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1. IOR/F/4/2634/167145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2634/167145
Title:
‘Bagdad. Memoir on the province of – by Commander F. Jones of the Indian Navy, and Surveyor in Mesopotamia.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of Political Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 October 1855. The enclosures are dated 5 October 1854-5 October 1855. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
5 Oct 1854-13 Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item (124 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/390
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 9-10 'PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA NEJD-HEJAZ AFFAIRS 1919'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It relates to the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and Britain's policy towards both. It includes correspondenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1918-13 Jan 1920
Extent:

1 volume (534 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/391/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/391/1
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 11 'Arabia: relations with BIN SAUD Hedjaz-Nejd Dispute'
Scope & Content:
Part 11 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz] over Khurma and Tarabah [Turabah]. Much of the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1919-28 May 1920
Extent:

1 item (336 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/839

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/839
Title:
File 3467/1919 'MESOPOTAMIA POLICE REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains weekly police reports from the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Baghdad, covering events in Iraq [sometimes referred to in the volume as Mesopotamia] under British occupation in 1919-20, including during the Iraqi Revolt. The reports contain intelligence about the movements ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1919-4 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (639 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/229
Title:
‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the Trucial Coast, and the efforts of the Political Resident and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1927-3 Jan 1930
Extent:

1 volume (312 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/230
Title:
File 5/196 II Slave traffic in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave trading activity in the Persian Gulf, including intelligence reports on suspected slave traders, and the movement of suspected slaves across the Gulf by traders. The volume also includes a number of reports on the extent and nature of the slave...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1929-7 Dec 1938
Extent:

1 volume (216 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/2/601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/601
Title:
‘File 20/1 I Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, in response to Sir George Maxwell’s (British adviser to the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Slavery) requests for information on the extent and nature of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Copies of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1931-30 Jul 1937
Extent:

1 volume (332 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/602

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/602
Title:
File 20/1 II Slavery in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to a number of issues concerning the slave trade and slavery in the Gulf region: Correspondence related to the League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts, and its request for information about slavery in the Persian Gulf region. The papers include ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1937-21 Jul 1938
Extent:

1 volume (283 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1542

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1542
Title:
‘File 16/37 Miscellaneous. Monthly reports of locust occurrences in Bahrain– Submission of–’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast, submitted by the Political Agency in Bahrain, at the request...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1933-2 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (304 folios)