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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968

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/12/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/15
Title:
PZ 1654/31 'Mr Philby's conversion to Islam'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding the conversion to Islam of Harry St JohnBridger Philby, former Colonial Office intelligence officer and advisor to IbnSaud, King of Nejd and Hejaz. The primary correspondents are: British Legation,Jeddah; Foreign Office; India Office; Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1930-18 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/18
Title:
PZ 2143/31 'Persia: British Military Attaché, Tehran'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding a request from the Imperial Court ofPersia for the recall of Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Dodd as British MilitaryAttaché, due to a perceived slight by Dodd towards Reza Shah Pahlavi. The filealso covers an order from the Shah for Persian army officers to no ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Feb 1931-27 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/85
Title:
PZ 6842/33 'Persia: purchase of cargo steamers'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding a request by the Government of Persia for tenders from shipbuilding firms for three new cargo steamers. The primary correspondents are: Persian Chargé d'Affaires, London; Department of Overseas Trade; Commercial Secretary, British Legation, Tehran; Foreign Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1933-7 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/87
Title:
PZ 7629/33 'Persia: Persian armaments'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding actual and attempted purchases of armaments and military equipment by Persia. The primary correspondents are: War Office; India Office; Foreign Office; British Legation, Tehran; Export Credits Guarantee Department. Folios 91-177 cover War Office reports of arm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1933-6 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/90
Title:
PZ 815/34/1 'Foreign policy of HMG and general European situation'
Scope & Content:
This file is divided into two volumes. It consists primarily of diplomatic correspondence from the Foreign Office in London to the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa. The content of the correspondence is primarily concerned with Germany's annexation of Austria in earl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1934-29 Apr 1938
Extent:

1 file (282 folios) divided into two bound slipcases.

7. IOR/L/PS/12/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/120
Title:
PZ 6888/34 History of British Representation in Jedda
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the personal enquiry of Sir Andrew Ryan, Foreign Office, to John Gilbert Laithwaite, India Office, about the history of British representation in Jedda [Jeddah]. The correspondence consists of: a letter to Laithwaite from Ryan, referring to Ryan’s prev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1934-7 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/127
Title:
PZ 701/1935 Question of Continuance of Pension of Naoum Abbo of Basra
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the issue of whether a pension paid from 1918 to 1923 to Mr Naoum Abbo of Basra, an Iraqi national, should be continued. The correspondence includes: Letters and copies of letters between the India Office and Mackrell, Ward and Knight, including a co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1935-6 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/128
Title:
PZ 704/1935 Arabia: Request for Financial Assistance for the ex-Amir of Mecca
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, and enclosed copies of Foreign Office correspondence, relating to the former Amir [Emir] of Mecca, Sherif Ali Haider. It includes a letter from Kenneth Johnstone, Foreign Office, to John Gilbert Laithwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1935-25 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/180

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/180
Title:
PZ 6642/35 Supply of certain War Office and Survey of India maps to the government of Iraq for reprinting in Arabic
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding the supply of certain War Office and Survey of India maps to the Government of Iraq for reprinting in Arabic. It includes a list of maps to be reprinted. The main correspondents include: the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Bagdad [Baghdad]; the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1935-May 1936
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)