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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B153
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway
Scope & Content:
This file is a Foreign Office memorandum concerning the Baghdad railway written by Alwyn Parker,who had negotiated with both the German Government and the Ottoman Empire on this issue and was considered the Foreign Office's specialist on the topic. The memorandum is divided up as follows: 1. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1906
Extent:

1 volume (25 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B172
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway, 1909
Scope & Content:
A printed confidential memorandum for the use of the Foreign Office. The memorandum addresses the Turkish [Ottoman] increase of custom dues and proposals of a Tigris Valley Railway and a Baghdad-Mediterranean Railway. It also contains updates on negotiations with Germany, Russia and France in 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1910
Extent:

bound in volume with other documents (17 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381
Title:
Asiatic Turkey and Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a series of conventions, agreements, and declarations concerning navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Turco-Persian boundary, and the transportation of goods by railway in Asiatic Turkey. It is divided into four sections and contains five maps: IOR/W/LPS/18/B3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-12 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B485
Title:
Memorandum on Bahrein
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, produced by the Foreign Office, dated 13 Jan 1947, deals with the history of Bahrein [Bahrain] from the point of view of the political status of the islands at various periods and dates since 1783, and contains copies of related correspondence and discussions. The princi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1947
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B15
Title:
‘Consular jurisdiction in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Report written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary in the Political Secret Department of the India Office, and dated 14 February 1877. The report, which deals with the question of British consular jurisdiction in Persia and the Persian Gulf, was written in order to close a matter th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Feb 1877
Extent:

18 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B77
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Conveyance of English Mails on the River Tigris
Scope & Content:
This file is a short memorandum that summarises the legal situation regarding the right of English mail ships to sail on the Tigris River. The memorandum was written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. On folio 106 the file contains an extract from a letter (from an Ottoman Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B78
Title:
Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates by British Merchant-Vessels
Scope & Content:
This file contains a selection of correspondence related to the right of British Merchant-Vessels to use the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This correspondence is primarily between British officials but also includes copies of letters between Ottoman officials including one letter in French (ff 11...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 May 1881
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B22
Title:
Correspondence relating to the Italian Occupation of Assab Bay.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum in which correspondence and official reports are reproduced to give an account of the events, rumours and denials surrounding Italian interest in the area of the Somali coast around the Bay of Assab and the islands lying nearby; assurances are sought and received from the Italian Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 May 1880
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B197
Title:
Bagdad Railway and Persian Gulf. The Negotiations with Hakki Pasha [Ibrahim Hakki Pasha]
Scope & Content:
A report concerning a series of meetings held at the Foreign Office in April/May 1913 between Ottoman diplomat Hakki Pasha [Ibrahim Hakki Pasha] and two British officials, Sir Louis du Pan Mallet and Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel. The negotiations concerned the construction of the Gulf section o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 May 1913
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B84
Title:
Further Papers respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to monitor and prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa. The correspondence dates from March 1869 to October 1869. Of particular interest are the following folios: Folio 71 - French Government boat r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Oct 1869
Extent:

1 volume (25 folios)