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1. IOR/L/PS/10/415

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/415
Title:
File 4044/1913 Pts 1-2 'Bagdad Railway Negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains drafts and counter-drafts of the Anglo-German Convention on the Bagdad Railway, plus agreements involving the Bagdad Railway Company, the Ottoman Railway Company, the Anatolian Railway Company, and the Ottoman Government. There is also correspondence regarding the negotiation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/526
Title:
File 53/1915 Pt 5 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; the Petrograd negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the discussions (Petrograd negotiations) between Britain, France and Russia over the creation of an Arab Kingdom and associated zones of British, French and Russian influence in the event of the defeat o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:
1 volume (214 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/657
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (616 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/755
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1918-2 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 volume (326 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/781/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/781/2
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 2 ‘Kurdistan: Policy & Future of’
Scope & Content:
This part primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the political and social situation in Kurdistan between 1918 and 1920. The part includes and covers the following: Administration of occupied territory in Mosul Vilayet Conversations regarding the Franco-Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1918-24 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 item (292 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/51
Title:
PZ 2246/1932 'Communications between London and the Middle East'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to communications between London and the Middle East. It mainly consists of copies of correspondence sent to the India Office from the Foreign Office. This largely consists of copies of correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Apr 1932-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2081

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2081
Title:
Coll 6/15 'Syria: Administration. Question of offer of throne to King Feisal of Iraq.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the administration of Syria and the possibility of the French Government installing a King of Syria. The file mostly contains copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence, much of which consists of copies of the minutes, memoranda and correspondence of the Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jun 1928-15 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2083

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2083
Title:
Coll 6/17 'Syria: Political situation in Syria'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to changes to the administration of French-ruled Syria during the 1930s and early to mid-1940s. The file consists of copies of received Foreign Office correspondence, which have been forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Nov 1931-4 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2166
Title:
Coll 6/93 'Syria – Situation in after the capitulation of France 1940: Allied operations against :–'
Scope & Content:
This file documents British policy and Allied operations regarding Syria and Lebanon, following the defeat of France in June 1940. It documents preparations for a British-Free French military campaign in Syria [Operation Exporter] and concludes with correspondence regarding armistice terms, foll...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jun 1940-28 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (500 folios)