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251. IOR/L/PS/12/3934

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3934
Title:
Coll 30/196(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence. Koweit- Estabt of R.A.F. Pack Wireless Stn @.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the installation of a wireless set with Royal Air Force operators at the Kuwait Political Agency (the commercial 'at' symbol is used in the file title), pending the establishment by Cable and Wireless Limited of their wireless station at Kuwait, in connection...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1939-30 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

252. IOR/L/PS/12/3729

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3729
Title:
Coll 30/18(2) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Transit Dues: Attitude of Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia. The correspondence also discusses relations between the two countries generally and the role of Britain. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-24 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (388 folios)

253. IOR/L/PS/12/3848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3848
Title:
Coll 30/119 'Qatar: Protest by Ibn Saud against the grant of the Qatar Oil Concession. Direct correspondence between the Sheikh of Qatar & Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a letter from Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Saudi Arabia, to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim ath-Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar (also spelled Katr), concerning the Qatar oil concession and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1935-18 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

254. IOR/L/PS/12/3835

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3835
Title:
Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the granting of oil concessions to companies with a significant British interest by a number of states on the Trucial Coast: Dubai, Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, and Ajman. The negotiations were initially with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1934-7 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (451 folios)

255. IOR/L/PS/12/3900

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3900
Title:
Coll 30/163 'Boundaries of Persian territory: Status of the islands Tumb, Little Tumb, Abu Musa, Farur, Little Farur and Sirri.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the territorial status of a number of islands in the Persian Gulf. The issue arose in response to a request from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited to the Foreign Office in 1938 concerning the extent of Iranian (generally referred to as Persian) territory, in order that the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1938-19 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

256. IOR/L/PS/12/3803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3803
Title:
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (468 folios)

257. IOR/L/PS/12/3804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3804
Title:
Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios)

258. IOR/L/PS/12/3813

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3813
Title:
Coll 30/93 'Position of Bahrein subjects in Persia and of Persian subjects in Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the affairs of subjects of Bahrein [Bahrain] in Persia [Iran], and the affairs of the 'Persian' community (also referred to as the 'Holis') in Bahrain. The main correspondents are HM Representative, Tehran; HM Consul for Khuzistan; HM Vice-Consul, Mohammerah; the Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1933-11 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (197 folios)

259. IOR/L/PS/12/3838

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838
Title:
Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

260. IOR/L/PS/12/3735

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3735
Title:
Coll 30/21(4) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit-Saudi relations. Trade, Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements. Desire of Ibn Saud to Establish Customs Post at Wafra'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of agreements agreed between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1942 (and ratified in 1943). The agreements were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1940-14 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)