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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/10 Name Cox, Percy Zachariah, Knight, army officer and colonial administrator, 1864-1937 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/513
Title:
File 4097/1914 Pt 1 'Basra administration'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the civil administration of Basra and its environs after its takeover by British forces during the First World War, such as the city's police force. Other topics covered in the papers include the importation of Indian Staff for the new administration, the sup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 file 281 (folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/514
Title:
File 4097/1914 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; appointments of civilians [from India] to the Civil Administration'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between administrators in British-occupied Basra, and the Government of India relating to obtaining new civil staff for British-occupied territory in Iraq. This includes requests to obtain political officers as well as senior civil engineers required during the i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1915-8 Apr 1919
Extent:
1 file (177 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/635
Title:
File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following: The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1916-5 Apr 1922
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/674
Title:
File 1355/1917 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic - Convention'
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume relate to the Arms Traffic Convention (1919). The papers include: The final text of the Arms Traffic Convention signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, containing the names of the signatory states, 10 September-23 October 1919; the opinions of the French and British governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Oct 1919-20 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (343 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/675
Title:
File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925'
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume relate to the revised international Arms Traffic Convention (1925). The papers include: The right to supply munitions to the governments of Afghanistan, Nepal and Tibet should they fall within the ‘prohibited zone’, 11 December 1924; the preference for including all co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Feb 1925-29 Apr 1926
Extent:

1 volume (609 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/793
Title:
Persia: Railway Construction; Negotiations between the Persian Govt. and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co; Acquisition of Gulf Islands
Scope & Content:
This volume is about the construction of railways in Persia [Iran] and negotiations between the Persian Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) over the acquisition of islands in the Persian Gulf. It contains material relating to: The Persian Government’s interest in attracting Americ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1919-1 Dec 1921
Extent:
1 volume (311 folios)