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5081. IOR/L/PS/12/1992

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1992
Title:
Coll 5/38 ‘N.W.F.: Forced landings of British aircraft in tribal territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains notifications – issued by the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India – of two forced landings in the North-West Frontier Province by Royal Air Force (RAF) planes on 9 August and 12 September 1934. A detailed account of the former incident can be found on fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1934-3 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

5082. IOR/L/PS/12/2010

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2010
Title:
Coll 5/55(2) ‘AFGHANISTAN: SUPPLY OF AIRCRAFT TO AFGHAN GOVT: SUPPLY OF SPARE PARTS’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of spares for Hawker Hind aircraft operated by the Afghan Air Force. A great deal of correspondence in the file is dedicated to a search for supplies amongst British and Indian stores; supplies for obsolete aircraft such as the Hind were in short supply in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1942-26 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (308 folios)

5083. IOR/L/PS/12/2131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2131
Title:
Coll 6/64 'South-Eastern Boundaries in [Arabia] – Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913. Attitude of U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to boundaries in eastern Arabia (specifically Saudi Arabia and Qatar). It concerns British policy regarding what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, as laid down in the non-ratifi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-27 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

5084. IOR/L/PS/12/2148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2148
Title:
Coll 6/75 'Institutions in Arabia receiving financial support from H.E.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to institutions in the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) that have received or have been offered financial support from the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Resident at Hyderabad, the Foreign Secretary to the Governme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1931-5 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

5085. IOR/L/PS/12/2179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2179
Title:
Coll 7/10 'China (Yunnan): Export of arms to China via Burma'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request from the Governor of Yunnan Province to transport arms, ammunition and planes to China via Burma [Myanmar]. The materials consisted of British surplus war stock, and were supplied by Arnhold & Company Limited. The correspondence is between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1932-6 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

5086. IOR/L/PS/12/3407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3407
Title:
Coll 28/10(2) ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed Consular June 1940; Khorassan Political; Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/10 ‘Persia. Diaries; Meshed Consular Jany 1931 – May 1940. Khorassan Political 1934 – May 1940. Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3406), and contains political diary reports, submitted fortnightly (and then monthly from late 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1940-28 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (647 folios)

5087. IOR/L/PS/12/3942

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3942
Title:
Coll 30/202 ‘Persian Gulf. Photographs of Notabilities (Sheikhs &c) (used for propaganda purposes)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the use of illustrations for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. It includes correspondence regarding a request from the Ministry of Information for photographs for the Middle East edition of a proposed fortnightly War P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1938-20 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

5088. IOR/L/PS/12/4116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4116
Title:
Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

5089. IOR/L/PS/12/4339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4339
Title:
Coll 37/105 'Travellers. Muscat: entomological and botanical expedition. Dr H. Scott and Mr E. B. Britton.'
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to the topic of travellers in the Arabian Peninsula. Although the file's title specifies travellers to Muscat (Dr Hugh Scott and Mr Everard Baldwin Britton) the file only has one folio (folio 3) relating to these two individuals who were undertaking an entomological...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1937-3 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

5090. IOR/L/PS/12/3328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3328
Title:
Coll 25/23 'Orders in Council: Ethiopia: Repeal of the Ethiopian Order in Council, 1934; Surrender of British Consular Jurisdiction'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, and memoranda concerning the repeal of the Ethiopia Order in Council, 1934. The decision to surrender extra-territorial jurisdiction is discussed following the Italian occupation of Abyssinia. Inter-departmental discussion of the decision and of the text of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Dec 1936-21 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (374 folios)