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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/10 Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947 Place Mesopotamia, Asia Minor

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/481
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 4 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Jan 1915-13 May 1915
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/482
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in southern Persia and in the territories of the Shatt al-Arab, during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of oilfields. The volume covers: The Arab movement in Mesopotamia. Possible despatch of troops to the Kārun river and to Ahwaz [A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jan 1915-26 Jul 1916
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/755
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration of policy and situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the administration of, and situation in, Mesopotamia [Iraq] following the Asia Minor Agreement of 1916, more commonly known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, between the French and British governments, and the An...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1918-2 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 volume (326 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/771
Title:
File 5633/1918 'Iraq: medical officers for civil administration'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding medical provision requirements for the civil administration in Mesopotamia [Iraq, also written as Irak]. The papers notably cover and include: Descriptions of problems with medical service provision in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1918-14 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/772

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/772
Title:
File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the importance of re-establishing telegraphic communication between India and England via the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia [Iraq] to Mediterranean ports under British control. The papers notably cover the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916-1 Jul 1920
Extent:

1 volume (146 folios)