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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B476
Title:: Agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Ruler of Kalba - Shaikh Said bin Hamad for Providing Facilities for Aeroplanes at Kalba, Concluded this 28th Day of August 1936 i.e. 9th Jamad Ath Thani 1355
Scope & Content:: This printed memorandum is a copy of an agreement signed by Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Kalba, and Major Tom Hickinbotham, officiating Political Agent, Bahrain, dated 28 August 1936 or 9 Jamādá II 1355, concerning arrangements for air facilities at Kalba. The agreement co...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Aug 1936
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B477
Title:: Agreement for the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited, which relates to the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait agreed between the Shaik of Kuwait and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited. This agreement outlines the...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Oct 1940
Extent:: 1 file (2 foilos)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B478
Title:: Memorandum on the Oil Concessions in the Arab Sheikhdoms
Scope & Content:: This printed secret memorandum by the India Office, dated 13 March 1944, concerns oil concessions in the Arab sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in the context of the United States of America's discussions on oil in the Middle East. The aim of the memorandum is to give an account of British interest...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Mar 1944
Extent:: 1 file (9 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B479
Title:: Agreement... between the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain... and Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with an agreement between Shaikh Ahmad II ibn Rashid Al Mu`alla, the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain, and Petroleum Concessions Limited, which relates to the Umm-al-Qaiwain Oil Concession. The document is signed by Basil Henry Lermitte for Petroleum Concessions Limited.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Mar 1945
Extent:: 1 file (4 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B480
Title:: Ras al Khaimah Oil Agreement
Scope & Content:: This file contains the following items: document detailing the cancellation of an oil agreement made between Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, and Mr Basil Henry Lermitte, attorney of Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, in 1938, and ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 21 Jun 1945
Extent:: 1 file (10 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B481
Title:: Right of H.M.G. to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in International Agreements
Scope & Content:: The file consists of a typescript confidential document entitled 'Right of H.M.G. [His Majesty's Government] to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in International Agreements': note by External Department, India Office, dated April 1946. The note discusses ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1946
Extent:: 1 file (3 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B482
Title:: Agreement relating to the Umm-al-Qaiwan Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:: The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited, which relates to the Umm-al-Qaiwain Oil Concession of 29 January 1946, which was arranged between the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain and Petroleum Concessions Limited in 1945. The ag...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1946
Extent:: 1 file (3 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B483
Title:: Muscat Civil Air Agreement, 1947, and connected correspondence
Scope & Content:: The file consists of a typescript document entitled 'Muscat Civil Air Agreement, 1947, and connected correspondence', which contains copies of the following papers: Heads of Agreement between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], dated 5 April 1...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1947
Extent:: 1 file (9 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B485
Title:: Memorandum on Bahrein
Scope & Content:: This printed memorandum, produced by the Foreign Office, dated 13 Jan 1947, deals with the history of Bahrein [Bahrain] from the point of view of the political status of the islands at various periods and dates since 1783, and contains copies of related correspondence and discussions. The princi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 13 Jan 1947
Extent:: 1 file (31 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B486
Title:: Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service
Scope & Content:: Typescript agreement (simply entitled 'Agreement') between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company, dated 29 March 1947, setting out the terms for the operation by the company on a contractor basis of the Kuwait-Zubair mail service. The agreement relates to the de...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Mar 1947
Extent:: 1 file (13 folios)

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