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91. IOR/L/PS/12/2853

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2853
Title:
Coll 17/8(1) 'Shaikh of Koweit: Date Gardens of the Sheikh in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding the Faddaghiyeh Estates of the Shaikh of Kuwait, changes made to their tax-exempt status, and lawsuits regarding their ownership. The records provide details of the lawsuits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Turkish
Date Range:
17 Aug 1932-31 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (721 folios)

92. IOR/L/PS/12/274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/274
Title:
PZ 8457/38 'Bahrain – Drugs – Licences issued'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of covering letters produced to enclose various licences granted in pursuance of the Dangerous Drugs Acts 1920-32. The original export and Home Office licences are not included in the file. The correspondents include: the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Under Secretary of Sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1938-19 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

93. IOR/L/PS/12/1100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1100
Title:
Ext 6581/45 'HANDBOOK - Diplomatic and Political Arabic'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Under Secretary of State for India regarding the distribution of the Handbook of Diplomatic & Political Arabic to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, and to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1945-18 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

94. IOR/L/PS/12/2994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2994
Title:
Coll 20/34 'Muscat: Relations with Sultan of Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, and minutes relating to relations between the Sultan of Muscat and other powers, including the British. Included in the file: numerous notes and reports by the Political Agent in Muscat on the Sultan's relations with the Americans (folio 3), the tribes of the interior ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1939-3 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

95. IOR/L/PS/12/3769B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3769B
Title:
Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946'
Scope & Content:
The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency at Bahrain for January 1948 until January 1950 (not for the year 1946 as the title suggests). The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office, and numerous British diplomat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1948-14 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (233 folios)

96. IOR/L/PS/12/3970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3970
Title:
Coll 30/226 'ACTIVITIES of ASSOCIATED ETHYL CO.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns enquiries by representatives of the Associated Ethyl Company Limited, London, into the possibilities in the Persian Gulf for the manufacture of tetra-ethyl-lead and the recovery of bromine from seawater. Ethyl-lead was required as a booster for petrol, and an India Office minut...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1947-21 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

97. IOR/L/PS/12/3972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3972
Title:
Coll 30/228 'COMMUNAL SITUATION IN PERSIAN GULF.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a single item of correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay) to the Commonwealth Relations Office, London, concerning communal relations between Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, and Hindus in the Persian Gulf. The enclosur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1948-25 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

98. IOR/L/PS/12/2137, f 306

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2137, f 306
Title:
SKETCH MAP OF QATAR PENINSULA
Scope & Content:
Sketch map depicting the Qatar Peninsula and Bahrain Island. The map indicates boundaries, hydrology, roads and settlements, and also provides some indication of relief. A note states that the map is based on a War Office map of Asia (scale: 1:1,000,000), 'with adjustments controlled by travers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933?
Extent:
1 map

99. IOR/L/PS/12/3854, f 366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3854, f 366
Title:
Manamah-Muharrack
Scope & Content:
Composite aerial photograph of northern Bahrain, showing Manamah and Muharrack [Muharraq]. Stamped on verso 'Royal Air Force Official Crown Copyright Reserved'. The photograph is dated 27 September 1933. The following locations are indicated by means of identifying letters in red ink: Jufair N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 photograph

100. IOR/L/PS/12/998

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/998
Title:
Ext 2514/45 'Transit visas for UK to Valot & wife'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a request from the Government of India for United Kingdom transit visas to be issued to Mr Valot, General Manager of Savana Mills, Pondicherry, and his wife.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)