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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Level [32] Fonds

1. IOR/L/MAR

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IOR/L/MAR
Title:
Marine Department Records
Scope & Content:
The records cover most aspects of the organisation and operations of the East India Company's maritime service; the Bombay Marine; the Indian Navy and the Bengal Pilot Service. The commander of each vessel chartered by the East India Company returning or arriving from the East Indies was require...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1600-c 1879
Extent:
c 10,571 volumes

2. Mss Eur A230

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Mss Eur A230
Title:
Shakespear, William Henry Irvine: diary of journey across central Arabia
Scope & Content:
A diary written by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear recording his journey across Arabia in 1914. The volume consists of: folios 2-14: 'Accounts of Journey into Central Arabia. February, March, April, May 1914': statements of expenses incurred on the journey; folio 19: a note of the altit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume (328 folios)

3. Mss Eur B228

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Mss Eur B228
Title:
Sir Arthur Henry Mcmahon papers.
Scope & Content:
This collection of papers consists of two files. The first file (MSS EUR B228/1) contains sixteen letters that were written to Sir Thomas Perrott from Colonel Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon while he was on service in a number of different locations in British India, primarily in the North West (pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897-1914
Extent:

2 files (88 folios)

4. Mss Eur C600

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C600
Title:
Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy papers
Scope & Content:
The records consist of three files containing papers of Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, donated by his widow.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1962
Extent:

3 files (72 folios)

5. Mss Eur D713

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Mss Eur D713
Title:
Sir Arthur Hirtzel papers
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Arthur Hirtzel (1870-1937), India Office 1894-1930, Permanent Under-Secretary of State 1924-30, relating to India's financial position in 1918, the position of German Christian Missions in India 1918-22, the political situation in India and related topics 1924-29, and the British p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1929
Extent:

7 files

6. Mss Eur D922

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Mss Eur D922
Title:
Papers of Lt (later Lt-Col) David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Emily Overend Lorimer
Scope & Content:
These papers are composed of two files as follows: D 922/1 (which is itself divided into two physical volumes): an account of a journey in Kashmir in 1898-99 written by Lt (later Lt-Col) David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer of the Indian Army (folios 1-262). Copies of letters sent by the linguist, p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1898-1914
Extent:
2 files (668 folios)

7. Mss Eur D1090

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Mss Eur D1090
Title:
Diaries of Sir Arthur Hirtzel (1870-1937), India Office 1894-1930, Private Secretary to Secretary of State 1903-09, Permanent Under-Secretary 1924-30; with Index, and Press Cuttings Volume.
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of four volumes of diaries of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, an index volume to the diaries, and a volume of related newspaper cuttings (and some other documents). The diaries cover the period 1906-1909, when Hirtzel was Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India, John Morley (Vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1909
Extent:
6 volumes (764 folios)

8. Mss Eur F126

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Mss Eur F126
Title:
Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Pelly (1825-1892). The papers comprise ten series covering Sir Lewis Pelly's career in the East India Company and the Indian Civil Service as well as personal correspondence and papers on his life and interests. Sir Lewis Pelly entered ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838-1923
Extent:
113 files

9. Mss Eur F377

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F377
Title:
John Bax: Manuscript Journals
Scope & Content:
Travel journals of John Bax, Bombay Civil Service 1808-c40, describing journeys in India, the Middle East, and Europe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1859
Extent:
2 volumes (510 folios)

10. Photo 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 112
Title:
Visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to England
Scope & Content:
Two official photographs of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, during his visit to England in 1938. The photographs were taken on April 1 and April 4 respectively. The visit was part of the Sultan’s world tour 1937–38. Each photograph was taken by a separate press agency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
2 loose, unmounted, b&w photographs with captions on reverse.