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Name Assistant Under-Secretary of State in Charge of Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, 1907-1913 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/L/PS/10/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/152
Title:
File 2800/1908 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Shiraz Situation'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises two parts that contain correspondence pertaining to two related topics. Part one (folios 80-398) contains correspondence between British officials related to the worsening security situation in Shiraz (including an attack on the British Vice-Consul in Shiraz, Walter Smart...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1913
Extent:
1 file (400 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/154
Title:
File 3175/1908 'Persian Gulf:- Hormuz Oxide.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the rights of British firms to exploit Hormuz oxide (red oxide of iron) mined on the island of Hormuz. The concession to mine the red oxide there was held, and later lost by Haji Agha Mohamed, Muin-ut-Tujjar (also spelled Mouin and Moin) [Haji Agha Muhammad, M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1907-5 Sep 1913
Extent:
1 volume (479 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/610

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610
Title:
File 73/7 I (D 19) Status of Kuwait & Baghdad Railway, and Anglo-Turkish negotiations 1911
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Much of the correspondence has been forwarded to the Residency by the Foreign Department of the Government of India and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1911-19 Jan 1912
Extent:
2 volumes (334 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/611
Title:
'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edward Grey...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)