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2121. IOR/L/PS/10/409/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/409/1
Title:
File 3615/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf - Lease of Isands (& Muin ut Tujjar's Concession)'
Scope & Content:
Part 2 of the volume (folios 17-187) contains correspondence and notes about a proposal by the British Government, for strategic and commercial reasons, to lease certain islands which are situated at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, such as Kishm, Larak and Henjam, from the Persian Government. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1918
Extent:
171 folios

2122. IOR/L/PS/10/409/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/409/2
Title:
File 3615/1913 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf Islands as to occupation in case of war with Persia'
Scope & Content:
Part 3 of the volume (folios 3-16) contains a small amount of correspondence and notes about the merits of a Foreign Office proposal in 1915 to arrange an immediate British military occupation of Kishm, Larak, Henjam and other strategically positioned islands in the Persian Gulf, in order to pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1915
Extent:
13 folios

2123. 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)

2124. IOR/L/PS/10/847/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/3
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Messrs Weir's purchase of sites at Basra.'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part three of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to Andrew Weir and Company's efforts to purchase two properties in Basrah (also referred to as Busreh in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1919-22 Apr 1920
Extent:

1 item (23 folios)

2125. IOR/L/PS/10/1034/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1034/1
Title:
File 450/1922 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan dispute: Koweit [Kuwait] Conference: Breakdown of Conference; Hostile activites of Nejd tribes'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda relating to proceedings at the 1923-1924 Kuwait Conference. The papers discuss matters dealt with at the conference, such as boundary delineation between Trans-Jordan and the Kingdom of Nejd, compensation for raids, the return of refugee tribesmen, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:

473 folios

2126. IOR/L/PS/10/1206/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1206/1
Title:
File 595/1927 Pt 2 ‘Air Route to India: South Persia Route’
Scope & Content:
This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, meetings notes, extracts, and minutes regarding the south Persia [Iran] part of an air route to India. The papers notably cover the following: Discussion with the Persian Government on the use of the south Persian coast for British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1926-11 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 item (455 folios)

2127. IOR/L/PS/10/531/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/531/3
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia: Banking Arrangements - The Eastern Bank's Branches at Mosul (+ Kermanshah). Embargo on Eastern Bank's Drafts at Aleppo'
Scope & Content:
This part mainly consists of correspondence, and India Office minutes and internal notes, relating to the Eastern Bank, including papers concerning: the desire of the Eastern Bank to open a branch at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]; the Bank opening a branch at Mosul in Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the prohi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1918-30 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 item (79 folios)

2128. IOR/L/PS/10/1271/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1271/1
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the question of whether Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain], Muscat, and the Trucial Coast Sheikdoms should become formal British protectorates, including the views on this question of the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; HM Minister at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1927-14 May 1929
Extent:

1 item (96 folios)

2129. IOR/L/PS/10/1274/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1274/1
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 10 ‘Persian Gulf: Anglo-Persian Negotiations 1928-30. Question of removal of Residency from Bushire.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the question of whether the British Political Residency at Bushire should be removed from Persian [Iranian] territory, and whether the functions of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf should be separated from those of the Consul-General at Bushire. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1928-28 Nov 1929
Extent:

1 item (228 folios)

2130. 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)