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101. IOR/L/PS/10/1127/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1127/3
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 9 ‘Arabia:- Nejd - Hedjaz hostilities 1924-25. Wahabi massacres at Taif 1924. Compensation for British subjects for losses sustained through Taif atrocities.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and reports relating to the massacre of the inhabitants of Taif during the Wahabi [Wahhabi] invasion of the city in September 1924. The papers specifically concern claims for compensation made by British subjects in Taif during the massacres. They include a number of eyewitness acc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1926-15 Jun 1926
Extent:
1 item (42 folios)

102. IOR/L/PS/10/1245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1245
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 14 'Nejd-Koweit: Proposals for a comprehensive settlement between Ibn Saud & the Sheikh of Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of the British Government to mediate a settlement of the differences between the Shaikh of Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), Sir Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Hej...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1929-3 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 volume (401 folios)

103. 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)

104. IOR/L/PS/12/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/121
Title:
PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the claim of Robert Wonkhaus and Company, Hamburg, for financial compensation for loss due to the interruption of their contract for purchasing red oxide at Abu Musa from a concessionaire, following the cancellation of the concession ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934-30 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

105. IOR/L/PS/12/236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/236
Title:
PZ 5708/37 'Claim for compensation in respect of losses sustained in the Great War: Mrs Aga Faruksha'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning a compensation claim for the murder of Aga Farrukh Shah (also spelt Agha Farrukhshah) at Kerman during the First World War. Aga Farrukh Shah was supposedly working in the interest of the British Government at the time of his death, and the first cla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1937-4 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

106. IOR/L/PS/12/1192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1192
Title:
Ext 243/47 'Lives and property of Persian nationals resident in Bombay; claims against Persian Government'
Scope & Content:
This file contains documents that discuss various financial claims of the British Government of India and the Government of Iran against one another. Most of the claims were made between 1942 and 1948. The claims are the result of loss of either lives or property of Iranians living in India or Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1947-21 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

107. IOR/L/PS/12/1452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1452
Title:
Coll 1/15 'Arab-Jewish riots: Suggested increase in Police and Defence Forces; question of compensation for loss of and damage to property'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the Arab-Jewish disturbances which took place in the Aden Settlement on the 23-25 May 1932. The disturbances occurred following the alleged defilement of a mosque. The file contains reports and internal memos, plus correspondence between: the Aden Resident; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1932-13 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (351 folios)

108. IOR/L/PS/12/3445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3445
Title:
Coll 28/42 ‘Persia. Motor-car Registration in East Persia. Issue of Driving Licenses and Visas to British & Persian subjects; Indian lorry drivers in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning the issue of licenses and visas for Persian and Indian lorry drivers operating between Duzdap [Zahedan] in the East Persian province of Sistan, and Nok Kundi in British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan]. The licenses were issued by the Governments of Persia [Iran] and India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
21 Dec 1931-10 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

109. IOR/L/PS/12/3456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3456
Title:
Coll 28/51 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Treaty negotiations: Article regarding private claims.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the drafting of an article for the Anglo-Persian Treaty, concerning private claims made against the British and Persian Governments. The correspondence concerns: the exclusion from the article of British Indian claims; an agreement by both parties to n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Apr 1932-28 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (176 folios)

110. IOR/L/PS/12/3466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3466
Title:
Coll 28/60(1) ‘Persia. Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, and British Consular Representatives, etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the ill-treatment of foreigners (specifically British or British Indian subjects) in Persia [Iran] at the hand of the Persian authorities. The file’s principal correspondents are: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Robert H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jan 1931-12 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 volume (470 folios)