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1. IOR/L/PS/6/113, ff 81-89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/113, ff 81-89
Title:
Political No. 198 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Earl Granville, Regarding Consulate Arrangements in Jedda and Proposals to Establish Consulates for 'Somali Land' and Ports of the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 29 October 1873 and received via Brindisi on 24 November, forwarding copies of a letter from Sir Henry Bartle Frere to Earl Granville, Secretary of Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1873-24 Nov 1873
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 224-225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 224-225
Title:
General No. 4 of 1874, Copies of Enclosures Relating to the Intention of the French Government to Establish a Vice-Consulate at Muscat
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 13 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 9 March 1874, forwarding a letter from the Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1874-9 Mar 1874
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 23-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 23-26
Title:
Political No. 50 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah, and Enquiring whether the Formation of Persian Vice-Consulates at Rangoon and Moulmein has been Agreed to by HM Government
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 6 March 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 30 March 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Chief Commissioner of British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1874-30 Mar 1874
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1107
Title:
File 851/1924 ‘Persia: Consular Escorts.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of memoranda, telegrams, and minute papers relating to a request by the Persian [Iranian] Government for the removal of Indian Army military escorts posted to British Consulates in Persia, mainly in Tehran, Isfahan [Esfahan, also spelled Ispahan in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1916-21 Jan 1932
Extent:
1 volume (449 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/36
Title:
PZ 5377/31 'Hejaz-Nejd: alleged desecration of tombs at Jannatul Baki [Jannat al-Baqi]; treatment of Shiahs in the Hejaz'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the disadvantageous treatment of Shia pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, particularly excess charges for transportation, and the destruction of shrines at Jannatul Baki [Jannat al-Baqi] cemetery in Medina by Ibn Saud in 1926. The primary correspondents are: Cecil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1931-4 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

6. IOR/P/1003 May 1877 nos 15-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 May 1877 nos 15-17
Title:
Overcrowding of pilgrim vessels lying between the ports of Aden ['Adan] and Jeddah
Scope & Content:
pp 117-20. Correspondence regarding pilgrim vessels, the Native Passenger Ships Act, and the Ottoman sanitary administration. Includes communications received from the Government of Bombay, the Secretary of State for India, the Political Resident at Aden, and the Consul at Jeddah.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1877-May 1877
Extent:
4 pages

7. IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 no 09

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 no 09
Title:
Reporting decisions made during a meeting of the Egyptian Board of Health
Scope & Content:
p 263. Letter received from C Vivian, Cairo, informing the Government of India of the quarantine periods imposed on pilgrims at the Gebel Tor and Suez, and that the land transit through Egypt is closed to pilgrims until further notice.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1878
Extent:
1 page

8. IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 nos 28-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 nos 28-30
Title:
Regulation of pilgrim traffic in the East
Scope & Content:
pp 273-83. Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs forwards to Sir Louis Mallet copy correspondence regarding coal steamers carrying pilgrim traffic, their use of the Suez canal, and relevant shipping regulations. Includes correspondence from A Anson, Administrator of the Straits Settlements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1877-Mar 1878
Extent:
10 pages

9. IOR/P/1203 Nov 1878 nos 38-52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1203 Nov 1878 nos 38-52
Title:
Deputation of a Muslim doctor to Mecca to report on the sanitary condition of that place during the pilgrimage
Scope & Content:
pp 767-72. Correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the Indian Medical Department, discussing arrangements and the details to be reported. Assistant Surgeon Abdoor Razzack [Abdur-Razzack], previously stationed at the Mayo Hospital, Calcutta, is selected.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1878-Nov 1878
Extent:
6 pages

10. IOR/P/1338 Aug 1879 nos 10-16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1338 Aug 1879 nos 10-16
Title:
Report by Assistant Surgeon Abdur Ruzzack [Abdur Razzack] on the sanitary condition of pilgrims at Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 469-534. Report submitted by Abur Razzack detailing his journey from Bombay to Mecca as a pilgrim undertaking the Hadj, plus correspondence thereon received from the Foreign Office, the Under Secretary of State for India; a report by Dr E Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1879-Aug 1879
Extent:
64 pages