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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, 1822-1971

41. IOR/L/PS/10/1267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1267
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Tamb. (and Abu Musa)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the ownership and sovereignty of the islands of Tamb and Abu Musa (and Little Tamb and Sirri) in the Persian Gulf, and negotiations for a general treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran]. The papers mainly consist of correspondence and India Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Jul 1928-29 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (535 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/10/1272/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1272/2
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 14 ‘Persian Gulf: Political Control: 1. Telegraphic Communication between British Authorities in the Persian Gulf. 2. Conditions under which Pol. Rs. P. Gulf may communicate with A.O.C. Iraq.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to communications between British authorities in the Persian Gulf. The papers mainly concern the following: the sharing of telegraphic communications between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, the Political Resident at Bushi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1928-19 Mar 1931
Extent:

1 item (94 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/12/920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/920
Title:
Ext 2103/44 'Presentation of naval sword to Shaikh of Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the presentation of a naval sword to His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain [King of Bahrain] on behalf of the Royal Navy. The initial proposal was made by Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (Captain John Montagu Howson), to the Commander in Chief, Eastern ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1944-15 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/12/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1097
Title:
Ext 6485/45 'Senior Naval Officer - Persian Gulf Question whether he should be stationed ashore or afloat'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of several telegrams discussing the migration of the Senior Naval Officer of the Persian Gulf's headquarters. The correspondence is between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1946-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/12/2198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2198
Title:
Coll 7/29 'Persian Gulf: gun running into Persia; reconditioning of Persian patrol craft seized by HMG in 1941 during operations; postwar rehabilitation of Persian Navy'
Scope & Content:
Extensive correspondence regarding the trafficking of arms to Persia [Iran], the resumption of arms and (to a lesser extent) slave trafficking in the Gulf of Oman, and the reconstitution of the Persian Navy following the Second World War (1939-1945). The file opens with reports of arms being sm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1934-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (307 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/12/2209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2209
Title:
Coll 7/40 'Persia: carrying of arms by Persian authorities while escorting prisoners on British boats'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding British India Steamship Navigation Company regulations that armed Persian [Iranian] Officers should give up their weapons when transporting prisoners on vessels flying the British flag. The correspondence dated 1930 concerns the arrest of Sirdar Din Mohamed of Dashtyari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1930-24 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/12/2800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2800
Title:
Coll 16/31 'Secretariat Procedure Persian Gulf. Liaison between Persian Gulf, Govt. of India, Tehran, etc. Repetition of telegrams and despatches.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers concerning affairs in the Persian Gulf, including relations between the three main British authorities in the Gulf, namely the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and HM Representati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1933-5 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/12/2957

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2957
Title:
Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, notes, and draft correspondence relating to two incidents in Oman. The first, which the majority of the papers deal with, was the rebellious attitude of members of the Beni Bu Ali tribe, led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al Hamudah. The papers, which c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1931-12 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (262 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/12/2974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2974
Title:
Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the transfer of administrative and financial control of the site of a coal depot at Mokalla, Muscat, from the Royal Indian Navy to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The papers deal with questions of cost, the building of a new petrol store, securing concessions for the site fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1933-17 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/12/3554

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3554
Title:
Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain in 1946, and the conversion of the Royal Navy Base in Bahrain for the use of the Political Resident. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1946-13 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (367 folios)