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721. IOR/L/PS/18/B334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B334
Title:
Note on Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Central Arabia in thirteen paragraphs. Details are given concerning the history of Nejd [Najd], the rise and spread of the Wahhabi movement, and the Āl Sa‘ūd family and their relations with their neighbours, including the Āl Rashīd family, the Hashemite rul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 folio

722. IOR/L/PS/18/B336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B336
Title:
Mesopotamia. Present Political Situation
Scope & Content:
This is printed memorandum is a report by Colin Campbell Garbett (initialled C C G), dated 28 October 1919, concerning an appreciation of the present situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] following complaints by Izzet Pasha of Damscus and others about British administration there. The report provides a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

723. IOR/L/PS/18/B436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B436
Title:
HISTORICAL MEMORANDUM ON BAHREIN.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum by John Gilbert Laithwaite, India Office, describing the history of Bahrein [Bahrain] with a focus on the political status of the islands at various periods; the claims to sovereignty over them put forward by Persia at various dates since 1783; and the correspondence and discussions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1934
Extent:

1 file (25 folios)

724. IOR/L/PS/18/C78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C78
Title:
'The Russians in Akhal'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided into four parts. The first part (folios 26-41) outlines Russian activities and aims in the Trans-Caspian region from 1716-1880; it narrates the extension of Russian influence over the Turcoman [Turkmen] tribes in the region to their eventual absorption into the Russian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1882
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)

725. IOR/L/PS/18/C185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C185
Title:
Persia: Division of Charges.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note from the Political Department, India Office, on the division of charges relating to Persia between the British Home Government and the Government of India. The note recounts how charges have been divided between the two since the Report of the Indian Expenditure Com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1918
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

726. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B356 (iii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B356 (iii)
Title:
MAP NO.3: GALLIPOLI PENINSULA
Scope & Content:
This map shows Gallipoli Peninsula in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, indicating roads and rivers. The map also indicates relief with contours. The map includes a printing statement which reads '(B 16480) WT 18370-212.5050.10/20.H&S,LTD.' This map was produc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1920
Extent:
1 map

727. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iii)
Title:
'SKETCH MAP SHOWING TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER WEST AND SOUTH OF HAWIZEH'.
Scope & Content:
The map represents Basra and the surrounding area. The map records cities, settlements, hydrology, and cultivations. Printed by the War Office and signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha), the map indicates by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1912
Extent:
1 map

728. IOR/L/PS/18/B289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B289
Title:
'Administration of Mesopotamia. Fortnightly Report by the Civil Commissioner, No. 17 (1st - 15th July [1918])
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a fortnightly administrative report (No 17) submitted by Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, covering the period 1 to 15 July 1918. The report is split into four sections: (I) Administrative, which includes District Organisation, Revenue Board, Irrigat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1918
Extent:

3 folios

729. IOR/L/PS/18/B415

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B415
Title:
Question of issue of Persian passports or travelling passes (Ilm-o-khabar) to subjects of Bahrein, 1910-1922
Scope & Content:
Memorandum by John Gilbert Laithwaite, of the India Office, on the rules governing travel documents for Persians and Bahrainis travelling in the Persian Gulf. The document gives a brief historical overview on what procedures have been followed by the British and Persian governments since 1910. It...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

730. IOR/L/PS/18/B422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B422
Title:
Exercise of Jurisdiction in Cases affecting Foreign Subjects in Bahrein by the British Political Authorities.
Scope & Content:
A summary of legal judgments, agreements and amendments to agreements between the British Government and the Shaikh of Bahrein between 1861 and 1930, concerning the exercise of jurisdiction by British political authorities over British subjects and foreigners in Bahrein. Written by John Gilbert ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1930
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)