‘Introductory Guide to the Government of India filing system’
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The introductory guide, of which there are three identical copies in the file, comprises a set of explanatory notes describing the filing system used by the Government of India from the eighteenth century until 1948, followed by a subject index. The notes describe the arrangement and custodial ...
The file is an index of those A series files, originally created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency, that underwent weeding during the process of the transfer of the Bushire files to the Foreign Office in London. There is a top-level index of the subjects included in the main index on folio ...
The file is a duplicate index of IOR/Z/R/15/1/8, showing those A series files originally created by staff at the Persian Gulf Residency, that survived weeding during the process of the transfer of the Bushire files to the Foreign Office in London. Unlike IOR/Z/R/15/1/8 there is no top-level inde...
‘Government of India files; Confidential Series (Unbound); 3 copies of file list’
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The file contains three typewritten copies of an index which lists current files from the Residency’s confidential office. Each index has a different set of handwritten annotations on each copy. The first copy of the index (folios 2-27) has annotations noting missing sections, new file entries, ...
Shakespear, William Henry Irvine: diary of journey across central Arabia
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A diary written by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear recording his journey across Arabia in 1914. The volume consists of: folios 2-14: 'Accounts of Journey into Central Arabia. February, March, April, May 1914': statements of expenses incurred on the journey; folio 19: a note of the altit...
16 Letters from Sir Henry McMahon to Sir Thomas Perrott
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This file consists of sixteen letters (including some with their original envelopes) that were sent by Colonel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon of the Indian Staff Corps to Major General Sir Thomas Perrott of the British Army. The letters were sent while McMahon was on service as an officer in the Indi...
Account of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Islands by Brigadier-General Sir Terence Humphrey Keyes
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This file contains an account of the history of Bahrein [Bahrain] that was written by Brigadier-General Sir Terence Humphrey Keyes while he was serving as Political Agent in the country. The account (folios 2-8) gives details of the Al Khalifa family's takeover of the islands, the development ...
A paper by Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy detailing the British connection with Seistan. The paper is divided into three sections: Part I: 'A brief review of British Consular activity in Seistan.'; Part II: 'The present position in Seistan.'; Part III: 'Possible future changes in Seista...
The file contains two versions of a paper by Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy entitled 'The Persian Gulf'. The paper was clearly intended to be a guide for British officials who had been newly posted to the region. The paper gives information on the geography and history of the Persian Gu...
The document (marked 'C.L.R.'s copy', 'Revised June 1962') consists of a chronological list of the rulers of Kuwait (1756 to date); a list of the Kuwait Council of Ministers; and genealogical tables of the descendants of thirteen shaikhs.
