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181. IOR/L/PS/12/3860

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3860
Title:
Coll 30/126(2) 'Persian Gulf. Naval Base at Khor Kuwai. Erection of Wireless Transmitter and Call Station'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office, the Political Residency and the Admiralty regarding the construction of a Cable and Wireless cable station at Khor Kuwai, Oman in 1944 and the station's subsequent closure in 1945. The file includes a divider, which gives...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1944-9 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

182. IOR/L/PS/12/3951A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3951A
Title:
Coll 30/210(2) 'Bahrein Oil: Employment of U.S.Provost Personnel for Control of American labour.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the secondment of eight serving British police officers (one inspector, one sergeant, and six constables) to serve with the Bahrain State Police. The issue arose in 1944 following incidents at Bahrain involving United States (US) citizens employed in refinery construction (part...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1944-18 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (505 folios)

183. IOR/L/PS/12/3952

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3952
Title:
Coll 30/210(3) 'Bahrein State Police: Expenses incurred by candidates attending selection boards. PAY AND PENSIONS CONTRIBUTIONS.'
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file heading: 'Bahrein State Police: Expenses incurred by candidates attending selection boards' has been crossed out in pencil. The file concerns the employment by the Bahrain State Police of a detachment of British police officers seconded from the United Kingdom. The fi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1945-4 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

184. IOR/L/PS/12/3897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3897
Title:
Coll 30/160(2) 'Measures to influence minor Powers & Arab States in time of War. Deputation of British Officer to RIYADH. (Capt G. S. de Gaury).'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the appointment of Captain Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury (formerly, the Political Agent, Kuwait) as Political Officer at Riyadh (1939-40). The appointment of a Political Officer, under the orders of HM Minister, Jedda, was proposed in 1939 as a special measure ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1939-21 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

185. IOR/L/PS/12/3740

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3740
Title:
Coll 30/26 'Persian Gulf. Gifts to Arab Rulers. Delegation to A. O's. Abroad of Authority to Make Small Gifts to Local Notables'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the protocol around granting members of the Royal Air Force on service in the Persian Gulf the authority to give small presents to local notables (usually referred to as notabilities in the file) as gestures of respect or in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1932-1 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

186. IOR/L/PS/12/3861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3861
Title:
Coll 30/127 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Relations between Ibn Saud and the Sheikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Residency and the Political Agency in Kuwait, concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The correspondence in the file focuses on a visit made to Kuwait by the King of Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al'-Azi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1936-8 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

187. IOR/L/PS/12/3783

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3783
Title:
Coll 30/66 'Purchase of land at Bahrain by H.M.G. Accounting arrangements.'
Scope & Content:
The file details accounting arrangements for the purchase of land at Bahrain by the Admiralty and the Air Ministry 'for naval and air purposes'. Payments were to be made to the Government of Bahrain by the Government of India, acting on behalf of the British Government (HMG). The papers, dated 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1934-18 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

188. IOR/L/PS/12/3815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3815
Title:
Coll 30/95 'Persian regulations governing visits of foreign warships to Persian ports.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns regulations issued by the Government of Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia) governing the passage of foreign warships through Iranian territorial waters, and visits by foreign warships to Iranian ports. The papers include reports from HM Minister, Tehran; the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jul 1934-1 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file, in two parts (232 folios)

189. IOR/L/PS/12/3859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3859
Title:
Coll 30/126 'Persian Gulf. Construction of Naval Bases at Khor Quwai & Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction of a British naval base at Khor Kuwai (occasionally spelt Quwai in the file) in Oman in 1936 and its subsequent closure in 1947. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the India Office, the Admiralty, the Political Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1936-21 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

190. IOR/L/PS/12/3905

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3905
Title:
Coll 30/168 'Lights and Buoys: Proposed levy of light dues at Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposed levy for light dues at Bahrain on ships belonging to the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO). The measure was proposed by the Government of India in 1936, and further pressure was applied by the Persian Gulf Lighting Service Advisory Committee in 1940. The latt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1935-20 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)