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1. IOR/L/PS/12/4338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4338
Title:
Coll 37/104 ‘Travellers. Passports for employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers concerning concessions from the British Passport Office and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to expedite exit permits and visas for British employees of oil companies in the Persian Gulf. The main Gulf-based oil companies...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1936-6 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/4256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4256
Title:
Coll 37/22 'Travellers. Arabia: Rub-al-Khali. Crossing of by Mr. Bertram Thomas and Mr. H St. J. Philby.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of handwritten letters, press cuttings and a map relating to the crossings of the Rub al Khali desert by Bertram Thomas and Harry St John Bridger Philby in the 1930s. The main topic discussed is the politics of awarding an honour to Bertram Thomas for his crossing of the Rub ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1931-23 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4339
Title:
Coll 37/105 'Travellers. Muscat: entomological and botanical expedition. Dr H. Scott and Mr E. B. Britton.'
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to the topic of travellers in the Arabian Peninsula. Although the file's title specifies travellers to Muscat (Dr Hugh Scott and Mr Everard Baldwin Britton) the file only has one folio (folio 3) relating to these two individuals who were undertaking an entomological...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1937-3 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4252
Title:
Coll 37/18 'Travellers. Persian Gulf, Arab States, Arabia: Lady Dorothy Mills: Mrs Howard Clitty: Mrs M. A. Cairnes: Miss Palmer Smith: Mrs Greenway: Lady Qadir & Miss Clements.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to seven different applications to visit the Persian Gulf (mainly Kuwait, Yemen and Bahrain), which were submitted during the period 1931-35 by the following: Mrs Winifred J Howard-Clitty, Dorothy Mills, Mrs Margaret Maria...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1931-4 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4340
Title:
Coll 37/106 ‘Travellers Arabia, etc:- Earl & Countess of Athlone in 1938’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the arrangements made for the private visit of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, to Ibn Saud [Ibn Sa‘ūd] and the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file) and his family. It also cont...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1938-17 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4256, f 15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4256, f 15
Title:
ARABIA RUB' AL KHALI by H. St J. B. PHILBY. C.I.E. 1932
Scope & Content:
The map shows part of the Arabian Peninsula occupied by the Rub al Khali desert. The map also indicates hydrology and settlements, with brief descriptions of topography and vegetation, and provides some indication of relief. A short note to the left of the map describes the map compilation method...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1932
Extent:
1 map sheet