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631. IOR/R/15/2/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/668
Title:
‘File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two secret telegrams, sent by the C-in-C (Commander-in-Chief), E.I. (East Indies Station), both dated 29 April 1940. The first (f 2) states that ‘All Swedish, Finnish, Latvian and Estonian ships in British Ports and bound for Scandinavian, Danish or Baltic Ports should by some ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

632. IOR/R/15/2/675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/675
Title:
‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from the Political Resident to his Agents, dated 16 Novem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (144 folios)

633. IOR/R/15/2/735

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/735
Title:
‘File 28/40 Proposed military occupation of Gulf ports & coast watching system’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises three items of correspondence relating to plans for reconnaissance flights over parts of the coast in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with a view to their occupation by British forces if necessary: a memorandum from Tenth Army headquarters, dated 25 June 1942 and marked mos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1942-6 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

634. IOR/R/15/2/765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/765
Title:
‘File 28/79 Discovery of wireless set at Jazirat Shaikh Shuaib’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the discovery of a wireless set, with parachute attached, at Kuwait, and four similar devices found near Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], reported by the Political Agent at Kuwait [Gordon Noel Jackson] and the British Consular Agent at Lingah respectively, i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1945-24 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

635. IOR/R/15/2/875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/875
Title:
File 39/4 (10/4) Activities of Eastern and General Syndicate in Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Colonial Office regarding the interest of Frank Holmes, on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate, in applying for an oil concession in Qatar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

636. IOR/R/15/2/881

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/881
Title:
File 39/11 (12/13) Magnetic observations in Bahrain by Kuwait Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding terrestrial magnetic observations as part of a seismic survey carried out in various stations of the Persian Gulf by Kuwait ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1936-26 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

637. IOR/R/15/2/892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/892
Title:
'File No. 40/1 ENQUIRIES BY STRICK & CO. RE: GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN PERSIAN GULF'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter from Messrs Frank C Strick and Company to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Gordon Loch) regarding the possibility of sourcing gypsum from the Persian Gulf. The enquiry results in discussion between the India Office (Maurice J Clauson) and Foreign Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1935-30 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

638. IOR/R/15/2/465, f 111a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/465, f 111a
Title:
Sketch map indicating the Petroleum Concessions Limited concession boundary and the route taken by an Arabian-American Oil Company survey party
Scope & Content:
The sketch map accompanies a letter sent by Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 7 March 1949 (f 104), which relates to an incident in which an Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) survey party travelled into PCL’s conces...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 sketch map

639. IOR/R/15/2/150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/150
Title:
File 1/A/24 I Persian Subjects in Bahrain and Registration of Foreigners in Bahrain with proposals for institution of Bahrain Nationality and Property Laws.
Scope & Content:
The early papers in the file relate to complaints by the Iranian Government over the treatment of Persian citizens in Bahrain; but the file mostly concerns the enactment of the Bahrain nationality and property laws, and the preparation of the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council (1937). The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 May 1933-17 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

640. IOR/R/15/2/345

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/345
Title:
File 9/4 Complaints of M/s Khunji against M/s Shasha of Manchester on account of defective goods supplied.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns two Bahrain merchants' (Messrs Mohd and `Ali Jamal Khunji) complaints about a defective supply of white mulls shipped by J M Shasha of Manchester; the case against him had implications for British trade. The file contains copies of letters between J M Shasha, the Chamber of Comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1933-9 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (93 folios)

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