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31. IOR/L/PS/12/3948

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3948
Title:
Coll 30/208 'War Compensation & Insurance at BAHREIN'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the payment of war compensation and insurance as a result of enemy action, or action by the military authorities, at Bahrain (and, to a lesser extent, Kuwait). The issue arose in 1942 following representations to the British Government by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1941-3 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (224 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/3723

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3723
Title:
Coll 30/12 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying, Lights Advisory Committee: Constitution'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the composition of the Persian Gulf Lights Advisory Committee. Much of the correspondence in the file concerns the desire of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to be formally represented on the committee. The correspondence is pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1931-10 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/12/3767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3767
Title:
Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
Scope & Content:
The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1933-40. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. Ther...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1933-21 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (535 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/12/3768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3768
Title:
Coll 30/52 (2) 'Persian Gulf, Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
Scope & Content:
The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for the years 1941-45. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1941-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (473 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/12/3769A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3769A
Title:
Coll 30/52(3) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain Intelligence Summaries 1946'
Scope & Content:
This file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain from August 1946 until December 1947. A handwritten note on the cover of the file states that the summaries from January to July 1946 had been mislaid. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1946-22 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/12/3894B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3894B
Title:
Coll 30/158A 'Koweit: Administration and Finances. Financial Adviser for Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the administration and finances of the state of Koweit [Kuwait], and in particular the proposed appointment of a British Financial Adviser to the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], a role similar to that of Charles Dalrymple Belgrave in Bahrain. This was against...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1946-5 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/12/3918

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3918
Title:
Coll 30/180 'Kuwait:- Establishment of a light on Kubber Island.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a light for shipping (and rejected proposals for an aero-maritime beacon) on Kubber Island (also referred to as Kubbar Island), in the approaches to Kuwait. The file contains correspondence from the Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, Bombay; and fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1937-26 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/12/3738

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3738
Title:
Coll 30/24 'Persia and Persian Gulf, Persian Navy. Visits to Arab Ports'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence regarding practicalities, relevant legislation and political considerations related to the movement of Persian shipping vessels around the Persian Gulf, notably regarding potential visits to Arab ports and British naval bases in Persian territory, at Henjam an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Sep 1930-8 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 volume (449 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/12/3775

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3775
Title:
Coll 30/58 'Persian Gulf. Anglo-Persian Relations. Persian insult to British flag at Basidu'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning an incident on 31 July 1933 when four Persian naval officers landed at Basidu (a naval station on Qishm island used by Britain) and took down the British flag in the presence of witnesses including an Ita...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1933-31 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (589 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/12/3777

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3777
Title:
Coll 30/60 'Persian Gulf. Interference with Koweiti dhow by Persian gunboat off Bushire'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning an incident in which a Kuwaiti vessel named Fath-ul-Khair was stopped and searched by a Government of Iran war vessel off of the coastline of Bushire. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between officials at t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)