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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Sovereignty Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/153
Title:
File 3089/1908 'Persian Gulf:- Sirri Oxide.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers concerning the granting of a concession to British companies to mine red oxide on the Island of Sirri (also referred to as Siri and Sirra) in the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are HM Minister, Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay); the British C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1908-23 Jun 1909
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1041

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1041
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 3 'Bahrein: Persian claim to sovereignty'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. The original correspondence is principally between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Government of India (Foreign and Political Department). Further corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Dec 1922-22 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 volume (634 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1267
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Tamb. (and Abu Musa)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the ownership and sovereignty of the islands of Tamb and Abu Musa (and Little Tamb and Sirri) in the Persian Gulf, and negotiations for a general treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran]. The papers mainly consist of correspondence and India Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Jul 1928-29 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (535 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1275
Title:
File 4640/1928 Pt 2 ‘Muscat Situation at Sur.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers concerning the situation at Sur in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The papers mainly relate to ‘difficulties’ which had arisen between the tribes of Sur and the Government of Muscat, inter-tribal and inter-factional rivalries, the question of what action the British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1926-19 Nov 1931
Extent:

1 volume (396 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/114
Title:
PZ 4718/1934 ‘Historical Memorandum on Bahrein.’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of an India Office Historical Memorandum on Bahrein [Bahrain] by John Gilbert Laithwaite, dated 14 July 1924. The memorandum is primarily concerned with the history of Bahrein from the point of view of the political status of the islands, and in particular with the claims to so...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1156
Title:
Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2106
Title:
Coll 6/39 'Kuria Muria Islands: Administration and Status of'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the status and administration of the Kuria Muria Islands [Jazā’ir Khurīyā Murīyā, Oman]. It features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Resident, Aden; the Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for India; the Vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Swedish
Date Range:
2 Feb 1929-27 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2120
Title:
Coll 6/53 'Red Sea: The Hanish Islands.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the sovereignty status of the Hanish Islands, as well as that of other islands in the Lower Red Sea. It documents concerns held by the British Government that the Italian Government is in the process of attempting to establish some kind of informal control over certa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1928-12 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2154
Title:
Coll 6/81 'Syria: Status of Alexandretta and Antioch.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents the British response to developments regarding the status of the Sanjak [administrative district, referred to in Arabic as Liwa] of Alexandretta, including the cities of Alexandretta [İskenderun, Turkey] and Antioch [Antakya, Turkey]. The file features the following principa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1936-31 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (286 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3709
Title:
Coll 30/1 'Tamb Island: Question of Lease to Persia, Persian Govt's Claim to Tamb'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the disputed ownership of the Tamb (also written as Tanb and Tund) [Greater and Lesser Tumb] islands between Ras al-Khaimah and the Government of Persia. The islands of Abu Musa and Henjam and their status are also mentioned intermittently throughout ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 May 1930-15 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (437 folios)