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1. IOR/R/15/1/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/136
Title:
Vol 183 1853/54 Residency in the Persian Gulf, Persia and Persian Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondents include Justin Sheil (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia) the Governor of Bushire and George Robinson (the Commander of the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
6 Jan 1853-15 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 file (174 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/639
Title:
File 86/1 II (D 78) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume continues on from IOR/R/15/1/638 in discussing a proposed Oil Concession for Kuwait which is negotiated by Major Frank Holmes on behalf of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited. The correspondence focuses on a proposed clause in the draft concession agreement, known as the 'Nati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1931-30 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/640

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/640
Title:
File 86/1 III (D 81) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the draft oil concession agreements presented to the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) by the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (A.P.O.C.). The correspondence focuses particularly on the individual c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1932-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (190 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/541

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/541
Title:
File 14/7 Indian Representation in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two letters. The first, dated 14 December 1948, is from C S Jha, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of External and Commonwealth Relations, and Mohammad Habib, Professor of History at the Muslim University in Aligarh (both members of the Indian Delegation to Bah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1948-15 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/618
Title:
‘File 22/8 II SHAIKH OF DUBAI’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between British officials in the Persian Gulf, discussing the actions of Shaikh Saeed Bin Maktoom [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Ḥashr Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, covering the years 1941, 1944, 1946 and 1948-49. The correspondents are as follows: John Bar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1941-28 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/743

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/743
Title:
‘File 28/51 Anglo – American relations (policy)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and notes concerning Anglo-American foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on shared interests and closer future policy cooperation in the region. The file includes: copies of correspondence dated 29 April 1944, from the Foreign O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1944-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/871

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/871
Title:
File 38/16 Effects of Bahrain-Qatar dispute on P. C. L.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to how the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah has affected the work of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The principle correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; Sir Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; Shaikh Sulman ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1944-22 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1527
Title:
‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’
Scope & Content:
A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette, published between June and July 1931: a treaty for the extradition of offenders between Iraq and Egypt, signed at Cairo on 20 April 1931 (ff 3-4); a treaty of friendship between Iraq and Transjordan [Jordan], signed at Amman on 26 M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1931-25 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/110
Title:
‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume I Koweit Saudi relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/109), and covers the following subjects: The movements of Khalid bin Hithlain of the Al-’Ajman tri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1933-13 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)