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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2061-2170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2061-2170
Title:
Political (External) Collection 6: Arabia
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 6: Arabia sub-series concerns British policy across the Arabian Peninsula. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, specifically between the Foreign Office and British representatives based in various protectorates, mandated territories,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Swedish
Date Range:
Jan 1906-28 Feb 1950
Extent:
108 files (20,934 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221
Title:
Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files relating to the administration and control of arms, ammunition and arms traffic in India and the Gulf region. The materials were created and accumulated by the India Office Political Department, and largely consist of correspondence with the Foreign Office, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1912-1949
Extent:

48 files, 2 volumes (7468 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/97
Title:
Correspondence regarding Transactions of Cochineal
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Extracts and summaries of letters in French, Italian, and Arabic from Constantinople [Istanbul] dated 10 September-30 September 1799, concerning transactions of cochineal involving British-employed ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. 2. Letters from John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sept 1799-2 Nov 1799
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/672

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/672
Title:
File 1355/1917 Pt 1 ‘Peace Settlement- The Arms Traffic Convention 1919’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, minutes, and reports concerning arms trafficking after the war. Among the reports in the volume is a report submitted by the Committee of Imperial Defence to the Under-Secretary of State for India, Political Department, India Office. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
22 Jan 1917-16 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (296 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/616
Title:
File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers largely relating to French policy in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Arabia, and Anglo-French relations concerning the region. It includes papers relating to the following: The French mission being sent to the Hedjaz under Mustapha Cherchali. The French Military Mission in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
30 May 1917-11 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3927

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3927
Title:
Coll 30/190 'Bahrein: Qn. of the institution of a Bahrein "Order".'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns two issues ('Qn.' stands for 'question' in the file title): (1) the award by Pope Pius XII of a papal decoration (the Grand Cross of the Order of St Sylvester) to Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain; and (2) the decision of Shaikh ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4 Mar 1940-26 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/285
Title:
File 2672/1912 ‘Turco-Italian War: Red Sea’
Scope & Content:
The volume, which bears the alternative title ‘Turco-Italian War: Italian action in the Red Sea’ on its first page (f 3), contains correspondence relating to the blockade by the Italian navy of ports on the Red Sea, including Hodeida [Al-Ḥudaydah], from 25 January 1912. This action was part of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
3 Feb 1912-19 Jun 1913
Extent:
1 volume (312 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/62
Title:
Letters to Robert Abbott from Luigi Malagamba and Nicholas Ducci
Scope & Content:
Copies of two letters addressed to Robert Abbott, East India Company Agent in Aleppo, containing news of the French campaign in Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. An Italian letter from Luigi Malagamba, sent from Acri [Acre] and dated 12 March 1799. The letter describes difficultie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/73
Title:
Letters from Nicholas Ducci and Giovanni Lazzari to Louisa Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters received by Louisa Abbott, widow of Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo, concerning the French invasion of Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. A letter from Nicholas Ducci, Agent, sent from Latachia [Latakia] and dated 21 April 1799. The letter r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
21 Apr 1799-6 May 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/75
Title:
Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
Scope & Content:
This item contains seven documents relating to the French Revolutionary Wars in the Levant and Italy: 1. A copy of a letter from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant, to Captain Wilson, Agent of the East India Company in Judda [Jeddah], sent from HMS T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
6 May 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)