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1. IOR/L/PS/12/3841

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3841
Title:
Coll 30/112 'Koweit: Saudi-Koweit Frontier Incidents.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an incursion into the territory of Koweit [Kuwait] by an armed party of Saudi Arabian subjects in May 1935, their return to Saudi Arabia by the Kuwait authorities, and subsequent diplomatic contacts over the incident between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1935-5 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3848
Title:
Coll 30/119 'Qatar: Protest by Ibn Saud against the grant of the Qatar Oil Concession. Direct correspondence between the Sheikh of Qatar & Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a letter from Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Saudi Arabia, to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim ath-Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar (also spelled Katr), concerning the Qatar oil concession and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1935-18 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3803
Title:
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (468 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3804
Title:
Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3838

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838
Title:
Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3737
Title:
Coll 30/23 'Persian Gulf. Koweit: Status. Position vis a vis Iraq and Ibn Saud. Boundaries of Koweit'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the delineation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier. This correspondence is between officials of the India Office, Foreign Office, Political Residency in Bushire, British Embassy in Baghdad, Geographical Section of the War Office and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1921-30 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (346 folios)