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661. IOR/L/PS/18/B486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B486
Title:
Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service
Scope & Content:
Typescript agreement (simply entitled 'Agreement') between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company, dated 29 March 1947, setting out the terms for the operation by the company on a contractor basis of the Kuwait-Zubair mail service. The agreement relates to the de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1947
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

662. IOR/L/PS/18/C35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C35
Title:
'Karun River: Memorandum by Sir H Rawlinson'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson's opinion that the importance of opening up the Karun [Kārūn] River to steam navigation has been vastly overstated; the difficulties outweigh the potential benefits. It also includes some discussion of the overland routes into Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1882
Extent:

1 folio

663. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/4
Title:
No. 1. Déclaration.
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a declaration concerning the Turco-Persian boundary, and how the boundary line should be fixed. It was signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) on 29 July 1913. The main body of the docum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

664. IOR/L/PS/18/C5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C5
Title:
Remarks on Sir H Rawlinson's memorandum on Central Asia. H B Lumsden, D F McLeod, Col R Taylor, Sir J Lawrence, Sir R Temple, G N Taylor, W R Mansfield, R H Davies, Sep-Dec 1868
Scope & Content:
Including Minute on the subject of the progress of Russia in Central Asia and of the defence of our North-Western Frontier H W Norman, Calcutta, 8 Dec 1868 Memorandum on the state of parties and the late political events in Afghanistan H P Wynne, [undated] Report by Lieutenant (now Sir) Henry C R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
117pp

665. IOR/L/PS/18/B136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B136
Title:
Note by Sir William Lee-Warner on the Aden Demarcation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note concerning the Aden demarcation by William Lee-Warner, India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department. It discusses the following: the difficulties which have arisen in carrying out the demarcation on the Amiri frontier, the history of past agreements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1902
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

666. IOR/L/PS/18/B412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B412
Title:
Persian Coasting Trade (Communicated by the Board of Trade)
Scope & Content:
Memorandum concerning treaty rights of British ships in Persia. It covers the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1920 and its repercussions on the coasting trade; it highlights how other powers that have treaties with Great Britain have the right to partake in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

667. IOR/L/PS/18/B430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B430
Title:
The Southern Boundary of Qatar and the Connected Problems
Scope & Content:
A report concerning the demarcation of Qatar's southern boundary written by India Office representative, John Gilbert Laithwaite. The report (folios 1-4) is divided up into the following short sections: The Boundary on the South-East; The Boundary on the South-West; The Position Prior to the Ang...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

668. IOR/L/PS/18/B77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B77
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Conveyance of English Mails on the River Tigris
Scope & Content:
This file is a short memorandum that summarises the legal situation regarding the right of English mail ships to sail on the Tigris River. The memorandum was written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. On folio 106 the file contains an extract from a letter (from an Ottoman Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

669. IOR/L/PS/18/B314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B314
Title:
Railway Policy in relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed report by the General Staff, War Office, concerns Great Britain's railway policy in relation to general military policy in the Middle East, covering projects in Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Syria and Palestine. There are also details concerning the question of track gauge and general ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

670. IOR/L/PS/18/B402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B402
Title:
El Katr, 1908-1916
Scope & Content:
Memorandum covering: the status and governance of El Katr [Qatar], relations with His Majesty's Government, and treaties with and affecting El Katr during the period 1908-28. Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)