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11. IOR/L/PS/10/1268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1268
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 5 ‘PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL CONTROL IN:-’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to political control in the Persian Gulf and Middle East, specifically the division of responsibility for this region between the India Office and the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office. It includes papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1926-20 Oct 1937
Extent:

1 file (380 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/1957

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1957
Title:
Coll 5/12 ‘Air Control in Undeveloped Countries’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the issue of a memorandum by the Air Ministry. The memorandum is titled Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulation of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 and concerns guidance on the deployment of British air power; an initial draft can be found ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1928-23 Jan 1930
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/2004

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2004
Title:
Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for Lufthansa to operate an air service linking Germany with China via Egypt, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan (Kabul). The file contains correspondence, extracts from intelligence summaries, memoranda, and notes documenting the efforts of British officials to o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (619 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/20/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130
Title:
Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1911
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/20/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263
Title:
Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings: First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie. Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay. Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd. Fourth Meeting, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1909
Extent:

1 volume (162 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/5/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/68
Title:
XXII/19 Bubyan and Warba Islands.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to ownership of Bubiyan Island [Jazīrat Būbiyān] and Warba Island [Jazīrat Warbah]. The discussion in the volume relates to: a military post on Bubiyan Island; proposal to include right of pre-emption of W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1905-7 Jun 1908
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

17. IOR/X/12041

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12041
Title:
'Sections of the Main Routes from the Oxus to the Hindu Kush'. TSGS 2258
Scope & Content:
Sections of two main routes taken from Trans Frontier sheets (at 4 miles to 1 inch). Shows spot heights at named locations and descriptions of the terrain between them. Most locations can be identified in Afghanistan. Horizontal scale is 10 miles to 1 inch; vertical scale is 1000 feet to 1 inch. ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
3 sheets

18. IOR/X/12070

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12070
Title:
Table of distances through Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
A table of distances in miles between 37 locations in Afghanistan listed in alphabetical order. Printed at the Foreign Office, 7/7/1905. Stamped Committee of Imperial Defence.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 sheet

19. IOR/X/12093

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12093
Title:
'Persia & Afghanistan' Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149
Scope & Content:
A topographical map of Persia and Afghanistan at a scale of 1 inch to 64 miles, showing international boundaries, altitudes and spot heights, rivers and water features, roads, passes, and railways at different gauges. Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149. War Office, April 1908. The back ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 sheet

20. IOR/X/12179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12179
Title:
Confidential History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919
Scope & Content:
Confidential Official History, compiled by arrangement with the Government of India, under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brig.-Gen. F. J. Moberly, C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O., p.s.c. Contents:Chapter I. Introductory: Geographical; Social, Military and R...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 volume (490 pages)