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1. IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 100-237

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 100-237
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 126 of 1842, dated 31 October 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-47 and are dated 1 September to 29 October 1842. There is no abstract of conten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1842
Extent:
1 item (138 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/48/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/48/2
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 4 'Koweit:- Loans to Sheikh.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the payment of loans by the Government of India to Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Viceroy of India; the Shaikh of Kuwait; and senior...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1904-4 Apr 1918
Extent:

121 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/10/156/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/1
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Taona piracy case’
Scope & Content:
Part 3 comprises correspondence relating to an incident occurring in 1902 in which four Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] pearl fishers (described as being of the Sudan tribe) were murdered near Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Persia, by inhabitants of the nearby port of Taona [Bandar-e Ţāḩūneh]. The part’s princ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1905-16 Jun 1913
Extent:

102 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/10/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/456
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to explo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/457
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Pearl Fisheries. Investigation into Alleged Depletion of Pearl Banks. Germans and the Industry. Concessions, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf; in particular attempted incursions into the trade by the French, Germans, and others; the political and economic interests of the British in pearl fishing; investigations into reports of the depletion of the pearl fishing banks in the Gulf; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1902-28 July 1914
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/866

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/866
Title:
Ext 5586/43 Lord Wavell: request for pearls from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding an upcoming visit to Bahrain by thenewly appointed Governor-General of India Archibald Wavell, 1st EarlWavell, and his request to view a selection of pearls. The correspondents arethe India Office and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1943-12 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3718
Title:
Coll 30/8 'Persian Gulf - Pearling: Various Enquiries Concerning'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding pearl diving in the Persian Gulf, primarily in Bahrain. The majority of this correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains correspondence from a number of external parties interested in gaining access to the Persian Gulf pearl ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1929-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (164 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3865
Title:
Coll 30/131 'Persian Gulf. Pearling. American process for the manufacture of cultured pearls'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and an American malacologist named Clarence F Hoy. The correspondence concerns a proposal by Hoy to introduce a method for the manufacture of cultured pearls somewhere in the British Empire, with Bahrain mentioned as a possible location...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1936-1 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B166
Title:
Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled on 12 February 1908 and contains information compiled by the India Office on British political and commercial interests in the Persian Gulf, including Pearl Fisheries (folios 58v-63); General Trade Statistics and German Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1908
Extent:

1 file (66 folios)