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761. IOR/L/PS/18/B473

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B473
Title:
'Dubai Commercial Air Agreement'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a copy of a commercial air agreement signed by Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum [Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], the ruler of Dubai, and Hugh Weightman, Political Agent at Bahrain, on 6 June 1938. The agreement contains fourteen numbered clauses, some with lettered sub-clauses. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1938
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

762. IOR/L/PS/18/B7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B7/1
Title:
Correspondence and Memoranda Respecting Consular Jurisdiction in Persia, 1873-74
Scope & Content:
This confidential file is a collection of documents printed for the use of the Foreign Office in January 1875. The collection contains letters and enclosed memoranda sent and received by Sir Lewis Pelly and other employees and representatives of the Government of India between 27 March 1873 and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1875
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

763. IOR/L/PS/18/B339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B339
Title:
Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a copy of the 'Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918'. It is written in French and expresses the wishes of Britain and France to liberate those they feel have been 'too long oppressed by the Turks' by helping them to install functional government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

764. IOR/L/PS/18/B9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B9
Title:
Memorandum on the separate claims of Turkey and Persia to sovereignty over the island of Bahrein.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum prepared by Edward Hertslet, Foreign Office Librarian, on 23 March 1874 (printed by the Foreign Office 25 March 1874). The document gives a historical overview (from 1506 to 1874) of claims on the islands of Bahrain (referred to as Bahrein throughout), with particular focus on those o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1874
Extent:

20 folios

765. IOR/L/PS/18/B97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B97
Title:
'MEMOIR on the Climate and Diseases of Southern Turkish Arabia by Surgeon-Major J. Hyslop, M.D.'
Scope & Content:
The Memoir, written by Surgeon-Major James McAdam Hyslop, commences by describing the location, physical geography and conditions of Mohamreh [Khorramshahr] and Busreh [Basra] before going on to describe the climate; fevers that might be suffered there; and known outbreaks of cholera. Also inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

766. IOR/L/PS/18/B135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B135
Title:
Memorandum on the Use of the French Flag by Subjects of the Sultan of Maskat
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum concerning the use of the French flag by dhows belonging to subjects of the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat]. The memorandum is divided up as follows: Abstract of correspondence 1891-92; 1894-96; 1897-99; 1900; 1901; Summary; Extent to which French jurisdiction has been clai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

767. IOR/L/PS/18/B373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B373
Title:
Notes by Sir Thomas Walker Arnold dated 1 May 1922, 1 July 1922 and August 1922
Scope & Content:
This confidential printed memorandum contains three notes, dated 1 May 1922, 1 July 1922 and August 1922, by orientalist Sir Thomas Walker Arnold concerning the 'spiritual power' of the Caliph in the context of the proposed amendment of the articles of the Treaty of Sévres. The first note examine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1922
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

768. IOR/L/PS/18/C53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C53
Title:
Railways in Southern Persia. Note by Colonel E.C.S. Williams, R.E., C.I.E.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Colonel Edward Charles Sparshott Williams, in which the author assesses the new practicalities and costs introduced by the Persian Government's desire to extend the proposed construction of a railway all the way from Mohamerah [Khorramshahr] to Teheran [Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

769. IOR/L/PS/18/C93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C93
Title:
Report on the proposed Orders in Council for Persia and the States in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a report on British consular jurisdiction in Persia and the territories bordering the Persian Gulf by Sir P Francis, and Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball. It includes the following: treaty limitations on jurisdiction; civil and criminal jurisdiction in Persia; an assessment of d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sept 1873
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

770. IOR/L/PS/18/B350

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B350
Title:
Mesopotamia. Causes of unrest. Report No. II
Scope & Content:
This undated printed memorandum, marked 'Very Secret', is the second part of a preliminary report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Special Intelligence Officer attached to the Political Department, India Office. This part focuses primarily on the role of Bolsehvist policy in regards to the Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)