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1. IOR/L/PS/10/407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/407
Title:
File 3463/1913 ‘Aden Frontier Proposed ratification of the 1905 boundary settlement’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, mainly about the latter’s proposal to seek ratification of the Aden boundary settlement of 1905, as part of British counter-concessions to be tabled at the Anglo-Turkish Commercial Convention negotiations in London, 1913-19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:

1 volume (130 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/416
Title:
File 4045/1913 Pt 1-2 'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes and memoranda regarding the Société Internationale d'Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan's proposed bid for an option to construct a railway in Persia. Parts one and two of three. Topics covered: the proposed application by the Société Internationale d'Études for the opt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1916
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/491

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/491
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 16 'German War: Persia; general; question of alliance'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British-Russian attempt to gain trust from the Persian Government, to avoid alliances with the Germans. The volume covers: Discussion on Russian proposal to place the Shia holy shrines of Kerbala and N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Sep 1915-24 Dec 1915
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/568
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 5 ‘Mesopotamia: trade; wool’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning the export of wool from Baghdad and Basra in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of the country after the First World War. The contents of the file are a direct chronological continuation of File 3104/1915 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with Bag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Sep 1918-29 Sep 1919
Extent:

1 volume (164 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/596
Title:
File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the export of dates from Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of Mesopotamia in the First World War. The file includes: correspondence dated 1916 relating to the lifting of a general prohibition on the export of dates from Mohammerah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 May 1916-9 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 volume (350 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/649
Title:
File 390/1917 Pt 1-3 ‘Persia:- Exclusion of Undesirable Aliens.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the question of British authorities allowing foreign subjects, mainly German, Austrian, Swedish and Swiss subjects, to enter Persia [Iran], and the desire of the British Government to prevent German agents, and individuals suspected of having pro-German sym...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 May 1915-18 Jan 1923
Extent:

1 volume (242 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/675
Title:
File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925'
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume relate to the revised international Arms Traffic Convention (1925). The papers include: The right to supply munitions to the governments of Afghanistan, Nepal and Tibet should they fall within the ‘prohibited zone’, 11 December 1924; the preference for including all co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Feb 1925-29 Apr 1926
Extent:

1 volume (609 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/734
Title:
File 1000/1918 Pt 1-2 'Persia: situation & policy'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the situation in Persia [Iran] after the withdrawal of Russian forces in the wake of the Russian Revolution, and British policy in relation to this. Topics discussed include: British military and diplomatic activity in Persia and support from France and the United State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jan 1918-5 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 file (574 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/757

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/757
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Future Constitution (Question of further announcement of British intentions) (Transfer of Dep[artmen]ts to Civil Administration)'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts, copies, and originals of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the British administration in and future constitution of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq]. The volume covers British concern about increasing resistance to their presence in the countr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Jul 1919-7 Jun 1920
Extent:
1 volume (299 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/762
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 9 'Mesopotamia: Control of'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the question of responsibility for the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] and other former Ottoman territories under some form of British control following the First World War. The papers concern a number of matt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 May 1920-29 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 volume (40 folios)