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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Admiralty, 1708-1964

81. IOR/L/PS/12/3726

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3726
Title:
Coll 30/16 'Persian Gulf: Surveys: Survey by HMS Ormonde, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a number of naval surveys of the coastline and islands of the Persian Gulf that were completed by Royal Navy vessels including HMS Challenger and HMS Ormonde. In addition to the logistical and technical aspects of these surv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Nov 1929-4 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

82. IOR/L/PS/12/3783

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3783
Title:
Coll 30/66 'Purchase of land at Bahrain by H.M.G. Accounting arrangements.'
Scope & Content:
The file details accounting arrangements for the purchase of land at Bahrain by the Admiralty and the Air Ministry 'for naval and air purposes'. Payments were to be made to the Government of Bahrain by the Government of India, acting on behalf of the British Government (HMG). The papers, dated 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1934-18 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

83. IOR/L/PS/12/3796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3796
Title:
Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the extent of territorial waters claimed by the Government of Persia (also referred to as Iran). The British Government held that in the absence of international agreement, three miles was the extent of territorial waters, but the Persian Government claimed distances of up to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Jan 1929-3 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

84. IOR/L/PS/12/3815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3815
Title:
Coll 30/95 'Persian regulations governing visits of foreign warships to Persian ports.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns regulations issued by the Government of Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia) governing the passage of foreign warships through Iranian territorial waters, and visits by foreign warships to Iranian ports. The papers include reports from HM Minister, Tehran; the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jul 1934-1 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file, in two parts (232 folios)

85. IOR/L/PS/12/3820

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3820
Title:
Coll 30/101 'Henjam: Efforts of Deputy Governor Henjam to compel all boats to carry registration numbers.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an order from the Deputy Governor, Henjam (acting on the instructions of the Government of Persia) that all vessels in Henjam (including British naval vessels flying the white ensign and using the Royal Indian Navy depot there) should be registered and numbered. The papers in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1934-4 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

86. IOR/L/PS/12/3840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3840
Title:
Coll 30/111 'British Naval Stations in: Establishments at Khor Quwai and Bahrain. Evacuation of Henjam and Basidu.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū, Qeshm], in Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia), and the transfer of naval facilities to a new main station at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and a subsidiary statio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1934-4 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (572 folios)

87. IOR/L/PS/12/3859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3859
Title:
Coll 30/126 'Persian Gulf. Construction of Naval Bases at Khor Quwai & Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction of a British naval base at Khor Kuwai (occasionally spelt Quwai in the file) in Oman in 1936 and its subsequent closure in 1947. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the India Office, the Admiralty, the Political Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1936-21 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

88. IOR/L/PS/12/3860

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3860
Title:
Coll 30/126(2) 'Persian Gulf. Naval Base at Khor Kuwai. Erection of Wireless Transmitter and Call Station'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office, the Political Residency and the Admiralty regarding the construction of a Cable and Wireless cable station at Khor Kuwai, Oman in 1944 and the station's subsequent closure in 1945. The file includes a divider, which gives...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1944-9 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

89. IOR/L/PS/12/3937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3937
Title:
Coll 30/196 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. Muscat. War Subsidy’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the defence of Muscat. It includes papers regarding: the position of the Sultan of Muscat in the event of the outbreak of war (since he was an independent sovereign and therefore his state would not automatically be on the side of the British Empire in war)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1938-8 Mar 1951
Extent:
1 file (430 folios)

90. IOR/L/PS/12/3944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3944
Title:
Coll 30/204 ‘Persian Gulf Oil. Future of oil in its relation to the Middle East – Admiralty Memorandum on –’
Scope & Content:
The file contains: a copy of an Admiralty memorandum, dated 11 October 1940, entitled ‘The Future of Oil in its Relation to the Middle East’; and correspondence related to the memorandum and to the arrival in Iran of eight German officers, who were suspected of being involved in activities again...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1940-27 Nov 1941
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)