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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Colonial Office, 1854-1966

1. IOR/L/PS/12/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/9
Title:
PZ 586/1931 'Persia & Iraq: Exchange of Representatives'
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence sent to the India Office by the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office, mostly regarding the exchange of diplomatic representatives between Persia [Iran] and Iraq. It largely consists of copies of correspondence between the office of the High Commissio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1931-4 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/26
Title:
PZ 3166/31 'Koweit-Iraq: Reciprocal arrangements for service of summonses emanating from courts of Koweit & Iraq'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding the ongoing arrangement within Kuwait for serving summonses and other legal documentation emanating from courts inIraq, and discussion of a reciprocal arrangement within Iraq for documentation emanatingfrom Kuwait. The correspondents are: High Commission,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1931-17 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/58
Title:
PZ 6064/32 'Mr C C Garbett: liability to British Income Tax during period of employment under Iraq administration'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the outstanding payment from Colin Campbell Garbett of income tax for his employment by the High Commission, Baghdad, between 1920 and 1922. As well as Mr Garbett, the primary correspondents are: Colonial Office; India Office; Neville Chamberlain, Chance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1932-21 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/86
Title:
PZ 7248/33 'Persian Gulf: Jewish school at Bushire; q[uestio]n of financial assistance from Anglo-Jewish Association'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request by the Jewish community in Bushire for assistance in funding a school, and the consideration of this request by the Anglo-Jewish Association. The primary correspondents are: Secretary, Anglo-Jewish Association; Colonial Office; Political Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1933-16 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/179
Title:
PZ 6508/35 Aden: rebuilding of Church of Scotland School at Sheikh Othman
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning enquiries for a grant from the Colonial Office towards the cost of rebuilding the Church of Scotland School at Sheikh Othman [Ash Shaykh ‘Uthmān] in Aden, which was destroyed by a flood in 1927. The main correspondents include John Graham Kerr, MP ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1935-Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/239

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/239
Title:
PZ 6755/37 'Consular: Funds held by H.M. Consular Officers on behalf of the Government of India'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding a proposal for the certification of cash balances held by HM Consular Officers on behalf of the Government of India. This covers scenarios where consular officers obtained funds directly from the Government of India in advance of expenditure to be in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1937-13 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/260
Title:
PZ 6253/1938 'Shipwreck of a party of Muscat Arabs - Qn. of recovery of expenses incurred by Govt. of Italian Somaliland'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning: the shipwreck on the coast of Italian Somaliland, on 20 March 1938, of a group of Muscat Arabs on board the dhow [sailing vessel] ‘Galib’, bound for Zanzibar and the Tanganyika Territory; and the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1938-17 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/657
Title:
Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the organization of anti-locust controls in India, East Africa and the Middle East, especially Persia [Iran], where international conferences of locust experts were held. Support for scientific research and international cooperation between the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1941-28 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (530 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/844B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/844B
Title:
Ext 3896/43 'O K Caroe'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding travel and accommodation arrangements for Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe, External Affairs Secretary in the Government of India, and his wife Frances ‘Kitty’ Caroe. As well as Mr and Mrs Caroe, the primary correspondents are: Government of India; India Office; Colonial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1943-28 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/846

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/846
Title:
Ext 4180/43 'Inquiry re name and address of oil co at Bahrein (B.P.Co).'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of letters between the Colonial Office and Edward Sinclair regarding Sinclair’s request for the address of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1943-30 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)