234 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/556
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 2 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia and Persia: oil; Sir J Cowan's deputation & Standard Oil Co.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to oil exploration and the acquisition of oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] (and to a lesser degree, Persia [Iran]) by oil companies. The companies involved are: the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC); the Shell Transport Company (STC, also referred to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1921
Extent:

1 volume (294 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/557/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/557/2
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 4 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia. (General File) 1920–24’
Scope & Content:
The item comprises correspondence and other papers concerning oil exploration in territories that were part of the Ottoman Empire prior to the First World War. The item includes: reports on exploratory drilling being undertaken by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) at Naft Khana [Nafţ Khānah],...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1919-20 May 1924
Extent:

1 item (242 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1488
Title:
Coll 1/50(2) 'Aden. Intelligence summaries January-October 1938'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Political Intelligence Summaries compiled by the Aden Political Secretary and sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. It contains the Summaries for the year 1938, numbers 1-38. In addition to the Western Aden Protectorate, the reports periodically contain sections repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1938-21 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3806A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3806A
Title:
Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the agreement between the British Government, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) (later the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), and the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] to award the company an exclusive oil concession in Qatar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1935-8 Nov 1944
Extent:

4 volumes (639 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3837

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3837
Title:
Coll 30/110(3) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Hinterland Exploration and Survey. Trucial Coast Boundaries. Trucial Coast Surveys 1938-9.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to geological survey work carried out by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiaries Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited) to identify productive sources of oil in the hinterland of the Trucial Coast and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1937-2 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (500 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3838

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838
Title:
Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/13
Title:
File B/2 Oils and Minerals, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The letters, office notes and other items contained in the volume relate to the discovery and survey of bitumen (or asphalt) deposits in Bahrain, and subsequent discussions between British officials and the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, on securing exclusive concessions to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1907-12 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)