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5611. IOR/L/PS/12/3871

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3871
Title:
Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the appointment by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in 1936 of Ernest Vincent Packer as Manager of the Company's central office in Bahrain, and includes correspondence from the Company, a copy of Packer's application form (dated 1931), and correspondence from British officia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1936-22 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

5612. IOR/L/PS/12/3872

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3872
Title:
Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the preparation and signing of two agreements relating to the Debai [Dubai] oil concession: Political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary company, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, setting out the terms in the event...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1936-25 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)

5613. IOR/L/PS/12/3873

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3873
Title:
Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of the Dubai Oil Concession commercial agreement between the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al-Hasher [Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm]) and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-2 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

5614. IOR/L/PS/12/3874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3874
Title:
Coll 30/140 'Visits of foreign warships to Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns visits by foreign warships to Persian Gulf states that were under British protection. The British Government was concerned that such visits should obtain prior permission, particularly visits to the Trucial Coast in the 1930s, where British officials cited the Exclusive Agreeme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jan 1935-21 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

5615. IOR/L/PS/12/3875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3875
Title:
Coll 30/140(1) 'VISIT BY INDIAN & PAKISTAN SHIPS TO THE PERSIAN GULF.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the procedure to be followed ahead of visits by ships of the Royal Pakistan Navy and the Royal Indian Navy to the Persian Gulf states, following the independence of Pakistan and India. The issue arose from the visit of the flagship of the Royal Pakistan Navy, HMPS Godavari, to G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1947-29 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

5616. IOR/L/PS/12/3876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3876
Title:
Coll 30/141 'Proposed development of the port of Ras Tannurah.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed development of the port of Ras Tanurah (also spelled Ras Tannurah) in Saudi Arabia to service the oil industry in Hasa. The British Government did not want to encourage the development of a Saudi Arabian port (folio 73), because of the adverse economic impact it wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1936-18 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

5617. IOR/L/PS/12/3877

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3877
Title:
Coll 30/142 'Visit of Danish fishing vessel chartered by Iranian Govnt.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the investigations of Dr Harald Blegvad, the Director of the Danish Biological Station, into the waters of the Persian Gulf, with particular reference to fishing. Blegvad was visiting the area on behalf of the Government of Iran, who wished to initiate commercial exploitation o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1936-8 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

5618. IOR/L/PS/12/3878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3878
Title:
Coll 30/143 'Trucial Coast: Appointment of a Medical Officer by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the appointment of Dr Louis Paul Dame, formerly of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain, as Medical Officer of the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) in Saudi Arabia. The papers include confirmation of the appointment by the Arabian Mission, via the Political Agent, Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1936-25 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

5619. IOR/L/PS/12/3879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3879
Title:
Coll 30/144 'Oil: Proposed transfer of the "beneficial ownership" of certain shares in the Kuwait Oil Co. held by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposal by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited to transfer the 'beneficial ownership' of the shares the company held in the Kuwait Oil Company Limited to the D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited. The papers show that the India Office and the Foreign Office consented to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1936-7 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

5620. IOR/L/PS/12/3880

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3880
Title:
Coll 30/145 'Entry of Persian subjects into the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the emigration of thousands of people from Iran to the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf after they had become dissatisfied with administrative measures imposed by the Iranian Government, particularly the forced unveiling of women. The papers include: the despatch of two agents b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1936-28 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

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