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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Language Arabic Subject Colonial administration

1. IOR/L/PS/10/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/75
Title:
File 600/1905 Pt 4-6 'Aden Hinterland Affairs'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and memoranda relating to the affairs of the Aden Protectorate. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Residency in Aden, the Government of Bombay, the Government of India, the India Office, and the Foreign Office. There are many enclosures to the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1903-1920
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/755
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1918-2 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 volume (326 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/759

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/759
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Administration - Future Constitution'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies, drafts, and originals of correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to the administration of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq, sometimes referred to as Irak in this volume] following the decision by the League of Nations to assign the territory as a British mandate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1920-15 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 1-13 ‘MESPOT:- DIVL. & MUNICPL. COUNCILS.’
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to negotiations surrounding the formation of new administrative districts and the composition of ruling authorities, divided into either municipal or divisional councils, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Discussions follow on from the capitulatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1918-17 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1042

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1042
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to the internal affairs of Bahrain. The papers are mostly copies exchanged between the India Office, Foreign Office, and Colonial Office, and forms part of the interdepartmental discussion of matters such as: petitions to the British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1924-16 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 volume (304 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/163
Title:
British Agents
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the employment and activities of British Agents responsible to the Persian Gulf Residency at Bushire. The correspondents include: Felix Jones, British Resident at Bushire; the Government of Bombay; Captain Christopher Palmer Rigby, British Consul an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
30 Jun 1857-27 Jan 1862
Extent:
1 volume (318 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/63
Title:
File 16/2 Office Instructions and Orders
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding instructions and regulations for the various British agencies and offices in the Persian Gulf region. The issues discussed in the file include the use of demi-official correspondence, the compilation and use of the office dia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1907-8 Jul 1918
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/323
Title:
File 8/22 Eastern Aden Protectorate Intelligence Summaries
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodic intelligence summaries for the East Aden Protectorate. From the beginning of January 1941 to the end of May 1941 the reports are weekly. From June 1941 they become monthly. The reports are composed by the Resident Adviser, based in Mukalla. Each report consists of an ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Jan 1941-Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1506
Title:
‘File 16/11 II Miscellaneous correspondence’
Scope & Content:
Routine correspondence received at and sent from the Bahrain Political Agency. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent; representatives of the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier). Most of the correspondence relates to a miscellany of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1931-28 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (388 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1507
Title:
‘File 16/11 III Miscellaneous correspondence’
Scope & Content:
Routine correspondence received at and sent from the Bahrain Political Agency. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/11 II Miscellaneous correspondence’ (IOR/R/15/2/1506). The correspondence covers a diverse range of topics of a routine nature, including: passport and trave...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1944-11 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (306 folios)