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1. Mss Eur B228/1

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Mss Eur B228/1
Title:
16 Letters from Sir Henry McMahon to Sir Thomas Perrott
Scope & Content:
This file consists of sixteen letters (including some with their original envelopes) that were sent by Colonel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon of the Indian Staff Corps to Major General Sir Thomas Perrott of the British Army. The letters were sent while McMahon was on service as an officer in the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1897-Sep 1902
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

2. Mss Eur B228/2

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Mss Eur B228/2
Title:
Account of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Islands by Brigadier-General Sir Terence Humphrey Keyes
Scope & Content:
This file contains an account of the history of Bahrein [Bahrain] that was written by Brigadier-General Sir Terence Humphrey Keyes while he was serving as Political Agent in the country. The account (folios 2-8) gives details of the Al Khalifa family's takeover of the islands, the development ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1914-26 Aug 1915
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

3. Mss Eur C600/1

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Mss Eur C600/1
Title:
A NOTE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SEISTAN TO INDIA.
Scope & Content:
A paper by Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy detailing the British connection with Seistan. The paper is divided into three sections: Part I: 'A brief review of British Consular activity in Seistan.'; Part II: 'The present position in Seistan.'; Part III: 'Possible future changes in Seista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

4. Mss Eur C600/2

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Mss Eur C600/2
Title:
THE PERSIAN GULF
Scope & Content:
The file contains two versions of a paper by Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy entitled 'The Persian Gulf'. The paper was clearly intended to be a guide for British officials who had been newly posted to the region. The paper gives information on the geography and history of the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

5. Mss Eur C600/3

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Mss Eur C600/3
Title:
GENEALOGY OF THE SHAIKHS OF KUWAIT
Scope & Content:
The document (marked 'C.L.R.'s copy', 'Revised June 1962') consists of a chronological list of the rulers of Kuwait (1756 to date); a list of the Kuwait Council of Ministers; and genealogical tables of the descendants of thirteen shaikhs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1962
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

6. Mss Eur D922/1

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Mss Eur D922/1
Title:
An Account of a Journey in Kashmir by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Letters from Emily Overend Lorimer to her Parents sent from Bahrain and Kerman
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two separate physical files as follows: 1) An account of a journey in Kashmir in 1898-99 written by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer of the Indian Army. His account is entitled 'Three Months of Privilege Leave'. It contains his observations on the languages, peoples, trans...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1898-1914
Extent:

2 files (630 folios)

7. Mss Eur D922/2

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Mss Eur D922/2
Title:
'En route from Bandar Abbas to Kerman. The Village of Kishku'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a letter that was sent from Emily Overend Lorimer to her parents, Thomas George Overend and Hannah Overend (née Kingsbury). The letter describes the overland journey from Bandar Abbas to Kerman that Emily and her husband, David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (referred to as 'Loc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1912-5 Jan 1913
Extent:

1 file (33 folios)

8. Mss Eur D1090/1

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Mss Eur D1090/1
Title:
Diary of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, 1906
Scope & Content:
This volume is a diary of Sir Arthur Hirtzel (then Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India) for the year 1906. Dated entries start from 7 May and end at 30 December (some dates in between these dates do not have any entries). The entries are usually brief (although entries for some...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1906-30 Dec 1906
Extent:

1 volume (243 folios)

9. Mss Eur D1090/2

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Mss Eur D1090/2
Title:
Diary of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, 1907
Scope & Content:
This volume is a diary of Sir Arthur Hirtzel (then Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India) for the year 1907. Entries start from 2 January and end at 31 December (some dates in between these dates do not have any entries). The entries are usually brief (although entries for some d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1907-31 Dec 1907
Extent:

1 volume (149 folios)

10. Mss Eur D1090/3

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Mss Eur D1090/3
Title:
Diary of Sir Arthur Hirtzel, 1908
Scope & Content:
This volume is a diary of Sir Arthur Hirtzel (then Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India) for the year 1908. Entries start from 1 January and end at 31 December (some dates in between these dates do not have any entries). The entries are usually brief (although entries for some d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1 Jan 1908-31 Dec 1908
Extent:

1 volume (149 folios)