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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Defence Name Colonial Office, 1854-1966

1. IOR/L/PS/10/965/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/965/1
Title:
File 537/1921 Part 1 'Persia: Oil - Defence of A.P. Oil Co's fields etc'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding the protection of oilfields in Arabistan, Persia [the southern part of Khuzestan Province, Iran] run by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). Topics discussed include: The withdrawal of a British military unit from Ahwaz [Ahvaz] followin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1920-21 Nov 1924
Extent:
1 item (161 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1238
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 6 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Koweit Situation. Air and Car Reconnaisances.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the defence of the frontier of Koweit [Kuwait] against raids by Akhwan [Ikhwan] tribesmen (also referred to as 'Wahabis') from the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, and the activities of the Akhwan along the border with Kuwait and Iraq. In addition to India Office correspondence an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1927-18 May 1929
Extent:
1 volume (559 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3928

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3928
Title:
Coll 30/191 ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of the Persian Gulf. Establishment of aircraft facilities at Socotra and Salalah (Muscat) and Assembly Port at Masira Bay.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to defence facilities in the Persian Gulf and on, or near, the Southern Arabian Coast. It includes papers relating to the following: The construction of a naval ammunition store on Jiddah Island (also spelled Jidda Island in the file), ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1939-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (482 folios)