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1. IOR/L/PS/10/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/615
Title:
File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Secret Department minute papers, mostly relating to French policy regarding the Hedjaz [Hejaz or Hijaz]. This correspondence largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British High Commissioner of Egypt (Sir Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1916-31 May 1917
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2891
Title:
Coll 17/29 'Iraq. Relations with Syria.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to relations between Iraq and Syria, specifically: the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement between the two countries signed on 24 April 1937; and the Government of Iraq opening a Consulate in Aleppo [in Syria]. The papers are mostly letters to the Secretary of State for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Sep 1937-9 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3431
Title:
Coll 28/35 ‘Flying of Flags in; Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreigners in Persia. In. of Consular buildings’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the flying of flags and the positioning of flag staffs at British consular buildings in Persia [Iran], including at Britain’s naval base on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], and the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The file begins in 1931 wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-31 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3446
Title:
Coll 28/43 ‘Persia. Russia & Soviet Legation at Tehran.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the appointment of a Russian ambassador to Persia [Iran]. Letters from HM’s Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Sir Percy Loraine, record the British Government’s fierce resistance to the appointment of a Russian ambassador. Loraine’s concern ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1923-18 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

5. IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75
Title:
Regulation of pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
pp 569-621. Secretary of State for India forwards copy telegrams, correspondence and regulations concerning the pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea, and proposals by Turkish authorities for regulation and quarantine. Includes copy communications from: Sir Henry Elliot. Dr Dickson, British Delegate t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mar 1877-Oct 1877
Extent:
51 pages

6. IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 nos 28-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 nos 28-30
Title:
Regulation of pilgrim traffic in the East
Scope & Content:
pp 273-83. Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs forwards to Sir Louis Mallet copy correspondence regarding coal steamers carrying pilgrim traffic, their use of the Suez canal, and relevant shipping regulations. Includes correspondence from A Anson, Administrator of the Straits Settlements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1877-Mar 1878
Extent:
10 pages

7. IOR/P/1498 Aug 1880 nos 37-38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1498 Aug 1880 nos 37-38
Title:
Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
Scope & Content:
pp 255-62. Secretary of State forwards copy Reglement applicable aux navires faisant le transport des pèlerins.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Aug 1880
Extent:
6 pages

8. IOR/P/1498 Aug 1880 nos 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1498 Aug 1880 nos 39-40
Title:
Remarks on the implementation of the new Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
Scope & Content:
pp 263-65. Copy circular from the Ottoman Health Department to its Agents regarding the application of the pilgrim traffic rules, plus comments thereon from E D Dickson, British Delegate to the Constantinople Board of Health. The Secretary of State requests the opinion of the Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
May 1880
Extent:
3 pages

9. IOR/R/15/1/565

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/565
Title:
File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the situation in the Hejaz at the time, with Ali entrenched in Jeddah and Ibn Sa'ud's Ikhwan in Mecca. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Nov 1924-10 Jul 1925
Extent:
1 volume (307 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/78
Title:
File 1/3 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Relations of Akhwan with Neighbouring States.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] (also referred to Ibn Sa'ud), Sultan of Najd (also referred to as Nejd), particularly in terms of relations between Najd (also referred to as the Akhwan [Ikhwān] and Wahabis [Wahhabis]) and neighbouring states. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Feb 1924-21 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)