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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Air Officer Commanding, Iraq, 1921-1955

11. IOR/R/15/1/644

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/644
Title:
86/1 VIII Kuwait Oil D 106
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume is primarily concerned with the ongoing negotiations between the Kuwait Oil Company (led by Frank Holmes and Archibald Chisholm) and the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, which were suspended in June 1934 following disagreements between the partie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1934-31 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (346 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/1/670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/670
Title:
'Confidential 86/7-I c-66 AERIAL SURVEY OF BAHRAIN IN CONNECTION WITH B.P.C. OPERATIONS'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle), and the Air Officer Commanding at Baghdad (Ernest Leslie Gossage) regarding a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (B.P.C.) to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1934-18 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/1/693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/693
Title:
'VOL. B. 60. CONFIDENTIAL 86/14 - vi. BAHRAIN UNALLOTTED AREA.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Admiralty (Clifford George Jarrett), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1939-1 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/2/540

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/540
Title:
File 14/5 Visits of German Agents
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visits of suspected German agents to the Persian Gulf region. The main correspondents include: Tom Hickinbotham (later Hugh Weightman), Political Agent at Bahrain; Trenchard Craven William Fowle (later Charles Geoffrey Prior), Political Resident a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1937-2 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/2/655

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/655
Title:
‘File 28/1 D Local Volunteer Defence Force. British N.C.O. Instructors for Defence Force’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the institution, running and disbandment of the Bahrain Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), as well as Air Raid Precautions (ARP) being taken in Bahrain. Key correspondents in the file include the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1940-19 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/674
Title:
‘File 28/1 W (Bahrain Defence) N.C.O. – ‘Iraq levy officer’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence related to the recruitment of NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers) from Iraq, to serve in the Bahrain Special Police Force. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain, Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban and the Air Officer Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1939-19 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/762
Title:
‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/868

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/868
Title:
File 38/11 P. C. L. Planes
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the movement of company (Petroleum Concessions Limited) planes in the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are: representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and its subsidiary companies (Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited and Petroleum Develop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 May 1938-22 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/1604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1604
Title:
File 17/5 III Furniture and Stores for the Bahrain Political Agency
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and numerous merchants regarding orders of furniture, stationery and other equipment for the Agency. The file also contains correspondence with the British Forces in Iraq and the Government of Bahrain regarding the supply of fire ext...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1936-7 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (418 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/1660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1660
Title:
File 19/5 Corr re: Tour of Air Officer Commanding, RAF, Iraq
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Air Officer Commanding of the RAF in Iraq, and of the British Ambassador at Baghdad, to Bahrain and the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are: the Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force (R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1935-10 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)