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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Persian Gulf, Asia

371. IOR/L/PS/18/B393

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B393
Title:
Political control in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office. It covers arrangements from 1616 to 1921 summarising the use of agents, establishment of the Bushire Residency, and role of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It considers arrangements since the Report of the Masterton-Smith Committee i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

372. IOR/L/PS/18/B399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B399
Title:
Status of certain Groups of Islands in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
In response to Persian claims of authority over the islands, the document outlines the status of the following groups of Persian Gulf islands: Warba, Bubiyan, Maskan, Failakah [Jazīrat Faylakā], Auhah [Jazīrat ‘Awhah], Kubbar, Qaru, and Umm-el-Maradin, which lie off the coast of Koweit [Kuwait] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

373. IOR/L/PS/18/B401

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B401
Title:
Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928
Scope & Content:
Document providing a history of lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf. Covering: first reconstruction: 1909-14 – assessment, programme of reconstruction; obstructive activities of the Turkish authorities, detail of buoys and lighthouses placed, and parts of the programme not completed; expan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

374. IOR/L/PS/18/B407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B407
Title:
Slavery in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the extent of slavery in the Persian Gulf, and the measures undertaken by his Majesty's Government to combat it. Covering: introduction outlining the legal status of slavery; treaty engagements of the Arab States of the Gulf, including Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

375. IOR/L/PS/18/B408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B408
Title:
Persian Complaints of Smuggling in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Memorandum outlining the recent history of smuggling in the Persian Gulf, and the results of an investigation made by His Majesty's Government, the Government of India, and the Admiralty into the extent to which assistance could be given to Persia in the suppression of the contraband traffic. It...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

376. IOR/L/PS/18/B410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B410
Title:
Arms traffic in the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928
Scope & Content:
Memorandum outlining developments in the suppression of the trade in arms in the Persian Gulf from 1908-28. Covering: introduction to arms traffic in Muscat, and the reduction in arms traffic in the Gulf as a whole; treaty engagements, etc., of states bordering on the Persian Gulf – including P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

377. IOR/L/PS/18/B411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B411
Title:
Note on Trade in the Persian Gulf (Communicated by the Board of Trade)
Scope & Content:
Note on trade in the Persian Gulf by the Board of Trade, divided into the following sections: a) General (revised to 26 July 1928); b) Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat (revised to 26 July 1928); c) The position of British Trade in the Gulf (to 30 June 1928). Section 'a' discusses the counterba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

378. IOR/L/PS/18/B413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B413
Title:
Oil Interests in the Persian Gulf. Communicated by the Board of Trade and revised to 28 June 1928.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum outlining oil concessions in Persia and Iraq held by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Standard Oil, and the Turkish Petroleum Company. It covers the Arabian littoral of the Gulf, and highlights the restrictions placed on Arab rulers by treaty engagements from granting oil concessions wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

379. IOR/L/PS/18/B414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B414
Title:
Air Communication in the Persian Gulf. (Communicated by the Air Ministry)
Scope & Content:
Memorandum communicated by the Air Ministry on 23 August 1928 concerning air communication in the Persian Gulf. Covering: an introduction to the development of the Persian and Arabian air routes; flights on the air route along the Persian shore from 1918 onwards; the association of the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

380. IOR/L/PS/18/B450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B450
Title:
The Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum by the Political Department of the India Office, dated 25 June 1935, concerning the Persian Gulf. The memorandum is divided in nine numbered sections, which include: 'Procedure for dealing with Persian Gulf Questions', 'British Relations with Persian Gulf Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)