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1. IOR/L/PS/12/57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/57
Title:
PZ 5654/32 Persia: Indian Seditionist Khan Khoji
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding Khan Khoji, described as an Indian seditionist, and warning he may attempt to re-enter India through Iran. The primary correspondents are: Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; British Legation, Tehran.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1932-18 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2123
Title:
Coll 6/56 'Saudi-Arabia: Prevention of use of Bahrein and Kuwait as bases for activities against Nejd (Ibn Hithlain)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to an Ajman chief named Khalid ibn Hithlain [Khālid bin Muḥammad bin Ḥithlayn, also transliterated as Khalid bin Hathlain in the file], who is suspected of planning anti-Saudi activities. The correspondence documents the efforts of the British authorities – at the Saudi Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/464
Title:
'11/4 ANTI-SAUDI ACTIVITIES'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns possible anti-Saudi activities in the Persian Gulf. It contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. In addition, there are copies of correspondence with Sir Andrew Ryan, A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1933-01 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/481
Title:
Activities of Foreign Agents in Saudi Arabia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns suspicions of foreign agent activity in Saudi Arabia. Folios 2-5 and 8 concern suspicions held by C S Freebury of Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited at Ras Tanura, with regards to Mr Jean de Kuharski and Mr Pixton (Polish and English citizens respectively, who are said to be ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1947-3 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/659
Title:
‘File 28/1 I Defence against parachutists, obstruction of aerodromes and landing grounds, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and memoranda containing guidance relating to the perceived threat of enemy troops parachuting into British-Indian territory. Though the threat is most strongly perceived in the north-western provinces of India and Baluchistan, the guidance was distrib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1940-13 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/670
Title:
‘File 28/1 Q Provision of armed guard for British Overseas Airways Corporation Limited; Cable & Wireless etc.’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file (ff 2-6), containing correspondence dated 1940, chiefly from the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Station Superintendent at Bahrain, concerns the provision of armed guards as an anti-sabotage measure for BOAC aircraft on night stops at Bahrain. The correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1940-25 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/691
Title:
‘File 28/10 Anti-British activities in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to reports about and enquiries made into individuals at Bahrain, or travelling to Bahrain, and allegations of their anti-British activities. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin Willia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1941-22 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/694

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/694
Title:
‘File 28/10-(c) Anti-British Activities of Abdullah bin Faris, Secretary of the Shaikh of Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to anti-British and pro-German propaganda being disseminated at Sharjah, and specifically that being allegedly spread by the Ruler of Sharjah’s Secretary, Abdullah bin Faris. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1940-21 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/695

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/695
Title:
‘File 28/10-(d) Tirath Das (Agent of Messrs. Dhamanmal Issardas in Dubai)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and memoranda relating to allegations of anti-British sentiments expressed by Tiradas Dhamanmal, manager of Indian trading agents Dhamanmal Isardas of Dubai, and the Political Agent at Bahrain’s orders to have Dhamanmal expelled from the Trucial Coast and sent b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1940-16 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)