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1. IOR/R/15/1/673

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/673
Title:
CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-III B.36. TRUCIAL COAST.
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the intention of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) to negotiate extensions on the options that the D’Arcy Exploration Company had acquired with the rulers of Abu Dhabi (Shaikh Shakhbūt bin Sulṭān bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān), Ajman (Rāshid Bin Ḥumaid Al-Nu`aimī), Dibai [Dubai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
21 Jan 1936-30 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/676
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-VI B.43. PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, primarily between Major Frank Holmes as negotiator for Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), John Skliros, Director of Petroleum Concessions Limited in London, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding progress in n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1937-29 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/677

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/677
Title:
'Vol-B.44. Confidential 86/7-vii. P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume primarily consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch); Political Agent at Bahrain (Tom Hickinbotham); the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Abd ‘al-Razzaq) the India Office (John Charles Walton, Maurice...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 May 1937-9 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/678

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/678
Title:
'Confidential 86/7-VIII B-45 P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Tom Hickinbotham, Hugh Weightman), the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Saiyid ‘Abd al-Razzaq), the Secretary of State for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1937-29 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 volume (218 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/703
Title:
'Confdl. 86/49-(i). Sharjah Oil.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises of a letter from Ernerst Vincent Packer, Manager for Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) enclosing a copy of an amendment to the Sharjah Oil Concession agreement agreed with Sheikh Shaikh Sulṭān b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1946-7 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/749
Title:
Oil Concessions
Scope & Content:
The file consists of five volumes containing copies of oil concessions in the Persian Gulf region and correspondence between British officials related to them. 1) Persian Gulf - Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait &c. (sic) Correspondence 1932 to July, 1933 (folios 1-140); 2) Qatr [Q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-c 1964
Extent:

5 volumes (306 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/267, f 160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/267, f 160
Title:
‘Sharjah. Proposed Additional Accommodation to Rest House’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Detailed plan drawn by James Taylor Gray for Design Branch of the Air Ministry showing existing buildings and proposed extensions to RAF base in Shargah. Premises labelled for reference with dimensions given; proposed additions indicated in red.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/R/15/2/502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/502
Title:
File 12/15 Political Agent's tour
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weightman, mostly from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political agent at Sharjah, regarding arrangements and programmes for his official visits to the Trucial Coast and Qa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1937-1 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (233 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/508
Title:
‘File 13/2 VIII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the implementation of civil air agreements, and the use of air facilities, at Britain’s aerodromes along the Arab coast (chiefly Bahrain (Muharraq), but also at Sharjah, Kuwait, and Qatar) in the period directly following the Second World War. The principal correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1946-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/514
Title:
‘File 13/5 Assistance to Imperial Airways & Accidents to their Craft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence on a number of different, air-related matters, and is not restricted to air accidents suffered by Imperial Airways aircraft. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent in Bahrain, and the Political Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1933-5 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)