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11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/2120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2120
Title:
Coll 6/53 'Red Sea: The Hanish Islands.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the sovereignty status of the Hanish Islands, as well as that of other islands in the Lower Red Sea. It documents concerns held by the British Government that the Italian Government is in the process of attempting to establish some kind of informal control over certa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1928-12 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/2172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2172
Title:
Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the purchase by the Afghan Government of arms and ammunition from Italy. The file contains correspondence with the Afghan Legations in Rome and London, and the Afghan Foreign Ministry, plus correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Government of India's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1 Jun 1931-21 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

16. 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)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/3928

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3928
Title:
Coll 30/191 ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of the Persian Gulf. Establishment of aircraft facilities at Socotra and Salalah (Muscat) and Assembly Port at Masira Bay.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to defence facilities in the Persian Gulf and on, or near, the Southern Arabian Coast. It includes papers relating to the following: The construction of a naval ammunition store on Jiddah Island (also spelled Jidda Island in the file), ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1939-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (482 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/639
Title:
‘File 25/3 Agreement between UK and Italy’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed copy of a booklet containing two agreements: I. Agreement between the United Kingdom and Italy, consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; and II. Bon Voisinage Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between the United Kingdom and Italy, agreed in Rome on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/692
Title:
‘File 28/10 (a) War. Foreigners, Anti-British Activities, etc. Father Irzio Luigi Magliacani (Roman Catholic Priest in Bahrain)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the presence in Bahrain during the War of an Italian Roman Catholic priest, Irzio Luigi Magliacani. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Arn...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
11 May 1931-22 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/5/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/214
Title:
File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities and standing of Izzat Jaafar ['Izzat Jafar], the Secretary of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Much of the correspondence concerns allegations that Jafar was an agent of the Italian Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)