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31. IOR/R/15/2/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/668
Title:
‘File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two secret telegrams, sent by the C-in-C (Commander-in-Chief), E.I. (East Indies Station), both dated 29 April 1940. The first (f 2) states that ‘All Swedish, Finnish, Latvian and Estonian ships in British Ports and bound for Scandinavian, Danish or Baltic Ports should by some ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/5/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/128
Title:
File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1933-2 Feb 1934
Extent:

1 volume (218 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/2/698

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/698
Title:
‘File 28/12 Establishment of Contraband Control Centre’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the transport and trade in contraband goods through the Gulf during the Second World War, with particular reference to the trade in goods of enemy origin or destination. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1939-4 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/2/1497

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1497
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/4 Correspondence with – the Mespers, Bahrain, etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency at Bahrain and various steamship operators at Bahrain, as follows: until 1937, representatives of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (MPC hereafter; briefly referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran Corporation in early 1937 and referred to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1926-18 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/2/713

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/713
Title:
‘File 28/22-I Mission of S.O.(I) [Staff Officer Intelligence] Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file’s papers relate to the appointment and activities of the Security Officer (initially referred to as a Staff Officer Intelligence) in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the file are the Security Officer at Bahrain (Captain C G Campbell) and the Political Agent at Bahrain (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1941-29 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/6/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/294
Title:
File 8/98 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ARMS & AMMUNITION FOR SULTAN OF MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], following the conclusion of a Civil Air Agreement between the two parties. The correspondence mainly concerns shipping arrangements for arms and ammuni...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1947-8 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/2/784

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/784
Title:
‘File 29/24 COFFEE FOR BAHRAIN AND EAST SAUDI ARABIA’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter in 1944 from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, refusing the latter’s request for an increase in the amount of coffee made available for export from India to Bahrain, d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1944-8 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/5
Title:
Vol 5 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters in this file are written by Mirza Mehedy Ally Khaun [Mirza Mahdi 'Ali Khan Bahadur], who was the Native Agent at Bushire from October 1798 to January 1803, although there are also a significant number of letters received by him. Other correspondents include: Samuel Manesty, Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1801-14 Feb 1803
Extent:
1 volume, 79 items (56 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/2/777

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/777
Title:
‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters and telegrams about the efforts made to obtain supplies of rice for consumption in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain and Dubai. British officials in the Middle East and Bahrain Government officials discuss the procurement of rice surpluses from Iraq and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1943-10 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (213 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/2/678

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/678
Title:
‘File 28/4 Trading with the enemy’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of printed circulars and notices issued by the British Government, memoranda and letters issued by the Government of India, and copies of correspondence to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to trade with countries and territories regarded as the enemy, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1939-4 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 volume (498 folios)