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1. IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 445-629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 445-629
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 137 of 1842, dated 30 November 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-57 and dated 1 June to 30 October 1842. They mostly consist of correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1842
Extent:
1 item (185 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 301-349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 301-349
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 14 of 1853, dated 28 February 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 10 December 1852. The enclosure consists of a letter fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1853
Extent:
1 item (49 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647
Title:
Affairs in Persia and Herat
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1853, dated 31 March 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 12 February 1853. The enclosure is a letter from HM Envoy E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item (95 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/25
Title:
File 733/1904 Pt 1 'Muscat Arbitration. (1904-08).'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses a dispute between the British and French Government’s over the use of French flags on Muscat dhows and individuals dhow owners from Muscat claiming to be protégés of France owing to their vessels being registered as French. The two governments agreed in October 1904 for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1906
Extent:
1 volume (385 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/26
Title:
File 733/1904 Pt 2 'Muscat Arbitration. (1906-09).'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, notes, reports, and memoranda regarding the question of the settlement of the French flag dispute between the British and French governments following the award of the arbitration tribunal at The Hague on the question of the grant of the French fla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 May 1904-16 Apr 1909
Extent:

1 volume (336 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/50/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/2
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the proposal that vessels from Koweit [Kuwait] should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would bring from the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-22 Mar 1907
Extent:

76 folios

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1211
Title:
Ext 1952/47 'Supply of stores and stationery to Persian Gulf posts'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters, telegrams and notes between officials acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, London, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding the requesting of supplies of stores, stationery and flags for the Residency and Agency at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1947-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3470B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3470B
Title:
Coll 28/64 ‘Persia. Flying of Flags in. Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreign merchant vessels in Persian Ports.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the introduction of regulations by the Imperial Persian (Iranian) Navy relating to the flying of the Persian flag by foreign merchant vessels in Persian ports. The correspondence covers: the new regulations and their implications for British commercial interests such as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1930-27 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (141 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3725

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3725
Title:
Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to the national anthems and official flags of a number of different states and their rulers. Specifically, the correspondence relates to the national anthem of Bahrain, the personal standard of the Ruler of Kuwait, the flag of M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1917-7 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (129 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3760
Title:
Coll 30/46 'Persian Gulf, Salutes in'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to matters of protocol in the Persian Gulf including gun salutes, flags and uniforms. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials at the Admiralty, the Ministry of Transport, the Foreign Office and the Political Residency....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1929-3 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)