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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language French Place Egypt, Africa

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/42
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
Scope & Content:
A copy of the proclamation written by General Napoleon Bonaparte after capturing Alexandria, dated 13 Messidor of Year VI of the French Revolution/Muharram 1213 (1 July 1798). The proclamation declares the end of the rule of the Mamelukes in Egypt and criticises the Mameluke rulers. It denies t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1 Jul 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/260
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton with enclosures
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 30 August 1802. The letter forwards reports from Persia [Iran] of military preparations believed to be related to a campaign a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 May 1802-30 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/464
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Britain’s position in Egypt at the beginning of the First World War. The papers cover: behind-the-scenes diplomatic negotiations between British Government officials and Arab and Muslim representatives; reports of anti-British or Egyptian-nationalist propaganda, much of which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:

1 volume (368 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/467
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning Britain’s declaration of Egypt as a British Protectorate in November 1914. The volume includes: Correspondence relating to Britain’s annexation of Cyprus in November 1914, and the status of Cypriots and Egyptians in Cyprus as British subjects (ff 120-125). Papers concerning the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Nov 1914-30 Mar 1918
Extent:

1 volume (124 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/230
Title:
PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains mainly despatches received by the Foreign Office, reporting on the Egyptian proposal to establish a modern Islamic Caliphate under King Farouk. The main correspondents are Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt, and Sir Reader William Bullard, Minister at the British Le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1930-8 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2048

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2048
Title:
Coll 5/84(3) ‘Persian Gulf-Sheikdoms: Anglo-French Air Transit Agreement (Reciprocal Military Air Transit-Rights)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to an Air Transit Agreement being negotiated between the United Kingdom (UK) and France to enable scheduled military aircraft to fly over, and land at airfields within, each other's territories. A number of drafts of this agreement can be found throughout the fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Jul 1946-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (265 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2763
Title:
Coll 15/2 'Egypt. Acceptance of foreign decorations by Egyptian subjects'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, 'regarding the desire of the Egyptian Government that the text of their latest regulations governing the acceptance by Egyptian subjects of foreign decorations may be communicated to the government of Muscat and Oman...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Dec 1931-24 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2765
Title:
Coll 15/3(1) (A) 'Actes de la Conférence des Capitulations Montreux, 12 Avril-8 Mai 1937: Compte Rendu des Séances plénières de la Conference et Procès Verbal des Débats de la Commission Générale et de la Commission du Règlement d'organisation judiciaries'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a printed publication in French, published in May 1937. By a letter, dated 16 January 1937, the Royal Egyptian Government invited countries to participate in a conference taking place in Montreux, to discuss the abolition of the capitulations in Egypt. Following a list of me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Apr 1937-31 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (145 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2767
Title:
Coll 15/4 'Internal Affairs: financial situation'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and a booklet relating to the financial situation of the Egyptian Government and the process of fiscal reform. Included in the file is: a copy (ff 20-90) of the booklet 'Projet de reforme du regime fiscal' published by the Eg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Oct 1937-18 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)