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1. IOR/L/PS/10/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/24
Title:
File 664/1904 'Turkish Arabia: Status of British Protected Persons'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of British-protected persons (primarily from the native states of India) within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The topics discussed in the file include the consular representation of poor British Indian subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1149
Title:
File P 1477/1925 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Abolition of Capitulations. Personal Status Cases.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the future position of foreign nationals in Persia [Iran], both Muslims and non-Muslims [also spelled in the volume as Moslems], in relation to Persian religious law, after the abolition of capitulations in Persia. The main issues covered in the vo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Oct 1927-16 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 volume (447 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/84
Title:
PZ 6723/33 Nationality Status of People from Protected Areas of North-West Frontier Province
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the nationality status of people born in semi-autonomous princely states in the North-West Frontier Province, India. The primary correspondents are: High Commission for India; India Office; Government of the North-West Frontier Province.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1933-3 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1465
Title:
Coll 1/29 'Aden Protectorate: legal status of subjects of the Hadhramaut; reports on Hadramis in Mecca, 1936, by the British Legation, Jeddah'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office, the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Political Department of the Government of India, and the High Commissioner in Cairo, regarding the legal status of Hadramaut [Hadramawt] subjects; plus minutes regarding Saudi influence in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1924-13 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2105
Title:
Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.'
Scope & Content:
This file, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, relates to the position and national status of British subjects and protected persons residing in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence includes discussion of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1931-13 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2146
Title:
Coll 6/73 'The Yemen: Yemeni Nationality Law.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Yemeni nationality law. It consists of a copy of a translation of an extract from a letter dated 8 August 1935, from the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] to the Acting Resident at Aden. This extract, which was then sent by the Acting Resident to His Majesty's Minist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1935-10 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2979

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2979
Title:
Coll 20/20 'Muscat: National status of subjects of the Sultan of Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence connected to the application by an Omani national resident in England for a Seaman's Certificate of Identity. The correspondence deals with the question of whether subjects of the Muscat State should be granted British Protected Persons status. The principal correspondents are off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1936-15 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3487

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3487
Title:
Coll 28/83 ‘Persia; Persian Nationality Law. Position of British subjects & British protected persons resident in Charbar.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers concerning the status of Indians (as British subjects, also referred to in the file as ‘khojas’) living in Charbar [Chābahār], Persia [Iran], who have had Persian nationality imposed upon them by a nationality law ratified by the Persian Government. The f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1934-1 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (143 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3795

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3795
Title:
Coll 30/78 'Bahrein Nationality Law. Bahrein Property Law: Registration of certain foreigners in Bahrein by the Agency. Ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrein (King's Reg. No. 1 of 1937).'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting and publication of nationality and property laws for Bahrein [Bahrain]. The relevant Order in Council and King's Regulations (copies of which are included) are as follows: The Bahrein (Amendment) Order in Council, 1937 The Bahrein Law regarding Ownership of Immova...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1933-10 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (446 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3818

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3818
Title:
Coll 30/99 'Koweit & Bahrain Nationality. Date of institution of.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs for information concerning the date of the independence of Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrain from Ottoman control, and therefore the date at which the nationality of the two states commenced. Various views are advanced in the corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1933-1 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)