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1. IOR/L/PS/10/874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/874
Title:
File 7512/1919 ‘MESOPOTAMIA – LEVIES’
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of papers relating to the Arab and Kurdish Levies in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers include correspondence from the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia at Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in this volume), Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, to the India Office, mostl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1919-14 Feb 1921
Extent:

1 volume (181 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/657
Title:
‘File 28/1 G Bahrain Special Police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the day-to-day organisation of the Bahrain Special Police, occasionally referred to as the Bahrain Defence Force, including arrangements for recruitment, training, pay, provisions, expenses, etc. The principal correspondents in the file are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1939-27 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/66 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/66 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XXXVIII/9: Muscat State Affairs
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs’ consists of one file, XXXVIII/9. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The correspondence includes copies of proclamations issued by the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Urdu
Date Range:
1913-1935
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/267
Title:
File 8/76 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INDIAN OFFICERS OF THE MUSCAT INFANTRY ON DEPUTATION ETC: FROM THE INDIAN ARMY.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns VCOs (Viceroy's Commissioned Officers) from the Indian Army who have been selected for deputation with the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Regiment and the Muscat Levy Corps). The correspondence discusses the status of named VCOs, including details of their ter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1944-8 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (236 folios)