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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/10 Subject First World War (1914-1918)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/210
Title:
File 52/1912 Pt 2 'Persia Diaries'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of the weekly Meshed [Mashhad] Intelligence Summary, the weekly diary of the British Military Attaché in Meshed [Mashhad]; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain. These reports conta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1914-17 Mar 1917
Extent:
1 volume (603 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/211
Title:
File 52/1912 Pt 3 'Persia Diaries'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of the weekly Meshed [Mashhad] Intelligence Summary; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain. These reports contain details related to regional political and military developments inc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1917-10 May 1919
Extent:
1 volume (562 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/243
Title:
File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of printed correspondence, handwritten correspondence, notes and other papers. This relates to the operation of British Indian post offices in Persia, and in particular in the region known as Arabistan [Ahvāz] by British officials. The file is a direct chronological c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1919
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/386
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf Katr Treaty'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 3 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns a treaty between Britain and El Katr (also spelled Katar in the file) [Qatar]. In a copy of a telegram to the Secretary of State for India, dated 13 August 1913, the Viceroy of India acknowledges the former's wish to negotia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1913-11 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/387
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 4-5 'PERSIA GULF AND ARABIA NEJD AFFAIRS 1914-16'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 4 and 5 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It documents the efforts of British officials to persuade both Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Grand Sherif [Sharif] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] to side with the British against the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1914-12 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (367 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/388
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 6 'Arabia Relations with Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 6 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns British relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Much of the volume's correspondence discusses whether the British should offer Bin Saud inducements (in the form of money, titles, arms or...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Dec 1916-30 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/389

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/389
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 7-8 'PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA NEJD-HEJAZ AFFAIRS 1918'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 7 and 8 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and British policy towards both. It includes correspondence, not ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1918-26 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (508 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/455

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/455
Title:
File 2696/1914 Pt 1-2 'Anglo-Russian Agreement'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Anglo-Russian Agreement'. The volume concerns proposed changes to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, following a completed draft convention between Britain, China, and Tibet (completed in April 1914, but not signed by the Chinese Government)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1914-15 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/462
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 1 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning diplomatic tensions between the British and Ottoman Governments at the outset of the First World War, including social unrest and military/naval movements in Baghdad, Basra, and the Shatt al-Arab. The volume’s papers were produced prior to the Ottoman Ruler Sultan Mehmed V’s de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1914-25 Oct 1914
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/463
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 2 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning events in Mesopotamia and in the Persian Gulf, leading up to and immediately after the outbreak of war between Great Britain and Turkey. The file is a chronological continuation of File 3136/1914 Pt 1 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’ (IOR/L/PS/10/462...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Oct 1914-8 Dec 1914
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)