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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1443-1512 Name Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1444
Title:
Coll 1/2 'Administrative policy: arrangements for achievement of Imperial purposes at Aden; transfer of administration to Government of India (from Government of Bombay)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of Bombay to the Government of India, and the institution of Aden as a Chief Commissionership. The following subjects are discussed: the position of Aden in regard to Britain's imperial purposes; the history of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Gujarati
Date Range:
11 Mar 1931-23 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (436 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1449

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1449
Title:
Coll 1/11 'Transfer of civil administration from Government of Bombay to Government of India; Aden Laws Regulation 1932'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Governor General of India in Council, regarding: the formal proclamation of Aden as a Chief Commissionership; the A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1932-28 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1451
Title:
Coll 1/13 'Resident and Chief Commissioner: Salutes and Table of Precedence'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner, then Governor), the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the Admiralty, and the India Office Political Department, regarding: the position of the Resident (and later Governor) of Aden in the T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1932-23 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1456
Title:
Coll 1/20 'Aden Staff and Establishment: Personal Assistant to the Chief Commissioner'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner), the Colonial Office, the War Office, the Foreign and Political Department for the Government of India, and the Treasury, regarding the appointment of military officers as Personal Assistant or Aide-de-Camp to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1932-24 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1457
Title:
Coll 1/21 'The Resident: leave and acting arrangements; duties of Civil Secretary'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding leave arrangements for Government officials in Aden, including the Resident (later Chief Commissioner, and then Governor), the Assistant Residents, the Protectorate Secretary, the Civil Secretary, and the District Magistrate. The following topics are di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1925-20 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (442 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1459
Title:
Coll 1/23 'Aden, Administration and Control: changes consequent on Indian Constitutional Charges; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains extensive reports, memoranda and correspondence documenting discussions of the possible transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office. The primary authors and correspondents are the India Office Political Department, the Colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1933-11 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (551 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1463
Title:
Coll 1/27 'Administration of justice in Aden: regulation to replace Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act of 1864 and certain amending acts; emoluments of District and Sessions Judges'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding: the issue of a regulation to replace the Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act (1864) and subsequent related amendments; the proposed delegation to the Chief Commissioner of powers under Section 86 (4) Part IV of the Civil Procedure Code; and the change of the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1933-2 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1465
Title:
Coll 1/29 'Aden Protectorate: legal status of subjects of the Hadhramaut; reports on Hadramis in Mecca, 1936, by the British Legation, Jeddah'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office, the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Political Department of the Government of India, and the High Commissioner in Cairo, regarding the legal status of Hadramaut [Hadramawt] subjects; plus minutes regarding Saudi influence in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1924-13 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/1471

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1471
Title:
Coll 1/35 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: audit of accounts'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the arrangements for auditing the Aden accounts once it becomes a Crown Colony, consisting of correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner, the India Office Political Department, and the Colonial Office. This includes discussion of the possibility of plac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1933-11 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/1472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1472
Title:
Coll 1/36 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: lunatics; detention in India'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding arrangements to be made for patients with mental health issues who require hospital treatment, following the transfer of Aden from the Government of India. The correspondents are the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the India Office, the Under ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1933-24 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)