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2201. IOR/L/PS/10/302/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/302/2
Title:
File 3877/1912 Pt 4 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to claims for exploratory oil licenses in Ottoman Turkey (including the vilayets of Baghdad, Mosul and Basra in Mesopotamia [Iraq], and Syria and Nejd). Principal correspondents include: the solicitors Treherne, Higgins and Company, who represent the oil explor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Apr 1914-15 Sep 1914
Extent:

1 part (87 folios)

2202. IOR/L/PS/10/659/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/5
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1E 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Jask lighthouse'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the erection of a lighthouse at Jask, a useful point for ships when making entrance into the Persian Gulf. Related matters of discussion include the following: a statement of expenditure of material and increasing pric...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1918-26 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 item (53 folios)

2203. IOR/L/PS/10/1006/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1006/1
Title:
File 3122/1921 Pt 1 'Persia: Quarantine arrangements'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to quarantine services in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Ministry of Health. Further correspondence, included ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:

586 folios

2204. IOR/L/PS/10/634/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/634/1
Title:
File 4301/1916 Pt 1 'Persia:- Consular escorts for Kermanshah & Shiraz. (Increases in strength [etc.])'
Scope & Content:
This part contains India Office minute papers and correspondence relating to the Consulate escorts at Kerman, Shiraz, and Kermanshah in Persia [Iran], mainly concerning increases and reductions in the strength of the escorts and the expenditure involved. The correspondence mostly consists of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1916-15 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 item (55 folios)

2205. IOR/L/PS/10/965/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/965/1
Title:
File 537/1921 Part 1 'Persia: Oil - Defence of A.P. Oil Co's fields etc'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding the protection of oilfields in Arabistan, Persia [the southern part of Khuzestan Province, Iran] run by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). Topics discussed include: The withdrawal of a British military unit from Ahwaz [Ahvaz] followin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1920-21 Nov 1924
Extent:
1 item (161 folios)

2206. IOR/L/PS/10/1135/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1135/1
Title:
File 255/1925 Pt 1 ‘Persian Baluchistan: Situation; Printed correspondence 1924-1926’
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence, memoranda, draft papers, telegrams and minutes regarding Baluchistan’s administrative, political and financial situation. The papers notably cover: Matters relating to railways in Persia [Iran], including the following: protection and security; working expenses; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1924-26 Aug 1926
Extent:
1 item (177 folios)

2207. IOR/L/PS/10/880/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/880/1
Title:
File 488/1920 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- General question of subsidies to Arab Rulers.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the question of subsidies paid to Arab rulers, including Ibn Saud, the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait], and the King of the Hedjaz. The main correspondents are as follows: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Treasury; the Foreign Office; the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1920-6 Apr 1925
Extent:

1 item (99 folios)

2208. IOR/L/PS/10/649/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/649/1
Title:
File 390/1917 Pt 1 ‘Persia: proceedings of Mr. Otto Brandley, representative of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers in Kerman’
Scope & Content:
This part contains correspondence and India Office minute papers mostly concerning whether the Swiss subject Otto Brandly (also spelled Brandley in the papers), who was suspected by the British Government of having pro-German sympathies, should be allowed return to Persia [Iran], as a representa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 May 1915-30 Oct 1918
Extent:

1 item (126 folios)

2209. IOR/L/PS/10/880/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/880/2
Title:
File 488/1920 Pt 2 ‘Arabia:- Bin Saud & H.M. Govt. H.M. Govt’s policy towards Bin Saud. Bin Saud’s Subsidy. Negotiations with Bin Saud’s envoy 1923.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the policy of the British Government towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, popularly known as Ibn Saud]. It includes papers relating to the following: the request from Bin Saud for an increase in his subsidy; the visit of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1920-17 Jan 1924
Extent:

1 item (182 folios)

2210. IOR/L/PS/10/661/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/3
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 5 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Inspection & overhauling of Lighthouses etc., Cuthbert Deputation'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence discussing the need for the overhauling of lighthouses and lightships in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses arrangements for a tour of inspection, as well as the more general issue of financing lighting and buoying in the Gulf. Not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1922-10 Feb 1923
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)