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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Basra, Asia Level [41] Item

1. IOR/L/PS/10/83/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/83/1
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 3 'Bahrain: postal arrangements; mails; post office'
Scope & Content:
Part one of the volume relates to postal services in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between the Foreign Office, India Office and Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the General Post Office in London, representatives of Gray, Mackenzie, and Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1905-Jan 1912
Extent:
1 item (91 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/88/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88/1
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia:- Euphrates + Tigris S. N. Co.; Mail contract’
Scope & Content:
Part 1 of the volume comprises correspondence relating to, as well as draft copies of (ff 325-327, ff 338-341, ff 384-386) an indenture for the renewal of the concession agreed between the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (ETSNC) and the British Government, for the conveyance of mai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1905
Extent:

1 item (72 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/366/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/366/1
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Anglo-German Commercial Competition'
Scope & Content:
This is part one (of two) of a larger volume IOR/L/PS/10/366; it concerns increasing German competition experienced by British firms trading in the Persian Gulf region, and contains discussion between British officials as to possible action to strengthen the latter. Specific issues predominant...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1912-24 December 1913
Extent:

1 item (135 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/531/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/531/1
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia: Imperial Ottoman Bank, Baghdad Branch'
Scope & Content:
This part contains correspondence and India Office Minute Papers relating to the Imperial Ottoman Bank in Mesopotamia [Iraq], mainly concerning the Baghdad branch. It includes papers regarding: The decision of the British Government, on the recommendation of local British political authoritie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1917-3 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 item (210 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/531/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/531/2
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Banking Facilities'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to banking facilities in the occupied (by the British) territory of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers consist of correspondence, and India Office Minute Papers and internal notes. The file includes papers relating to: the views of the Government of India and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1918-3 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 item (63 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/547/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/547/2
Title:
File 1093/1915 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Proposed revival of British Consulate at Basra. Portuguese interests in Iraq’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the proposed re-appointment of a British Consul at Basra, and how the new post should be funded. Subjects covered include: whether the Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] could also be appointed Consul at Basra (the two places being in close geographica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1922-20 Jun 1929
Extent:

1 item (164 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/821/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/3
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of BASRA Municipal Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Municipal Council in the province of Basra [also written as Basrah], in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise an India Office Political Department coversheets, minute papers, memoranda and encl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1918-12 May 1920
Extent:
1 item (37 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/821/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/6
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 6 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of BASRA Divisional Council, Council of Notables’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to proceedings of the Divisional Council and Council of Notables in the province of Basra [also written as Basrah], as well as observations on circumstances relating to the attempted Revolution of 1920, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1919-17 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 item (60 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159
Title:
Basra Showing Ma‘qil, Ashar and Basra City
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the city of Basra, showing the settlements of ‘Basra City’, Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] and Ashar [Al Ashar]; other smaller settlements are also demarcated. The map shows the Shatt-al-‘Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and its tributary creeks, and depicts the main railways, bridges, canals, and road...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet