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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Name British Embassy in Iraq, Baghdad, 1932-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2846
Title:
Coll 17/2 'Arabia (Yemen). Relations between Iraq & Yemen. Treaty of Friendship.'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding relations between Iraq and Yemen, from the Iraqi Mission to Yemen in 1931, the subsequent Treaty of Friendship agreed between the two countries, and the eventual accession of Yemen to the Iraqi-Saudi Treaty of Arab Brotherhood and Alliance. The file includes the following treati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1931-4 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (133 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2859
Title:
Coll 17/9 'Termination of Mandate: protection of Iraqi interests abroad; renunciation of capitulations'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the administration of rights following the termination of the British Mandate for Iraq and the protection of Iraqi subjects abroad. The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office, the India Office, HM Embassy at Baghdad, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1921-22 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2881A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2881A
Title:
Coll 17/20(1) 'Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930. Revision of Treaty 1948'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the Treaty of Alliance (Anglo-Iraqi Treaty) of 1930 between the United Kingdom and Iraq, and the revised Treaty of Alliance of 1948. Papers dated January 1933 to December 1934 mostly concern the following: the attitude and policy of King Feisal and the Iraq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1933-3 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (149 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4115A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4115A
Title:
Coll 35/12(2) 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office and telephones; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme; Cable and Wireless Agreement with Shaikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office and mail delivery in Kuwait. The file contains: Commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Construction of wireless station at Kuwait, administered by Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Interruption of postal s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1941-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1231
Title:
File 6/18 I Arab and Persian Schools in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to education in Bahrain, in particular the recruitment and training of teachers. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Registrar of the American University in Beirut (Habib Kurani), the Secretary to the High Commissioner for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1928-9 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (290 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1677

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1677
Title:
File 21/20 Airways, Private Aviators
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the traffic of private aircraft through the Persian Gulf region. The correspondents include: Political Agent at Bahrain; Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; British Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; Government of India, Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
12 Nov 1932-22 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1749
Title:
File 29/7 II Passport and Visa Regulations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and copies of relevant documents regarding travel regulations in the Persian Gulf, particularly discussions regarding landing and visa rules for entry in to Bahrain. All of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, notably the British Consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1935-4 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1891
Title:
File D/1 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Baghdad (Iraq).
Scope & Content:
This file is largely formed of miscellaneous correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the British Embassy, Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in the file). Several items of correspondence are written in Arabic. The file contains translations of letters and memoranda from the Iraqi Min...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-3 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/148
Title:
File 2/5 IX Shaikh’s Date Gardens.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and related papers, regarding a court case over the ownership of date gardens claimed by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and his relations, around Fao in Iraq. The court case in question was prosecuted by the heirs of Ali Pasha Al-Zuhair...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1938-27 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/177
Title:
File 3/7 PIRACY in the Persian Gulf.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of robbery, which have reportedly been committed by Persian subjects (referred to in the file as pirates) in the Shatt-al-Arab, against Kuwaiti sailing boats, including those belonging to the Kuwait Water Supply Company. The file includes copies of correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1943-19 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)