Coll 27/21(1) 'Passports. For employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 27/21(1) 'Passports. For employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf'
- Date:
- 1945/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence mainly relating to visas for countries in the Persian Gulf for employees and wives of employees of oil companies, mostly the Kuwait Oil Company, Limited (for Kuwait), but also other oil companies including: the Iraq Petroleum Company, Limited (for Bahrain and Qatar); the Standard Oil Company (for Kuwait and Oman); the Bahrain Petroleum Company (for Bahrain); the Superior Oil Company (for Kuwait); and Petroleum Concessions Limited (for Bahrein and Qatar). It also includes correspondence concerning visas for Bahrain for employees of the British Overseas Airways Corporation.The correspondence is largely between the India Office (and the Commonwealth Relations Office after the abolition of the India Office in 1947) and the following: the (Foreign Office) Passport Control Department; the Kuwait Oil Company, Limited; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Iraq Petroleum Company, Limited; the Political Agent, Bahrain; and the Bahrein Petroleum Company, Limited.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 469; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Visas
British Overseas Airways Corporation - Geographic region:
- Bahrain
Kuwait
Qatar
Oman - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003a9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003a9_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3384
IOR/L/PS/12/3384