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811. IOR/L/PS/10/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/668
Title:
File 1010/1917 ‘PERSIA: CONCESSIONS – Khostaria concession; Leach concession; Toumaniantz concession’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to applications from foreign interests for oil concessions in Persia [Iran]. These were of interest to the British Government because of the potential threat they presented to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s [APOC] monopoly on oil exploration and extra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Mar 1917-13 Aug 1922
Extent:

1 volume (230 folios)

812. IOR/L/PS/10/1192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1192
Title:
File 3939/1926 Pt 1-2 'AITCHISON'S TREATIES REVISION KASHGAR, TIBET ETC.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries). It is mainly comprised of interdepartmental correspondence discussing what sho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1926-6 Dec 1934
Extent:

1 volume (369 folios)

813. IOR/L/PS/10/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 6-8 'Koweit'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 6, 7, and 8 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]: Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/1) concerns the status of citizens of Kuwait in Persia. Part 7 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/2) concerns the proposal that vessels from Kuwait should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would brin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1908
Extent:
1 volume (324 folios)

814. IOR/L/PS/10/268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/268
Title:
File 1360/1912 'Seistan Consulate Expenditure.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns increases made by the Government of India in the consular grant for the Seistan and Kain consulate (also referred to as Sistan). Additional expenditure was required mainly to maintain an increased consular guard, as a result of local unrest and Afghan raids: this increase was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1911-25 Jan 1924
Extent:

1 volume (191 folios)

815. IOR/L/PS/10/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/419
Title:
File 4237/1913 'Persia: Birjand Vice-Consulate'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, regarding the appointment, pay and leave arrangements of the Vice-Consul at Birjand [Bīrjand] from 1913-23. The file also contains...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1923
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

816. IOR/L/PS/10/617

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/617
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1916-17 PORTION'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises mainly printed correspondence, telegrams, summaries, printed reports, notes, receipts, statistical tables, and other papers concerning miscellaneous matters relating to Mesopotamia, including Basra, and also Bahrain. The papers notably cover: The Iraq Occupied Territories ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1915-27 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 volume (723 folios)

817. IOR/L/PS/10/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/193
Title:
File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arms traffic by sea into Yemen in the course of the rebellion there against Turkish rule. The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Admiralty; the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge); and diplomatic representatives of the G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Feb 1911-20 Oct 1911
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

818. IOR/L/PS/10/589

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/589
Title:
File 860/1916 Pt 1-3 'PERSIA: SHIRAZ AND ISPAHAN CONSULATES'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the consular appointment at Shiraz, the Ispahan consulate, and the Shiraz consulate accounts. Correspondents include the Under-Secretary of State, India Office; the Under-Secretary of State, Foreign O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1928
Extent:
1 volume (557 folios)

819. IOR/L/PS/10/637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/637
Title:
File 5235/1916 Pt 1 'Arab revolt: Shereef's title.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the assumption by the Grand Shereef of Mecca [Grand Sharif of Mecca, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the title 'King of the Arab Nation' in 1916, and subsequent discussion by British officials of the implications of the move, and suggestions of alternative titles. The British we...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Oct 1916-18 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

820. IOR/L/PS/10/1034

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1034
Title:
File 450/1922 Pt 2-4 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan Dispute; Koweit Conference'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises three parts discussing matters related to the Kuwait Conference held in late 1923/early 1924: Part 2 concerns the arrangements for and proceedings of the conference Part 3 concerns the employment of Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart George Knox as conference president Part 4 concern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:
1 volume (610 folios)