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171. IOR/L/PS/12/3909

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3909
Title:
Coll 30/172 'Attitude of Ibn Saud (Saudi Arabia) towards Arab rulers in Persian Gulf and P. Gulf affairs.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from British officials concerning the attitude of the Government of Saudi Arabia (specifically that of its king, Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]) toward the rulers of other Gulf states. The correspondents include HM Minister, Jedda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1938-2 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

172. IOR/L/PS/12/3856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3856
Title:
Coll 30/124 'Koweit (Neutral Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions, Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) over an oil concession agreement in the Koweit [Kuwait] Neutral Zone. The Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] exercised joint control over the Neutral Zone with the King of Saudi Arabia [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1935-30 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (447 folios)

173. IOR/L/PS/12/3968A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3968A
Title:
Coll 30/224 'Currency Arrangements in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns currency issues affecting the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, following the transfer of administrative responsibility from the Government of India to the Persian Gulf Residency in 1947. Under the new arrangements, responsibility for exchange control was vested in the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1947-29 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (302 folios)

174. 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)

175. IOR/L/PS/12/3926

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3926
Title:
Coll 30/188 'Kuwait: Mining for Sulphur by Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and a new company, the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited (formed from American interests in the Kuwait Oil Company), to explore for deposits of sulphur in Kuwait. Sulphur was u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1940-28 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

176. IOR/L/PS/12/3927

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3927
Title:
Coll 30/190 'Bahrein: Qn. of the institution of a Bahrein "Order".'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns two issues ('Qn.' stands for 'question' in the file title): (1) the award by Pope Pius XII of a papal decoration (the Grand Cross of the Order of St Sylvester) to Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain; and (2) the decision of Shaikh ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4 Mar 1940-26 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

177. IOR/L/PS/12/3961

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3961
Title:
Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns oil company proposals for the construction of a Trans-Arabian oil pipeline between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The file largely consists of papers relating to Trans-Jordan and Palestine, and to a lesser extent, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (including correspondence from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1945-9 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

178. IOR/L/PS/12/3720B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3720B
Title:
Coll 30/9(2) 'Persian Gulf Annual Administration Reports'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two annual administration reports for the year 1948, one for the Political Agency in Muscat (folios 4-15) and the other for the Political Agency in Bahrain incorporating the Trucial Coast and Qatar (folios 16-42). These two reports cover the following topics: Ruling Family...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1949-29 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

179. IOR/L/PS/12/3801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3801
Title:
Coll 30/84 'PASSPORTS & VISAS: INCLUDING PERSIAN REFUSAL TO VISA BRITISH PASSPORTS ENDORSED FOR KOWEIT AND BAHRAIN.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the refusal of the Government of Persia (later referrred to as Iran) to issue visas for travel to Persia to holders of British passports bearing endorsements for Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrain. The issue arose because of Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. This refusal by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
23 Aug 1933-19 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file, in two parts (255 folios)

180. IOR/L/PS/12/3831

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3831
Title:
Coll 30/108 'Trucial Coast. Medical Quarantine and Sanitary Arrangements. Quarantine restrictions on the Trucial Coast: Appt of Medical Adviser to P.R.P.G. (Maj W. J. Moody)
Scope & Content:
The file concerns medical and quarantine arrangements in the Persian Gulf, and the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel William Joseph Moody as Medical Adviser to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The papers include: reports of an outbreak of smallpox on the Trucial Coast, 1936; notes of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Oct 1934-10 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)