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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/2845-2902 Place Syria, Middle East

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2848
Title:
Coll 17/4 'Iraq-Syria & Syria-Transjordan frontier: delimitation'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding negotiations to amend the borders between French-mandated Syria, and British-mandated Iraq and Trans-Jordan. The papers discuss the boundaries established by the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Treaty of Sèvres, the British push for the inclusion of Amadiyah within the Iraq mandat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jun 1921-27 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 volume (386 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2851
Title:
Coll 17/7(1) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, reports and minutes regarding road and rail transport through Iraq, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Palestine, Syria and Iran. The following topics are discussed in detail: The proposed construction of a Baghdad-Haifa rail route. The file also includes records regardin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1929-23 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 volume (524 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2852
Title:
Coll 17/7(2) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2851, and concerns the decision not to proceed with the proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway, but to focus on the improvement of road communications. The file consists of reports on the proposals submitted by the Palestine Corporation Limited (see IOR/L/PS/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1936-2 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (246 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2891
Title:
Coll 17/29 'Iraq. Relations with Syria.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to relations between Iraq and Syria, specifically: the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement between the two countries signed on 24 April 1937; and the Government of Iraq opening a Consulate in Aleppo [in Syria]. The papers are mostly letters to the Secretary of State for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Sep 1937-9 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)