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

61. IOR/R/15/2/716

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/716
Title:
‘File 28/26 Admiralty war requirements’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence related to enquiries from British naval authorities in the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal, asking after the availability of various marine resources (motorised and sailing dhows, divers, barges) for procurement by the naval authorities for military means....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1941-22 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/2/799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/799
Title:
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP BRITISH TANKERS IN THE SUEZ CANAL
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the possibility of an attempt to blow up British tankers in the Suez Canal by means of bringing up a small boat alongside. The Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf communicated this to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent, Bahrain, and R M Brown, C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1947-18 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

63. 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)

64. IOR/R/15/2/921

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/921
Title:
File No. 1/9 TELEGRAMS RECEIVED AND ISSUED FOR VARIOUS AUTHORITIES
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams to and from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding matters relating to the administration and staffing of the Political Residency and Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf. Matters discussed in the file include: telegrams regarding leave arrangements f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1945-16 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (106 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/2/944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/944
Title:
‘File 22/14 Tunb and Abu Musa Islands’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to Sharjah’s sovereignty over the islands of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá] and Tunb, chiefly in response to a Persian challenge to this sovereignty over Abu Musa. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1951-25 Nov 1951
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/2/1269

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1269
Title:
File 6/51 Presentation of Kharitah from His Excellency the Viceroy to His Excellency Shaikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah, C. S. I., on his accession
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the arrangements for the visit of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Bahrain in February 1933, in particular a dinner and presentation (sometimes referred to as a durbar or darbar) to mark the accession of Shaikh Hamad. The correspondence is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1933-13 Apr 1933
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

67. IOR/R/15/2/1283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1283
Title:
File 6/64 Visit of H. E. Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah C. S. I. to Kuwait, correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visit to Kuwait by Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] between 10 and 13 December. The correspondence is between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (sometimes aboard HMS Shoreham), the Political Agent, Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1933-15 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

68. IOR/R/15/2/1384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1384
Title:
‘File 12/14 Shipping. Miscellaneous accidents between dhows and steamers’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence concerning three cases involving dhows, as follows: correspondence relating to a collision between a Bahrain-registered dhow and an Anglo-Iranian Oil Company tug at Khorramshahr in November 1943. Much of the follow-up correspondence concerns the seizure by the I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Nov 1943-23 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/2/1517

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1517
Title:
‘File 16/21 Miscellaneous. Supply of drinking water for the Agency etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the supply of fresh water at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent or Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain (numerous incumbents); the Clerk-in-Charge of the British Naval Base at Jufair [Al Jufayr]; the Senior Nav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1929-28 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (328 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/2/1650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1650
Title:
File 19/1 II Political Agents Bahrain touring
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for visits of the Political Agent and the Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah; and programmes of tours of the Trucial Coast in 1937 and 1938, staying at the Rest House in Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1935-15 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)