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451. IOR/L/PS/12/339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/339
Title:
PZ 1070/40(2) ‘Transmission of F.O. secret packets to & from Consulates etc. abroad’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the regular dispatch overseas of Foreign Office secret and confidential documents in sealed packets, by arrangement with the India Office in London. These are sent by sea mail to India, for onward transmission to Consular and Political Officers in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1941-1 Jan 1946
Extent:

1 file (415 folios)

452. IOR/L/PS/12/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/562
Title:
Ext 5000/41(12) 'Civil Supplies to Persia. (Supply of transport by U.K.C.C.)'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq, HM Ambassador to Iran, Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, Cairo, Persia and Iraq Command, and the Government of India, Home Department in which they discuss and negotiate a proposal to build up a civil oil reserv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1943-8 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

453. IOR/L/PS/12/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/804
Title:
Ext 1237/43 'Representation of Middle East Supply Centre in Persia: appointment of Mustapha, agricultural expert'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises papers relating to requests made by the Ministry of Shipping to find a suitable agricultural adviser to represent the Middle East Supply in Centre in Persia. The principal correspondents in the file are the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of War Transport. The ministries...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1943-22 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

454. IOR/L/PS/12/108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/108
Title:
PZ 2775/34 ‘Mrs Margaret Howson – Application for financial assistance towards maintenance and outfit of her son, WR Howson, King’s India cadet at Sandhurst’
Scope & Content:
The file contains mainly correspondence and notes by India Office officials, relating to the applications of Mrs Margaret Howson, widow of a former British Consul at Bandar Abbas who died in 1918, for the grant of additional financial assistance from the Government of India in the 1930s, on groun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1934-27 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

455. IOR/L/PS/12/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/301
Title:
PZ 5333/39 Retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf: Application for Re-employment
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and from Government of India employment, and his desire for re-employment. It includes correspondence between Fowle and the following: the Secretary of State for India;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1939-8 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

456. IOR/L/PS/12/791

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/791
Title:
Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit'
Scope & Content:
Thefile consists primarily of letters between the Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Treasury about a Swissapplication to send watches to Kuwait. The Foreign Exchange Control and theLocal Government accept the Swiss application and the watches are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1942-7 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

457. IOR/L/PS/12/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/788
Title:
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1943-5 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

458. IOR/L/PS/12/766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/766
Title:
Ext 6047/42 Improvement of amenities of government servants in essential enterprises in the Persian Gulf (Cable and Wireless, Bahrain Petroleum Co)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Government of India, External Department; the Ministry of Fuel and Power; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee; and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), regarding recreational facilities for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1943-10 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

459. IOR/L/PS/12/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/146
Title:
PZ 3727/35 'Establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the poverty of Hejaz and the establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital. It also includes a translation of an advertisement to pilgrims announcing Medina-made cloth for sale in Mecca. The main corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1933-May 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

460. IOR/L/PS/12/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/128
Title:
PZ 704/1935 Arabia: Request for Financial Assistance for the ex-Amir of Mecca
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, and enclosed copies of Foreign Office correspondence, relating to the former Amir [Emir] of Mecca, Sherif Ali Haider. It includes a letter from Kenneth Johnstone, Foreign Office, to John Gilbert Laithwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1935-25 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)