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1111. IOR/R/15/2/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/660
Title:
‘File 28/1 J Sabotage to oil wells, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and notes containing guidance, issued in response to reports from the War Office, of German plans to sabotage oil fields and refineries and blow up shipping. The file includes: a copy of a telegram from MICE (Middle East Intelligence Centre) in Cairo,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

1112. IOR/R/15/2/743

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/743
Title:
‘File 28/51 Anglo – American relations (policy)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and notes concerning Anglo-American foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on shared interests and closer future policy cooperation in the region. The file includes: copies of correspondence dated 29 April 1944, from the Foreign O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1944-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

1113. IOR/R/15/2/760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/760
Title:
‘File 28/73 Tele-communications in time of war’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning arrangements for wireless radio communications at Bahrain during wartime. Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); representatives of the India Office (John Perci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1938-6 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

1114. IOR/R/15/2/797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/797
Title:
ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITISH LEGATION IN TRANSJORDAN.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Foreign Office circular noting that as a result of the Anglo-Transjordan Treaty [Treaty of London] of 22 March 1946, which recognised Transjordan as a fully independent state with Amir [Emir] Abdulla [‘Abdullāh] bin Hussein as sovereign, responsibility for British policy h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

1115. IOR/R/15/2/862

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/862
Title:
File 38/1 II P. C. L. Exploration
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1947-18 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

1116. IOR/R/15/2/864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/864
Title:
File 38/3 I, P. C. L. Qatar Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the work of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, in Qatar. The correspondence is principally between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Residency in Bushire [Persian Gulf Political Residenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 May 1940-15 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

1117. IOR/R/15/2/865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/865
Title:
File 38/3 II P. C. L. Qatar Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the work of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, in Qatar. The correspondence is principally between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Residency in Bahrain [Persian Gulf Political Residenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1947-7 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (166 folios)

1118. IOR/R/15/2/870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/870
Title:
File 38/15 Oil concessions in Arabia and the Gulf (Muscat)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the oil concession in Muscat, Oman, and Dhofar. The principal correspondents are: the Political Resident at Bushire (later Bahrain) [Persian Gulf Political Residency]; the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Agent at Kuwait; the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1933-1 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

1119. IOR/R/15/2/877

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/877
Title:
File 39/6 (10/8) Oil concessions in W Arabia & Asir
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Agent at Sharjah, the British Legation at Jedda, the Foreign Office and the Political Resident at Bahrain. The correspondence discusses the possibility of an oil concession in Asir and Western Arabia by the Eastern and General Syndicate and Cal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1934-13 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

1120. IOR/R/15/2/892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/892
Title:
'File No. 40/1 ENQUIRIES BY STRICK & CO. RE: GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN PERSIAN GULF'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter from Messrs Frank C Strick and Company to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Gordon Loch) regarding the possibility of sourcing gypsum from the Persian Gulf. The enquiry results in discussion between the India Office (Maurice J Clauson) and Foreign Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1935-30 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

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