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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language English Name British Forces in Iraq, 1933-1941

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/43
Title:
Military Report on Iraq. Area 2 (Upper Euphrates)
Scope & Content:
This volume prepared by the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq was published as part of a series of ten similar military reports on Iraq after the First World War. The report covers the history, geography, climate, demography, natural resources, ethnography and important personalities of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 Volume (66 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/44
Title:
Military Report on Iraq (Area 6 Lower Euphrates)
Scope & Content:
This volume was compiled as one of ten military reports to aid British military operations in Iraq published by the General Staff of British Forces in Iraq. It covers Area 6, or Lower Euphrates and contains chapters that cover the history, geography, climate, ethnography, natural resources, as w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
One Volume (421 pages)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/45
Title:
Military report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Scope & Content:
This booklet pertaining to Area 8 (Western Kurdistan) was compiled by the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq and published in 1923. It is meant as a practical field guide to military forces operating in Iraq, and is one of ten editions covering various areas of the country. The content ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (76 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/511
Title:
PZ 2556/41 'Anglo-Iraq Hostilities. German broadcast on Afghan attitude'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, HM Minister at Kabul, the India Office and the Ministry of Information, regarding French and German radio broadcasts which stated that the Government of Afghanistan had warned Britain that they would enter the w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1941-4 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/524
Title:
Ext 3189/41 'Iraq - Request by G.O.C. Basra. for 14 miles of piping from the Anglo Iranian Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iran and the Foreign Office, regarding a request from the General Officer Commanding Iraq for the export from Iran of materials needed for the provision of a military water supply. Owing to the difficulties foreseen in obtaining the agree...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1941-9 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2974
Title:
Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the transfer of administrative and financial control of the site of a coal depot at Mokalla, Muscat, from the Royal Indian Navy to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The papers deal with questions of cost, the building of a new petrol store, securing concessions for the site fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1933-17 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3653
Title:
Coll 29/77 'Appointment of an RAF Liaison Officer for the Persian Gulf, with headquarters at Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed appointment of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Liaison Officer for the Persian Gulf, with headquarters at Bahrain, 1935-1937. The file is composed of correspondence between the Air Ministry, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Air Headquarters for the Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1929-27 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154
Title:
File 1/A/33 I Site for Residency at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed transfer of the Persian Gulf Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, specifically the choice of a suitable site in Bahrain; the estimated costs involved; and the eventual selection of a site at Busaitin adjoining the Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground on Muharraq Isla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/259-293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/259-293
Title:
File 7 Royal Air Force
Scope & Content:
The files and volumes in the series deal with the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF), and to a lesser extent Imperial Airways/British Overseas Airways Corporation, in the Gulf, before, during and after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the files are the numerous incumben...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1929-1950
Extent:
35 files and volumes (3,171 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1135
Title:
File 4/20 II Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the arrangements for the supply of funds by the Political Agency, Bahrain for expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1936-10 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)