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451. IOR/R/15/1/700, f 248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/700, f 248
Title:
'OILFIELDS & CONCESSION AREAS IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH NEIGHBOURING OILFIELDS IN THE U.S.S.R.'
Scope & Content:
Map produced by the Research Department of the Foreign Office to accompany the document 'A Survey of the oil resources in the Middle East', showing all the known oilfields and concession areas of the Middle East along with neighbouring oilfields in Persia, Afghanistan and the USSR. The oilfield...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1945
Extent:
1 Map Sheet.

452. IOR/R/15/1/406, f 91A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/406, f 91A
Title:
Sketch map of the Persian Gulf & Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Topographical Section, General Staff, No. 2037. War Office, March, 1905. Distinctive Features: Printed map of the south-eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula produced in connection with file on Arbitration by Hague Tribunal on question of French flags on Omani dhows. The ff.58-59...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1905
Extent:
1 map

453. IOR/R/15/1/613, f 46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613, f 46
Title:
‘MAP OF THE KUWAIT HINTERLAND’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Harrison & Son Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. (90.3/13. 2496) F.O. Asiatic Turkey 2808 CC-2. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Proposed limits of Kuwait authority indicated by red line. Includes an explanatory note on sources used in compiling th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 map

454. IOR/R/15/1/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/219
Title:
File 5/190 V Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. The majority of the manumission cases featured in the volume are straightforward, with correspondence following a regular pattern. The Political Agent at Muscat (Major Watts for most ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1935-29 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (453 folios)

455. IOR/R/15/1/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/304
Title:
File 18/68 II (D 115) Kuwait Order in Council
Scope & Content:
The volume includes papers relating to the implications of the assumption by the British Government of jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, especially in view of the possibility of the influx of large numbers of non-Muslim foreigners (particularly Americans) to work in the Kuwaiti oil industry...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1932-8 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (275 folios)

456. IOR/R/15/1/364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/364
Title:
File 19/212 I (C 41) Bahrain Transit Trade
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between various British officials and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa regarding the transshipment of cargo at the port in Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence discusses Bahrain's right to levy transit dues from Saudi Arabia on cargo transshipped at sea and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1931-31 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)

457. IOR/R/15/1/454

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/454
Title:
Muscat, Appointment, Leave, Pay etc, of, Wazir of.
Scope & Content:
Letter of application by Evan Charles Harry Alban for the post of Financial Adviser and Commandant of the Muscat Levy Corps. Correspondence discusses the contract including pay and leave. The Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur, decided he did not wish to have a British Officer as Financial Advi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1932-13 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (149 folios)

458. IOR/R/15/1/460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/460
Title:
35/149 I (A 67) Batineh date trade. Dowson's reports
Scope & Content:
Consists of a report by Valentine Hugh Wilfred Dowson entitled 'Notes on a few day's journey to the West of Maskat'. The report is divided into sections including climate; geology; communications; flora and fauna. There then follows three sections on agriculture. Agriculture I reports on labour,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1927-28 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)

459. IOR/R/15/1/469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/469
Title:
File 51/88 I Cable and Wireless Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The agreement between Shaikh Ahmad of Kuwait [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir] and Cable and Wireless Ltd for the opening of a telegraph station in Kuwait. It covers the extent of the company's remit, taxes, payment of set-up costs, expansion, security, technical training for Kuwaiti nationals, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

460. IOR/R/15/1/630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/630
Title:
F-86 File 82/27 - V QATAR OIL
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the Government of India, the India Office in London and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the air reconnaissance of Qatar and the negotiations with ‘Abdull...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1934-21 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (228 folios)