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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Commonwealth Relations Office, 1947-1966

21. IOR/L/PS/12/1404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1404
Title:
Pol Ext 7649/49 'Access to Volumes of Lorimer's Gazetteer'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding a request by Sir Lionel Haworth, formerPolitical Resident in the Persian Gulf, for access to the classified referencework Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (1908) by JohnGordon Lorimer. The correspondents are the Foreign Office and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1949-16 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/1406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1406
Title:
Pol Ext 7747/49 'Administration of charitable rest house Rampur Rabat, Jedda, maintained by ruler of the state of Rampur: scrutiny of earlier papers by Indian consul'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to a request made by the Indian and Pakistani Consuls in Jeddah, for access to files in the possession of the British Government’s Ambassador. The files are said to detail ‘dealings’ between the British Government and the former Government of India, in p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1949-12 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/1423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1423
Title:
Pol Ext 8327/49 'D.G. BRUGGER: COMPLAINT OF NON-RECEIPT OF POSTAGE STAMPS FROM KUWAIT.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between D A Bruggers, the Postal Services Department, and the Commonwealth Relations Office, regarding the complaints by Bruggers that sent goods failed delivery to Kuwait. The subsequent correspondence details the change in offices after Indian independence r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1949-18 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/1426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1426
Title:
Pol Ext 8501/49 'Smallpox cases among pilgrims in Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
This file contains British Government correspondence regarding unconfirmed information, provided by the Saudi Arabian Quarantine Administration, of an outbreak of smallpox in local hospitals, following the end of pilgrimage [Hajj].The correspondents are the Commonwealth Relations Office and Briti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1949-31 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/1427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1427
Title:
Pol Ext 8579/49 'Declassification of maps of Muscat: request from Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the declassification of maps detailing Muscat, created by the Government of India, which were requested by the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain . The main correspondents are the Bahrain Political Agency, the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1949-24 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/1512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1512
Title:
Coll 1/77 'Appointment of an Indian Trade Agent in Aden'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the External Department of the Office of the High Commissioner for India, and the Commonwealth Relations Office, regarding the proposed appointment of an Indian Trade Agent in Aden. The proposed appointment is later modified to one of Assistant Trade Comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1949-12 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/1961

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1961
Title:
Coll 5/16 ‘Air Route to India: Occasional landings at Koweit – Agreements between the Sheikh of Koweit and British Overseas Airways Corporation’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding civil aviation matters in Kuwait (also spelt Koweit in the file). The primary focus is the negotiation of a Civil Air Agreement between the British Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1932-25 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (272 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/1962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1962
Title:
Coll 5/16(1) ‘Landing Fees at Koweit’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the collection of landing fees from Kuwait (also spelled Koweit) Aerodrome, and the subsequent credit of these fees to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It includes a protest from Iraqi Airways requesting a review of these landing fees, due to the lack of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1947-24 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/1975

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1975
Title:
Coll 5/25 ’Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Bahrain Civil Air Agreement – Landing Ground at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from R Dewhurst, Director of Accounts in the Commonwealth Relations Office, addressed to the Manager of the Eastern Bank Limited. It details the sums due to the Shaikh of Bahrain under the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement for the lease of the aerodrome and services operated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/12/1981

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1981
Title:
Coll 5/31 ‘Air Route to India: Prohibition of private flights along the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes on the subject of private (or chartered) flights through the Persian Gulf states in special treaty relations with the British Government, these states being: Bahrain, Kuwait (also spelt Koweit), Muscat (Oman), and Sharjah. Prior to 1946, the corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Jun 1933-3 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (622 folios)