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461. IOR/L/PS/18/B405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B405
Title:
Henjam. Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in the Island of Henjam. The Sheikh of Henjam and his Affairs
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with the island of Henjam. Covering: introduction to the location of Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] and its strategic importance; use of the island by the British; the Beni Yas tribe inhabitants; international status of Henjam – Persian and Muscat c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

462. IOR/L/PS/18/C49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C49
Title:
Perso-Afghan frontier. Report on Hashtadan
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the disputed Hashtadan lands, on the Perso-Afghan frontier. It begins with a confidential letter, dated 24 May 1885, from Colonel Joseph West Ridgeway, Assistant Commissioner in charge, Afghan Boundary Commission, Camp Sinjao, to Earl Granville [Granville George Leveson-Gower,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1885
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

463. IOR/L/PS/18/B118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B118
Title:
Mem: Conclusion of the Declaration with France as to Muscat in 1862 and the acquisition of Gwadar by Muscat.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum explaining that Lord Canning, Viceroy and Governor General of India, had arbitrated between the two sons of Sultan Syud Saeed [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]upon his death. The two sons agreed the division of their inheritance between them as Sultans of Zanzibar and Muscat resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1899
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

464. IOR/L/PS/18/B429

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B429
Title:
Text of Treaty, dated November 3, 1916, and ratified on March 23, 1918, between His Majesty's Government and Sheikh Abdullah-bin-Jasim-bin-Thani of al-Katar
Scope & Content:
This memorandum, printed by the India Office, is a copy of the English text of the 3 November 1913 treaty between Sheikh Abdullah-bin-Jasim-bin-Thani [Sheikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], ruler of al-Katar [Qatar], and His Majesty's Government, ratified on 23 March 1918. The preamble to the tre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1933
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

465. IOR/L/PS/18/B444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B444
Title:
‘Qatar Oil Concession and connected Documents [Oil concession granted by the Shaikh of Qatar to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, 17 May 1935]’
Scope & Content:
The memorandum contains a printed copy (folios 2-4) of the oil concession agreed between the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], and Charles C Mylles, Representative of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), on 17 May 1935. Following the concession agreemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1936-5 Feb 1937
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

466. IOR/L/PS/18/B464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B464
Title:
Agreement relating to the Ras al Khaimah Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited; the agreement relates to the Ras al Khaimah oil concession arranged between the petroleum company and Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī, Emir of Ras al Khaimah. The document includes a 'pre-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1938
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

467. IOR/L/PS/18/B364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B364
Title:
‘Letter from Lt-Col Sir A.T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed copy of a letter, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the protection of the oil fields operated by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the Arab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

468. IOR/L/PS/18/B14b

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B14b
Title:
Report of a committee on the Muscat subsidy and the Zanzibar Agency and Consulate
Scope & Content:
A printed report, written by a Committee formed by Louis Mallet, Henry Cadogan Rothery and William Henry Wylde, 8 December 1876. The Committee was nominated by H M's Treasury, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of State for India, to determine whether the Imperial Gove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1876
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

469. IOR/L/PS/18/B225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B225
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey, Indian Army, Political Agent, Kuwait to Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary, Political Department, India Office
Scope & Content:
The letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey to Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel encloses a copy of a letter No. C/8 of 1915 by Grey, as Political Agent in Kuwait, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 9 June 1915, regarding Arab co-operation with the Turks in the Shatt al-Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1915
Extent:

2 folios

470. IOR/L/PS/18/B397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B397
Title:
Status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri. It includes the following: an introduction to the status of the islands; a history of the islands prior to 1887; the occupation of Sirri by Persia, 1887; the temporary Persian occupation of Abu Musa and Tamb,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)