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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/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)

7. IOR/R/15/6/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/148
Title:
File 6-B/4 Foreign Interests: Closure of French Consulate at Bushire
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter in French (with a cover note in English) sent from the Consul General of France in Bushire to the British Political Resident and Consul General in Bushire. The letter confirms the closure of the French Consulate in Bushire effective from 31 August 1934.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Aug 1934-3 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/149
Title:
File [VI B/4] Foreign Interests: French Consulate at Bushire
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Pierre Sudreau as Consul of France in Bombay [Mumbai] and the extent of his jurisdiction as Consul beyond Bombay itself. On folio 6, the file contains a letter in French sent from the French Embassy in London to the Foreign Office ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Mar 1939-28 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)