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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B223b
Title:: Second memorandum, by the Political Secretary, India Office, on German press opinion regarding the Middle East. April and May
Scope & Content:: This second memorandum by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel uses press reports to present a general view of the current situation in Turkey with regard to German involvement in the country. Various topics are discussed including the new currency, Turkish nationalism, the Deutsche-Türkisch Vereinigung [...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1916
Extent:: 1 file (4 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B233
Title:: 'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Memorandum by Political Department, India Office.'
Scope & Content:: Memorandum, written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, dated 25 May 1916, examining the implications of war with Turkey on Great Britain particularly the importance to Germany of a Turco-Ottoman alliance and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and the corresponding importance of its dissolution to...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1916
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B350
Title:: Mesopotamia. Causes of unrest. Report No. II
Scope & Content:: This undated printed memorandum, marked 'Very Secret', is the second part of a preliminary report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Special Intelligence Officer attached to the Political Department, India Office. This part focuses primarily on the role of Bolsehvist policy in regards to the Ira...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1920
Extent:: 1 file (9 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/254
Title:: 14/115 II B. 5. Abu Musa. Abu Musa oxide contracts and concession. Hassan Samaiyeh's dealings with the Germans.
Scope & Content:: Correspondence concerning the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island owned by Shaikh Sagar bin Khaled of Sharjah. Letters reference the Protectorate Treaties 1897 clause that the Protectorate Sheikhs should on 'no account, cede, sell, mortgage or otherwise give for occupation any part of my terr...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 23 Aug 1906-13 Oct 1907
Extent:: 1 volume (228 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/255
Title:: 14/115 III B. 6 Abu Musa; Hassan Samayeh's dealings with the Germans
Scope & Content:: This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the mining of iron ore on the island of Abu Musa and Hassan Samayeh's involvements with the Germans. The correspondents include the Political Resident Persian Gulf (Major Percy Cox), Residency Agent Sharjah; Lieutenant-Commander W. Hose, ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, German, and Persian
Date Range:: 5 Nov 1907-10 Mar 1908
Extent:: 1 volume (255 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/256
Title:: 14/115 IV B. 7. Abu Musa
Scope & Content:: Correspondence concerning Abu Musa island. Correspondence discusses British memorandum of 1908; the German case relating to their mining operations; the Persian claim to Abu Musa, Sirri and Tunb [Tumb]; the role of Hassan bin Samaiyah and the contract with the German company Wonckhaus. Corrrespo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 6 Feb 1908-24 Nov 1908
Extent:: 1 volume (281 folios)