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5161. IOR/L/PS/12/4126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4126
Title:
Coll 35/20 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; installation of a telephone communication between the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications Ltd at Manamah and the landing ground at Muharraq'
Scope & Content:
The initial part of the file concerns the negotiations for the installation of a telephone service between the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications Ltd at Manamah and the landing ground at Muharraq, in 1934-35. The second part contains correspondence from 1944, focusing ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1934-21 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (214 folios)

5162. IOR/L/PS/12/2099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2099
Title:
Coll 6/33 'Hejaz-Nejd: Internal Administration and Constitution; Various Laws.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns matters relating to the administration of the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). It contains correspondence discussing laws and regulations passed by the Hejazi/Saudi Government. The early part of the file (1928-1929) contains copies of translations of vario...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1928-22 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (193 folios)

5163. IOR/L/PS/12/3365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3365
Title:
Coll 27/5 ‘Passports. Passport Control on Indo-Persian Frontier.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to passport control on the Indo-Persian frontier. It includes correspondence concerning the following: The examination of passports by the British Vice Consulate, Duzdab, of Persian [Iranian] subjects entering India via Duzdab (also called Duzdap in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1930-23 May 1935
Extent:

1 file (226 folios)

5164. IOR/L/PS/12/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/327
Title:
PZ 376/1940 'Turkey: Earthquake in Turkey, 1939.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the 1939 Turkish earthquake. It largely consists of: copies of letters from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Counsellor, British Embassy, Angora [Ankara], Turkey, forwarding enclosed correspondence reg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1940-14 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

5165. IOR/L/PS/12/3551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3551
Title:
Coll 29/1 'Consular districts in South Persia: jurisdiction of British Consul-General Bushire; objection of the Persian government to the specification of the extent of the district in a consular officer's commission'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns changes to administrative arrangements of Consular districts in South Persia. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials, including the Foreign Office, the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Charles Dodd, Reginald Hervey Hoare...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1926-29 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (220 folios)

5166. IOR/L/PS/12/3579

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3579
Title:
Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns compensatory allowances granted to consular officers as consequence of the withdrawal of customs exemptions by the Persian Government. The file covers: Foreign Office recommending grant of compensatory allowance to the officers and establishment in Persia and the Persian Gulf ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1929-9 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (198 folios)

5167. IOR/L/PS/12/267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/267
Title:
PZ 7971/1938 'Portugal - Exhibition in 1939-40. Portugal desires to borrow from Muscat certain exhibits.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the celebrations to be held in Portugal in 1939 and 1940 of the eighth centenary of the foundation of the Portuguese Nation and the third centenary of the re-establishment of Portuguese independence. It mainly consists of copies sent to the India Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Dec 1938-15 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

5168. IOR/L/PS/12/1459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1459
Title:
Coll 1/23 'Aden, Administration and Control: changes consequent on Indian Constitutional Charges; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains extensive reports, memoranda and correspondence documenting discussions of the possible transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office. The primary authors and correspondents are the India Office Political Department, the Colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1933-11 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (551 folios)

5169. IOR/L/PS/12/2165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2165
Title:
Coll 6/92 'SAUDI ARABIA: Activities of H.St.J. Philby (Haji Abdullah) Qn of with-holding pension.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the British Government's response to what are described as 'disloyal and defeatist' comments made by Harry St John Bridger Philby to Allied and neutral officials in Saudi Arabia on the subjects of British policy in the Gulf and the Allied forces' war efforts. (The abbreviation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1939-1 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

5170. IOR/L/PS/12/2167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2167
Title:
Coll 6/93(1) 'SYRIA: Mixed Courts in Syria (Notes to and from the Syrian Government)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the abolition of the mixed courts system that existed under the French Mandate in Syria and Lebanon (a system whereby cases concerning the rights and properties of foreigners were processed by courts usually consisting of two French judges and one local judge, with the proce...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1946-29 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)