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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2
Title:
PZ 53/31 'Disposal of Rebel Leaders - Ibn Mashur.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the case of Farhan ibn Mashur, who had committed various acts of rebellion against Ibn Saud. At the conference on HMS Lupin in February 1930 (the Lupin Conference) the King of Iraq (Faisal I) had given a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1931-21 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3
Title:
PZ 63/31 'Arabia: Settlement of Iraq-Hejaz Raid Claims'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to raid claims issuing between Iraq and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Najd. The discussion in the volume relates to the negotiations of compensation, final agreement and arrangements for payment and distributio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1931-21 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/6
Title:
PZ 320/31 'Persia: closing of the Soviet Consulate at Seistan.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, printed correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the closure of the Soviet consulate at Seistan [Sīstān va Balūchestān]. The discussion in the volume relates to the impact of the closure on Soviet support for communists in India, the departure ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1930-5 Feb 1931
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/8
Title:
PZ 478/1931 'Iraq. Minting of national currency'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning the introduction of an Iraqi national currency, mainly relating to the minting of the coins. It includes: copies of correspondence between the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, and the Financial Secretary to the High Commissioner for Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1930-1 Apr 1931
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/16
Title:
PZ 1726/31 'Persian Gulf: Policy and administrative problems in Arab Sheikhdoms'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding the level of direct influence held bythe British Government and the Government of India over the administration ofMuscat and other Persian Gulf states, and proposals for a reduction in thisinfluence in favour of local rulers. The primary correspondents ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1931-6 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/25
Title:
PZ 3162/31 'Persian Gulf: Political Resident's Interview with Secty of State'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains papers regarding a meeting between Lieutenant-Colonel HughVincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and William WedgwoodBenn, Secretary of State for India. The meeting was at the Resident’s requestand took place in London in June 1931. The main topics of conversatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

10. 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)