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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Constantinople, Europe/Asia

1. IOR/F/4/259/5659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/259/5659
Title:
‘Assassination of Ali Pasha of Bagdad – temporary succession to the Pashalick, of Soleeman his nephew and Chief Minister – Conduct of Mr Manesty in resolving, without authority, to support Soleeman against Eusuph Pasha, in the probable event of the latter being nominated to the Pashalick by the Ottoman Government’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item is concerned with the assassination of Ali Pasha, Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], and the interference of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1807-5 Mar 1808
Extent:

1 item (40 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 675-723

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 675-723
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 73 of 1840, dated 25 September 1840. The enclosures are dated 21-24 September 1840. They consist of correspondence relating to the security of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1840
Extent:
1 item (99 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 301-349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 301-349
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 14 of 1853, dated 28 February 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 10 December 1852. The enclosure consists of a letter fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1853
Extent:
1 item (49 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/531/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/531/1
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Imperial Ottoman Bank, Baghdad Branch'
Scope & Content:
This part contains correspondence and India Office Minute Papers relating to the Imperial Ottoman Bank in Mesopotamia [Iraq], mainly concerning the Baghdad branch. It includes papers regarding: The decision of the British Government, on the recommendation of local British political authoritie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1917-3 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 item (210 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/623

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/623
Title:
File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the future of Constantinople [Instanbul]. It includes: India Office minute papers; copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir George Buchanan, HM Ambassador at Petrograd [St Petersburg], and other British diplomats; draft telegrams from the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Sep 1916-27 Mar 1919
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B306f

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B306f
Title:
The Future of Constantinople
Scope & Content:
The file contains the observations of Edwin Samuel Montagu (Secretary of State for India) on a previous memorandum by Lord Curzon on the future of Constantinople. It covers the question of Indian Mohammedan opinion, and the lack of Muslim representation of India in the Councils of the Empire; and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B310a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B310a
Title:
The future of Constantinople. Memorandum by Lord Curzon. Printed for the War Cabinet, January 1919.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum by Lord Curzon outlining the discussion undertaken by the Eastern Committee about the future of Constantinople. The first section covers the arguments for and against the ejection of 'the Turk' from Constantinople. The second section discusses which world power w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

8. Mss Eur F112/552, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 11
Title:
'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of military forces and updates to communications
Scope & Content:
Western half of printed map sheet; the eastern half, disassociated, was not present on transfer. Western portion bears the imprints 'London; Published by Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12, 13, & 14, Lon[g Acre, W.C., Oct. 1st., 1912]' and '11012'. Covers western Asia, including the Arabian Peninsu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1917?
Extent:

1 map sheet

9. Mss Eur F112/552, f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 12
Title:
'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of religious sites, naval bases, oil sites and updated railway information
Scope & Content:
Western half of printed map sheet; the eastern half, disassociated, was not present on transfer. Western portion bears the imprints 'London; Published by Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12, 13, & 14, Long Acre, W.C., Oct. 1st., 1912' and '11012'. Covers western Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1917?
Extent:

1 map sheet

10. Mss Eur F112/570, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570, ff 3-4
Title:
'Boundary of Demilitarized Zone about Constantinople. (Meeting of Allied Naval & Military Advisors, London 16.2.20.)'
Scope & Content:
Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). Folios 3 and 4 are copies of the same map, and both bear the classification 'Secret'. Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2943. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heights and contours, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
2 map sheets