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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Egypt, Africa Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/794
Title:
Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding military policy and strategy in Egypt and Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War in response to recommendations made by General Jan Christiaan Smuts, Defence Minister of South Africa and a member of the Imperial War Cabinet. Topics covered in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1918-28 Mar 1918
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3289
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART I. (From 1st to 31st December 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 December 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these paper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1917-5 Dec 1917
Extent:

1 volume (274 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/19
Title:
'Remarks on the Bashi-Bazouks and other irregulars; including brief reflections on the present war. With a sketch of General William Ferguson Beatson, organiser of the Bashi-Bazouks during the Crimean campaign' by Colonel William Ferguson Beatson Laurie
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises information about the Bashi-Bazouks and other irregulars including the following: remarks – discusses the notoriety and character of the Bashi-Bazouks, and their involvement in the Bulgarian atrocities during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. A brief assessment of Turkish and R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877
Extent:

1 volume (10 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/8
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 31. JAN. 1793 TO 21. JUNE 1803 VOL 8'
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Resident and Factor at Bussora [Basra], Samuel Manesty. The letters are dated 31 January 1793-21 June 1803 and the date each letter was received is recorded on the back of it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1793-21 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 volume (609 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/464
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Britain’s position in Egypt at the beginning of the First World War. The papers cover: behind-the-scenes diplomatic negotiations between British Government officials and Arab and Muslim representatives; reports of anti-British or Egyptian-nationalist propaganda, much of which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:

1 volume (368 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/467
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning Britain’s declaration of Egypt as a British Protectorate in November 1914. The volume includes: Correspondence relating to Britain’s annexation of Cyprus in November 1914, and the status of Cypriots and Egyptians in Cyprus as British subjects (ff 120-125). Papers concerning the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Nov 1914-30 Mar 1918
Extent:

1 volume (124 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/648
Title:
File 287/1917 ''Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians''
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for alleged anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta. The file includes corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/171
Title:
PZ 5636/35 'Egypt: Annual Reports 1934 -1938'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises five printed Foreign Office annual reports (for the years 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938) relating to Egypt. The printed reports follow the same format. They start with a letter from the High Commissioner to Egypt (Sir Miles Lampson) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1935-22 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 volume (166 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/230
Title:
PZ 2934/37 'The Caliphate (of Islam)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains mainly despatches received by the Foreign Office, reporting on the Egyptian proposal to establish a modern Islamic Caliphate under King Farouk. The main correspondents are Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt, and Sir Reader William Bullard, Minister at the British Le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1930-8 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/319
Title:
PZ 7705/39 'Egypt: British Embassy measures to influence Arabic press'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between British officials relating to press activities in Egypt, namely the way that Britain and its interests are portrayed in the newspapers. A memorandum written by Albert Napier Williamson Napier (Assistant Oriental Secretary (Press and Publicity) for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1939-21 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)