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801. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/2
Title:
No. 1. Convention concernant les Chemins de fer en Turquie d'Asie.
Scope & Content:
This item consists of an agreement drawn up by the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) and A P (on behalf of the King), to avoid future disputes regarding the transportation of goods by railway in Asiatic Turkey. The main body of the document is in French.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Aug 1913
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

802. IOR/L/PS/18/B441

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B441
Title:
‘Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for the territory of Koweit, and conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Koweit, approved by His Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir As-Sabah, KCIE, CSI, Ruler of Koweit.’
Scope & Content:
Air navigation regulations (PZ 4125/34) for civil aircraft flying over and landing at Kuwait [spelt Koweit throughout], dated 23 May 1934, with conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Kuwait, approved by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ. The air navigation regulation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1934
Extent:

2 folios

803. IOR/L/PS/18/B231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B231
Title:
The Aden Protecorate
Scope & Content:
The file opens with a letter by Brigadier-General William Crawford Walton, General Officer Commanding, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. The letter outlines four options for how the British may best handle the current political situation in Aden, a Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

804. IOR/L/PS/18/B388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B388
Title:
'Memo on Mussondomom'
Scope & Content:
This is a copy of a printed memorandum, with correspondences by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, dated January to February 1863, concerning locating the Persian Gulf Residency at Cape Mussundoom [Musandam]. In letter No. 2A (folios 1-4), date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

805. IOR/L/PS/18/B110/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B110/2
Title:
Addendum to Memorandum on Sheikh Said, Dated 9 April 1897.
Scope & Content:
An addendum, which reproduces a report written by Commander Alfred Paget, RN, on 11 September 1894, describing the Turkish position of Bab-el-Mandeb opposite to Perim Island, and giving a summary of relevant historical events from 1868. The addendum also provides the opinion of Lewis Anthony Beau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1897
Extent:

1 item (1 folio)

806. IOR/L/PS/18/C34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C34
Title:
Notes on Tours in Persia in 1881: the natural obstruction to the Navigation to the Karoon River at Ahwaz as seen 1st December 1881
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of notes and observations on the navigability of the Karoon [Kārūn] river supplied by Captain H Wells, Royal Engineers, with a particular focus on Ahwaz [Ahvāz]. It also supplies a few suggestions for possible improvements.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1881
Extent:

2 folios

807. IOR/L/PS/18/B481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B481
Title:
Right of H.M.G. to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in International Agreements
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a typescript confidential document entitled 'Right of H.M.G. [His Majesty's Government] to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in International Agreements': note by External Department, India Office, dated April 1946. The note discusses ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1946
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

808. IOR/L/PS/18/B349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B349
Title:
Arabia. Political Situation in Nejd
Scope & Content:
This printed report contains a memorandum by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Political Agent, Bahrein [Bahrain], dated 12 August 1920, concerning the political situation in Nejd [Najd] and Central Arabia at the end of July 1920, gathered from conversations with Abdul Aziz Al Qusaibi [‘Abd ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

809. IOR/L/PS/18/B480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B480
Title:
Ras al Khaimah Oil Agreement
Scope & Content:
This file contains the following items: document detailing the cancellation of an oil agreement made between Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, and Mr Basil Henry Lermitte, attorney of Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, in 1938, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1945
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

810. IOR/L/PS/18/B90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B90
Title:
Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
This file contains a selection of correspondence, extracts and reports regarding the involvement of British subjects from the Princely State of Kutch [Cutch] in the slave trade in Zanzibar and attempts by the British Government to end this involvement. Much of the correspondence is from Britai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870
Extent:

1 file (28 folios)