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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Political Resident and Consul General, Turkish Arabia, 1880-1922 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/77
Title:
File 1290/1905 'Mesopotamia: Oudh Bequest'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the distribution of the Oudh Bequest in Kerbala [Karbala] and Nejef [Najaf]. The correspondence is principally between the Government of India (Foreign and Political Departments), the India Office, and the Foreign Office. There are many enclosures t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1914
Extent:

1 volume (126 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/117
Title:
File 636/1907 'Turkish Arabia: Bagdad Consulate. Mr Gaskin (Commercial Asst). Detention by Turkish authorities (1914-1918). Settlement of accounts.'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the appointment of John Calcott Gaskin as Commercial Assistant to the British Consul at Bagdad in 1906, and the decision for his salary to be paid jointly by the British Government Treasury and the Government of India. Following the outbreak of The First World War t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1904-28 Mar 1929
Extent:
1 volume (300 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/188
Title:
File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, relating to the encroachment on the British Residency in Iraq by the Vali of Baghdad for the purpose of road widening. Also discussed is interference by the Turkish authorities with the property of Messrs Lynch Brothers a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1912
Extent:
1 volume (266 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/212
Title:
File 211/1912 'Turkish Arabia Summaries'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a monthly report Summary of events in Turkish Iraq for the period November 1911 to July 1914. Some reports cover more than one month. Each report was prepared by the Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and Consul General at Baghdad. The reports cover a wide range of politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1911-Jul 1914
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B24
Title:
Memorandum
Scope & Content:
A memorandum with a cover note, in which the Political Resident and Consul General at Baghdad, Trevor John Chichele Plowden, writes to the Political Secretary, India Office, Sir Owen Tudor Burne, suggesting that clarification be sought from the Turkish Porte regarding their permission for the Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1883-8 Mar 1883
Extent:

3 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/20/61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/61
Title:
'REPORT ON A TOUR IN TURKISH ARABIA AND KURDISTAN APRIL-MAY 1910 BY J. G. LORIMER, ESQ., C.I.E., I.C.S., British Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Baghdad.'
Scope & Content:
Tour report written by John Gordon Lorimer from notes taken during his journey from 18 April to 22 May 1910. The report comprises information on topographical matters. The report is divided into sections describing each day's journey, giving start and end destinations, time travelled and topogr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:

1 volume (32 folios)