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Place Sirri, Persian Gulf, Asia, Persia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/153
Title:
File 3089/1908 'Persian Gulf:- Sirri Oxide.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers concerning the granting of a concession to British companies to mine red oxide on the Island of Sirri (also referred to as Siri and Sirra) in the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are HM Minister, Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay); the British C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1908-23 Jun 1909
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1266/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1266/2
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Certain Islands in the Persian Gulf.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the status of certain islands in the Persian Gulf. A large proportion of the papers concern the policy to be adopted by the British Government (as decided by the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence) in relation to islands in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1928-4 Aug 1931
Extent:

1 item (102 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3851
Title:
Coll 30/122 'Persian claim to the island of Sirri'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the claim by the Government of Iran to the island of Sirri [Jazīreh-ye Sīrrī], which was occupied by the Iranian customs authorities. The issue arose following the seizure by inhabitants of the island of a dhow from Ras al Khaimah. The incident produced a protest by the Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1936-18 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3900

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3900
Title:
Coll 30/163 'Boundaries of Persian territory: Status of the islands Tumb, Little Tumb, Abu Musa, Farur, Little Farur and Sirri.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the territorial status of a number of islands in the Persian Gulf. The issue arose in response to a request from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited to the Foreign Office in 1938 concerning the extent of Iranian (generally referred to as Persian) territory, in order that the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1938-19 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B397
Title:
Status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri. It includes the following: an introduction to the status of the islands; a history of the islands prior to 1887; the occupation of Sirri by Persia, 1887; the temporary Persian occupation of Abu Musa and Tamb,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/196
Title:
'Sirri Island Occupation by the Persian Govt. 1887-1902'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the Persian claim to the island of Sirrī, as well as their claim to and occupation of that place. In addition there is information concerning rival claims by Trucial Coast rulers, details concerning Dubai pearl divers on the island and details concern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
18 Sep 1887-27 Jun 1902
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/197
Title:
'B.11 668-II Sirri Island'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence mostly concerning the island of Sirri [Sirrī], as well as other Persian Gulf islands, including Tanb [Ṭanb] and Lesser Tanb, Farur [Farūr] and Lesser Farur, Dalmah [Dalmā], Halul island [Ḥālūl], Sir Abu Nu'ayr [Ṣīr Abū Nu‘ayr], and Sir Bani Yas [Ṣīr Banī Yās]. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
31 May 1904-25 Oct 1910
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/247
Title:
14/88 II B 30 Tanb Island
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire, Bahrain, Sharjah, and Tehran over the status of several islands in the Gulf: Tanb [Greater Tumb], Little Tanb [Lesser Tumb], Abu Musa and Sirri [Jazīreh-ye Sīrrī]. The main correspondents are the Senior Naval ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1912-15 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/253

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/253
Title:
14/115 I Abu Musa and Tamb. 1903-1904.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning Persian claims to sovereignty over the islands of Sirri, Abu Musa and Tunb [Greater and Lower Tumb] and the competing claim of the Shaikh of Sharjah. Correspondence discusses the erecting of flagstaffs by the Persians and also the Belgians. Correspondents include the Sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1902-5 Aug 1905
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)