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451. IOR/L/PS/18/B51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B51
Title:
Memorandum on the French claim to the island of Karrack, by Sir H C Rawlinson
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, compiled on 28 December 1889 by Sir Henry Rawlinson , refers to a Letter from the Foreign Office, dated 20 September 1889. The subject is the alleged cession of the Island of Kharg [Iran] from the Persian Government to France in 1836-37, which seemed improbable and, anywa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1889
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

452. IOR/L/PS/18/B51a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B51a
Title:
Proposed Transfers of Aden and Somali Coast to Imperial Government; and of Persian Legation to India
Scope & Content:
This secret and confidential memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office Press in June 1890, concerns the issue of the proposed transfer of Aden, the Somali Coast and everything connected with the Red Sea from the Government of India, and leaving British representation in Persia entirely in the han...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1890
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

453. IOR/L/PS/18/B461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B461
Title:
MEMORANDUM (a) The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. (b) His Highness Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum in two parts. The first part provides information about the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in eight sections, entitled, 'Territory', 'Historical', 'Physical Features', 'Climate', 'Population', 'Products and Trade', 'Religion' and 'Government'. The second part descr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:

5 folios

454. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

455. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/4
Title:
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part IV)
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written and compiled by Adolphus Warburton Moore for the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, and dated 12 February 1884. The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part III)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/4), dealing ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Feb 1884
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

456. IOR/L/PS/18/B301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B301
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments (during the War) to the Gulf Chiefs
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments during the First World War to autonomous or independent Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf, including the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat], the Trucial Chiefs of Oman (that is, Abu Dh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

457. IOR/L/PS/18/B165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B165
Title:
Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905
Scope & Content:
The report, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled by Captain Edward Willoughby Sandys Mahon, Royal Engineer on 24 July 1905 to identify places suitable as termini of the Baghdad Railway. He advises Bussorah [Basra] as the best place, for strategic and commercial reasons. The r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1905
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

458. IOR/L/PS/18/B425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B425
Title:
Translation of Lease by Sheikh Mubarak of Koweit of the Bunder Shweikh Lands and of the Acceptance of that Lease by the Political Agent, Koweit, both dated 15 October 1907
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a copy of a translation of a lease by Sheikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] for Bunder Shweikh [Bandar Shawaykh] and of the acceptance of the lease by Major Stuart George Knox, Political Agent at Kuwait, dated 15 October 1907. The lease has twel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1907
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

459. IOR/L/PS/18/B30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B30
Title:
Memorandum Regarding the Relations with the Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden, especially in Reference to the Amir of Zhali.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum written by the Assistant Political Resident at Aden, Major John Muir Hunter, suggesting proposals to formalise with treaties British relations with a number of tribes in the vicinity of Aden in order to limit the encroaching influence of the Turkish Porte. He also suggests pensioning...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1885
Extent:

2 folios

460. IOR/L/PS/18/B477

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B477
Title:
Agreement for the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited, which relates to the exploitation of sulphur in Kuwait agreed between the Shaik of Kuwait and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited. This agreement outlines the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1940
Extent:

1 file (2 foilos)

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