Coll 1/11 'Transfer of civil administration from Government of Bombay to Government of India; Aden Laws Regulation 1932'
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The file contains correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Governor General of India in Council, regarding: the formal proclamation of Aden as a Chief Commissionership; the A...
Coll 1/36 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: lunatics; detention in India'
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The file contains correspondence regarding arrangements to be made for patients with mental health issues who require hospital treatment, following the transfer of Aden from the Government of India. The correspondents are the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the India Office, the Under ...
Coll 1/43 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: Post Office and telephone services'
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The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the India Office Political Department, the Colonial Office, the Air Ministry, the Government of India Department of Industries and Labour (Posts and Telegraphs branch), and the Director General for Posts and T...
Coll 5/18 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Use of landing grounds by foreign aircraft’
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The file contains correspondence, and related India Office notes, regarding the Arabian Coast air route linking Europe and Asia. In particular, it is concerned with Britain's policy over restricting access to this route to non-British aircraft. It contains applications from the Governments of Fr...
Coll 5/62 ‘India-Kabul Route: Question of establishment of an air service between India and Kabul’
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The file contains papers related to a number of unsuccessful attempts to establish civil aviation services between Afghanistan and India. The file includes related policy discussion over the use of Lend-Lease aircraft supplied by the United States, as a result of wartime proposals. It also inclu...
Coll 5/63 ‘Petroleum Development (Qatar) Ltd: Proposed construction of aerodrome on western side of Qatar’
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The file is concerned with an application from Petroleum Concessions Limited for a general permission to operate aircraft within Qatar and the wider Persian Gulf; under the Qatar Oil Concession the company was required to seek permission from the Shaikh of Qatar for each flight. There is also co...
Coll 17/8(5) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Bashiyah estate'
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2856. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by the heirs of Shafiqah Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Bashiyeh: a suit filed by ...
Coll 25/13 'Orders in Council: Bahrain: Application of certain Indian Acts to Bahrain; Patent protection'
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Correspondence from various firms in which they enquire about trademark and patent registration and protection in Bahrain, with frequent reference to the relevant Government of India Acts and their applicability in the Persian Gulf region. Also included is interdepartmental correspondence and mem...
Coll 28/83 ‘Persia; Persian Nationality Law. Position of British subjects & British protected persons resident in Charbar.’
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Correspondence, reports and other papers concerning the status of Indians (as British subjects, also referred to in the file as ‘khojas’) living in Charbar [Chābahār], Persia [Iran], who have had Persian nationality imposed upon them by a nationality law ratified by the Persian Government. The f...
Coll 28/85S (1) ‘Persia; Abadan and S.W. Persian Oilfields; A.I.O.C. Indian Employees’
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The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/85S (1) ‘Persia. Abadan and S. W. Persian oilfields; Protection of British interests.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3490A). It consists chiefly of extracts of quarterly reports, prepared by HM Consul-General at Khorramshahr, on affairs at the Anglo-Iran...
