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381. IOR/L/PS/12/787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/787
Title:
Ext 329/43(1) ‘SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with replacing sugar previously obtained by the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) from India with sugar supplied from the United Kingdom; sugar production in India and Pakistan had fallen following the end of the Second World War (1939-194...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1947-7 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

382. IOR/L/PS/12/58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/58
Title:
PZ 6064/32 'Mr C C Garbett: liability to British Income Tax during period of employment under Iraq administration'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the outstanding payment from Colin Campbell Garbett of income tax for his employment by the High Commission, Baghdad, between 1920 and 1922. As well as Mr Garbett, the primary correspondents are: Colonial Office; India Office; Neville Chamberlain, Chance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1932-21 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

383. IOR/L/PS/12/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/299
Title:
PZ 5098/39 'Position of Major G S de Gaury vis-á-vis military service in the event of war'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to Major Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the possibility that he will be called up for military service. Letters between de Gaury; Roland Tennyson Peel (Secretary for the Political Department in the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1939-8 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

384. IOR/L/PS/12/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/316
Title:
PZ 7261/39 'Kabul Mail: inclusion in India Office bag of papers, etc, for members of Legation Staff, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the acquisition of 'certain periodicals' for the British Legation at Kabul for 'propaganda purposes' during the Second World War (1939-1945). The correspondence mainly details the dispute over which department should be liable for purchasing the peri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1939-10 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

385. IOR/L/PS/12/371

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/371
Title:
PZ 2216/40 'Bahrain to be main collecting and temporary detention port in the Persian Gulf: question of responsibility'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a letter sent to the Secretary of State for India by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on behalf of the Political Agent in Bahrain, and a draft reply. The subject of the correspondence is a question of whether or not Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1940-6 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

386. IOR/L/PS/12/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/514
Title:
PZ 2688/41 'Propaganda. Use of commercial channels for distribution of propaganda in Afghanistan and the Middle East.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, External Affairs Department, HM Minister at Kabul, the India Office and the Ministry of Information, regarding the possible use of commercial companies in India to distribute propaganda materials ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1941-11 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

387. IOR/L/PS/12/769

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/769
Title:
Ext 6101/42 'Ghulam Haidar - claim for compensation for damage to motor car during Allied invasion of Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter to the British Consulate General for Khorasan from Ghulam Haidar, British Indian, claiming for compensation for damage to his motor car by the Iranian military authorities, in Meshed. Further correspondence between the British Legation in Tehran, the Foreign Office, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1942-15 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

388. IOR/L/PS/12/311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/311
Title:
Persia: supply of dynamite, etc to the Persian Government
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a request from the Persian Government for supplies of dynamite. The request is passed from the Iranian Consul-General to the Government of India, Department of Supply, who refer the matter to the Foreign Office out of concern for what they feel is an '...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1939-2 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

389. IOR/L/PS/12/817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/817
Title:
Ext 2309/43 Texas Oil Co and Bahrain Petroleum Co
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams from the Government of India, External Affairs, and Defence Departments; the India Office Economic and Overseas Department; the Secretary of State for India; and Texas Oil Company Ltd, regarding the delivery of calcium chloride, emery cloth, glass p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1943-6 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

390. IOR/L/PS/12/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/53
Title:
PZ 2855/1932 'Southern Arabia: Enquiry from Mr F.B. Lacy regarding possible presence of mineral deposits.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the enquiry of F B Lacy relating to the possible presence of mineral deposits in Dhufar and Ubar in Southern Arabia, and the possibility of obtaining permission to prospect in the area from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, with a view to a potential minin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1932-30 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)