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1. IOR/L/PS/10/911

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/911
Title:
File 4917/1920 'MESOPOTAMIA: MANDATE [AND PALESTINE]'
Scope & Content:
The volume includes correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, minutes, draft mandates and conventions. The correspondence is mainly about the British Mandate for Palestine and Mesopotamia, and the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon. British and French officials exchanged draft copies o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1920-31 Dec 1924
Extent:

1 volume (377 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2963

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2963
Title:
Coll 20/11 'Muscat: Channel of communication between foreign governments and the Sultan; Visits of foreign naval vessels to Muscat'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, minutes, and notes concerning visits to Muscat by French and Italian vessels and the discussion of the correct channels foreign states should go through to seek permission for such visits. The file covers the following visits: French warships Mondement and Alert...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 Feb 1926-9 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B60
Title:
Memorandum on Sheikh Said
Scope & Content:
The memorandum was created based on the re-awakened interest on the part of the French in Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], and is a collection of information held in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office relating to the territory. It Includes a summary of: the acquisition of Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Mar 1893
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/FO31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO31
Title:
ARABIA. 1905.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Admiralty, British administrative and diplomatic staff, foreign governments and their staff, and private companies and individuals. It was printed for use by the F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1905-1906
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

7. Mss Eur F112/276

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/276
Title:
Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, maps and other papers concerning the Middle East
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and other papers relating to Middle Eastern affairs and a few other miscellaneous matters. The majority of the file concerns discussions of and proposals for the post-war settlement of Near Eastern territories, including Turkey, Armenia, Georgia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Aug 1893-19 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (110 folios)

8. Mss Eur F112/277

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/277
Title:
Papers on British policy and the Arab movement
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, manuscript notes, and other papers relating to the political and territorial settlement of parts of the Middle East following the First World War. Many of the papers were collected for the attention of the Middle East Committee (later named the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jul 1916-7 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (187 folios)

9. Mss Eur F112/288

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/288
Title:
The Establishment of Mandates, Principally: Mesopotamia, Palestine and Syria
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the establishment of mandates which were drawn up under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations (signed on 28 June 1919 as part of the Treaty of Versailles that officially ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers). The papers ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jul 1920-Dec 1920
Extent:

1 file (234 folios)