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8161. IOR/R/15/1/647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/647
Title:
'D.158. 86/1 - xi KUWAIT OIL'
Scope & Content:
The file primarily focuses on the progress being made by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) in drilling for oil in Kuwait, including establishing drills at new sites and the discovery of oil at the Burgan site in February 1938. Later correspondence relates to various topics, as follows: the work and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1937-30 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

8162. IOR/R/15/1/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/648
Title:
86/1 XII (D 175) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume relates primarily to the cessation of the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company during World War Two, and their plans for post-war development once peace is declared. These plans included the development of tanker anchorages, pipe-lines for both oil and water, the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1941-22 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 volume (227 folios)

8163. IOR/R/15/1/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/657
Title:
‘File 86/2 IX (C 50) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and the development of BAPCO’s infrastructure. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 VIII (C 49) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/656). T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1934-27 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)

8164. IOR/R/15/1/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/689
Title:
'Confidential 86/14-ii B.47 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. BAHRAIN'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard C Fowle, Percy G Loch, Olaf K Caroe, Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy G Loch, Hugh Weightman, Tom Hickinbotham, John B Howes), the India Office (Maurice J Clauson, Roland T Pee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1936-12 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

8165. IOR/R/15/2/465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/465
Title:
'11/5 Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, memoranda, maps, and other papers relating to questions over the position of Saudi Arabia’s south-eastern frontier adjoining Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, notably Abu Dhabi. Negotiations over the frontier had long been deferred by British Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1944-4 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

8166. IOR/R/15/2/787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/787
Title:
File 29/27 II Pulses for Bahrain and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about: the allocation of import quotas of Indian pulses for Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms in 1947; the arrangements of Bahrain and Dubai importing merchants with their exporters in Karachi, regarding shipments; and the Government of India’s subs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1946-6 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

8167. IOR/R/15/2/865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/865
Title:
File 38/3 II P. C. L. Qatar Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the work of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, in Qatar. The correspondence is principally between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Residency in Bahrain [Persian Gulf Political Residenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1947-7 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (166 folios)

8168. IOR/R/15/2/896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/896
Title:
‘File 41/1 Licences for Arms carried by Nakhudas’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to licences for arms carried by the nakhudas of boats on the Arab coast of the Gulf. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Rulers of Abu Dhabi, Kalba, Qatar, Ra’s al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn. The file includes: a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1936-26 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

8169. IOR/R/15/2/1259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1259
Title:
File 6/43 II Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensary
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the Bahrain Government Hospital and the dispensary. The correspondence is between The Political Agency in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Government of India (Central Revenues and India Store Departments), I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1941-7 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

8170. IOR/R/15/2/1416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1416
Title:
File 14/3 II Establishments, pay and allowances etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding staff, pay, and allowances at the Post Office in Bahrain. The file mainly concerns drinking water allowance, house rent allowance and other benefits for Post Office clerks, and includes a letter signed by all staff requesting a pay rise. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1939-11 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

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