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301. IOR/L/PS/18/B465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B465
Title:
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman [Oil concession agreement]
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement relating to an oil concession at Muscat, which was made between Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Petroleum Concessions Limited on 24 June 1937. The agreement details the terms and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1937
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

302. IOR/L/PS/18/C216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C216
Title:
The Persian Debt to the Government of India and His Majesty's Government.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum describing the historical background to the Persian debt to the Government of India and to the British Government. The memorandum records a number of proposals for debt relief put forward by the Government of India, the Foreign Office and the Chancellor, made o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1929
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

303. IOR/L/PS/18/B340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B340
Title:
Notes on the "Akhwan" Movement
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is entitled 'Notes on the "Akhwan" [Ikhwān] Movement' by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, which he compiled following his 1920 visit to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud) at al-Hasa (al-Aḥsā’). The note contains the following sections: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1920
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

304. IOR/L/PS/18/B112, f 19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B112, f 19
Title:
The Shat-Al-'Arab. Traced from the Admiralty Chart.
Scope & Content:
A map showing the region around the mouth of the Shat-Al-Arab river and its course as far as Basrah, indicating the location of the Turkish-built fort at Fao. The map also indicates hydrology, vegetation, settlements and water depths with soundings. Published by the Intelligence Division, War O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1897
Extent:
1 map

305. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (i)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (i)
Title:
MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY
Scope & Content:
The map represents Kuwait and the surrounding area. The map records cities, provinces, countries, hydrology, and reliefs. Printed by Harrison and Sons, the map indicates by hand areas around Kuwait, and it is signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 map

306. IOR/L/PS/18/A136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A136
Title:
Memorandum on Makran by Sir W. Lee-Warner (Letter from India No. 214 (Foreign), 17 November 1898) 21 Dec 1898.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a report by Sir William Lee-Warner (1846-1914) written during his tenure as Secretary to the Secret and Political Department. It is a critique of the Government of India's current policy towards Makran, which he claims has not been authorised by the Home Government. This pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1898
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

307. IOR/L/PS/18/B432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B432
Title:
HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO KUWAIT OIL COMPANY, LIMITED. AGREEMENT relating to the Koweit Oil Concession.
Scope & Content:
Printed agreement between the British Government and the Kuwait Oil Company setting out the company's obligations to the British Government in the event of the company's obtaining a concession from the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait]. The agreement contains twelve clauses: clause 1 states that the Com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

308. IOR/L/PS/18/B472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B472
Title:
Heads of Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum contains the heads of agreement of the Kuwait Civil Air Agreement between the United Kingdom and Kuwait, signed by the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Captain Gerald Simpson de Gaury, Political Agent at Kuwait dated 23 May 1938. The agreement contai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1938
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

309. IOR/L/PS/18/B476

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B476
Title:
Agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Ruler of Kalba - Shaikh Said bin Hamad for Providing Facilities for Aeroplanes at Kalba, Concluded this 28th Day of August 1936 i.e. 9th Jamad Ath Thani 1355
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a copy of an agreement signed by Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Kalba, and Major Tom Hickinbotham, officiating Political Agent, Bahrain, dated 28 August 1936 or 9 Jamādá II 1355, concerning arrangements for air facilities at Kalba. The agreement co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1936
Extent:

1 folio

310. IOR/L/PS/18/C113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C113
Title:
'Memorandum on the Note of the Persian Government, dated 22nd February 1906, embodying their objections to the Seistan Water Award.'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns the Seistan Water Award [Sīstān] arbitrated by Britain between Persia and Afghanistan; the award outlines the proportion of water from the River Helmond [Helmand] to be allotted to irrigation on both sides of the river. It is authored by Arthur Henry McMahon — the British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)