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5531. IOR/L/PS/12/3815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3815
Title:
Coll 30/95 'Persian regulations governing visits of foreign warships to Persian ports.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns regulations issued by the Government of Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia) governing the passage of foreign warships through Iranian territorial waters, and visits by foreign warships to Iranian ports. The papers include reports from HM Minister, Tehran; the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jul 1934-1 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file, in two parts (232 folios)

5532. IOR/L/PS/12/3816

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3816
Title:
Coll 30/96 'The Qatar Treaty of 1916'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, concerning the terms of the treaty of 1916 between the British Government and Qatar. The papers discuss the fact that the 1916 treaty was not made binding on the Shaikh of Qatar's heirs and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1934-9 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

5533. IOR/L/PS/12/3817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3817
Title:
Coll 30/97 'Importation of naval stores into Henjam.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Foreign Office, HM Minister, Tehran, and officials of the Persian Government concerning the import of naval stores into the Royal Indian Marine (RIM) [Royal Indian Navy] depot at Henjam. The Government of Persia refused to allow import of the stores fre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1934-7 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

5534. IOR/L/PS/12/3818

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3818
Title:
Coll 30/99 'Koweit & Bahrain Nationality. Date of institution of.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs for information concerning the date of the independence of Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrain from Ottoman control, and therefore the date at which the nationality of the two states commenced. Various views are advanced in the corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1933-1 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

5535. IOR/L/PS/12/3819

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3819
Title:
Coll 30/100 'Bahrain. (Persian claim to,): Geneva Arms Traffic Convention of 1925:- Reservation of the United States Senate to its ratification'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the attaching of a reservation by the United States Senate to its ratification of the Geneva Arms Traffic Convention of 1925 [the Geneva Protocol]. The reservation stated that adherence to the treaty should not be construed as denying any right of sovereignty of the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1934-25 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

5536. IOR/L/PS/12/3820

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3820
Title:
Coll 30/101 'Henjam: Efforts of Deputy Governor Henjam to compel all boats to carry registration numbers.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an order from the Deputy Governor, Henjam (acting on the instructions of the Government of Persia) that all vessels in Henjam (including British naval vessels flying the white ensign and using the Royal Indian Navy depot there) should be registered and numbered. The papers in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1934-4 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

5537. IOR/L/PS/12/3821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3821
Title:
Coll 30/102 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Negotiations between (a) the Iraq Petroleum Coy. and (b) the Standard Oil of California regarding the Bahrain oil concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations involving the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), the Standard Oil Company of California, the Texas Corporation, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the rights to exploit oil in Bahrain. The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-4 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

5538. IOR/L/PS/12/3822

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3822
Title:
Coll 30/103 'Basidu: Position of the inhabitants of Basidu in the event of evacuation by His Majesty's Government.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions over the position of the inhabitants of Basidu [on the island of Qeshm], in the event of its evacuation by the British Government. Basidu was a former naval depot that had been under British control since [circa] 1820. However, in the opinion of the Law Officers, Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Oct 1933-29 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

5539. IOR/L/PS/12/3823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3823
Title:
Coll 30/104(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Personnel of the Koweit Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns enquiries into the nationalities of the personnel employed by the Kuwait Oil Company in Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The British Government was keen to enforce Article 3 of the Political Agreement dated 5 March 1934 between HM Government and the Company, which stated th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1934-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 4 parts (655 folios)

5540. IOR/L/PS/12/3824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3824
Title:
Coll 30/104(2) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Operations of the Koweit Oil Company. (Provision of Motor Vehicles & Spares for Sheik of Koweit)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company, from its initial explorations and discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Kuwait, to the suspension of the Company's operations during the Second World War (1939-45), and the resumption of its operations after the war. The main co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-20 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (373 folios)

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