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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language English Subject Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages

1. IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 173-381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 173-381
Title:
Affairs in Sinde and Elsewhere
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 14 November 1840 to 28 February 1841, and mostly consist of copies of correspondence sent and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 item (209 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 30-38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 30-38
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1847, dated 9 January 1847. The enclosure is dated 27 November 1846. The primary document is a despatch from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1847
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 298-305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 298-305
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 16 of 1847, dated 12 February 1847. The enclosure is dated 11 December 1846. The enclosure comprises two copies of the same despatch from Major Henry Creswick...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1847
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/478, ff 180-196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/478, ff 180-196
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 57 of 1853, dated 23 September 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 16 August 1853. The papers relate to affairs at Bagdad [Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1853
Extent:

1 item (17 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/615
Title:
File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Secret Department minute papers, mostly relating to French policy regarding the Hedjaz [Hejaz or Hijaz]. This correspondence largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British High Commissioner of Egypt (Sir Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1916-31 May 1917
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/740

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/740
Title:
File 1647/1918 Pts1-2 'HEDJAZ: MECCA HOSTEL; BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE AT MECCA'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of two parts, Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/740/1) and Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/740/2), both of which contain papers relating to the planned establishment of a hostel at Mecca to house pilgrims from the British Empire, and the appointment of a British Muslim Representative at Mecca to look...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1918-14 Aug 1923
Extent:
1 volume (341 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/821/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/12
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 12 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of SAMARRA Divisional Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Divisional Council at Samarra, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise an India Office Political Department memorandum and enclosure in print and typescript, notably covering: Relative expense...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1920-26 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/1017

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1017
Title:
File 5122/1921 'PERSIA:- ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE PERSIAN PRESS.'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains minutes, letters, memoranda, and reports relating to articles, pamphlets, and newspapers identified as promoting anti-British propaganda by officials and diplomatic representatives of HM Government in Qajar Persia [Qājār Iran]. The papers notably cover the following subjects:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Aug 1921-26 Nov 1923
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/1155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1155
Title:
File 3666/1925 'ARABIA: PRINTED CORRESPONDENCE 1924-28'
Scope & Content:
This volume mainly relates to British policy in Arabia, and specifically concerns British relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Bin Saud]. The papers cover the Hejaz-Nejd War of 1924-25 and political affairs in Ib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Dec 1924-28 Oct 1929
Extent:

1 volume (388 folios)

10. 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)