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1. IOR/L/PS/10/566

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/566
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to trade between Baghdad and Basra in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Great Britain, in the wake of Britain’s military invasion and occupation of Mesopotamia during the First World War. Subjects covered include: the resumption of trade between Britain and Baghdad; enquiries made to the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Mar 1917-31 Dec 1917
Extent:

1 volume (187 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/571
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 8 ‘Mesopotamia – Trade; Prize Court Proceedings re s.s. "Albistan" &c’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Prize Court proceedings of the SS Albistan and SS Avristan. Most of the papers relate to the case of the Albistan, which sailed from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in October 1914 (prior to war being declared between Britain and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1917-18 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 volume (163 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3925

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3925
Title:
Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the application to the Persian Gulf of amended prize jurisdiction in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of, the Second World War. Prize law related to the capture of enemy ships and goods during wartime. The Prize Act, 1939 extended prize law to aircraft also. The paper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1939-21 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/149
Title:
File 1/A/23 I Activities of the Persian Navy
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the seizure of, or interference with, Arab merchant vessels (dhows, jolly-boats, booms) by ships of the Iranian Navy, and the Iranian (often referred to as the Persian) authorities. The pretext was generally the prevention of smuggling. The correspondence is mainly between the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
8 May 1933-5 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1880

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1880
Title:
‘File B/12 SEIZURE OF A RAS-AL-KHAIMAH BOAT AT SIRRI ISLAND’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with correspondence in 1935 reporting the seizure of a dhow belonging to nakuda Salim bin Abdullah, a subject of Ras al Khaimah, by a large group of Arab inhabitants of Sirri Island, led by Ubaid bin Khalfan al Aqrubi. As a result of their enquiries, the British authorities in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1935-7 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)