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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/2845-2902 Name Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department, 1937-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2866

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2866
Title:
Coll 17/12(1) 'Iraq/ Indian Vice-Consul at Basra'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the establishment of an Indian Vice-Consul at Basra, and the appointment of Khan Sahib Mian Abdullah to the position. The correspondents are HM Ambassador to Baghdad, the Consul-General at Basra, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India External Affairs Department...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1946-13 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2871

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2871
Title:
Coll 17/15(3) 'Relations with Persia: Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration'
Scope & Content:
Communications from HM Ambassador to Tehran and HM Ambassador to Iraq, reporting on the signing and ratification of the Treaty and Protocol of Frontiers (4 July 1937), the Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration (18 July 1937), and the Treaty for the Settlement of Differences by Peaceful Means (24 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1937-9 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2884
Title:
Coll 17/22(2) 'Iraq. Iraq - Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to relations between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit), mostly concerning alleged instances of incursions into Kuwaiti territory by Iraqi police in pursuit of smugglers, and proposals for the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1937-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (365 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2892
Title:
Coll 17/30(1) ‘Iraq. Proposed additional outlet to the sea, in or near Koweit territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed construction of a port in Kuwait (Koweit) Bay, and the construction of a port in Um Qasr Creek. The papers mostly concern the following: The attitude of HM Government towards the proposal of the Government of Iraq for the extension of the Iraqi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1938-19 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (530 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2893
Title:
Coll 17/30(2) 'Proposed additional outlet to the sea in or near Kuwait territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the port at Um Qasr (Umm Qasr). These papers mostly concern a notification of the schedule of dues and charges to be imposed by the Government of Iraq on vessels navigating to Um Qasr port (printed in the Iraq Government Gazette No. 24 of 14 June 1942)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1942-21 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (141 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2894

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2894
Title:
Coll 17/31 'Iraq. Posts under Iraqi Govt. filled by British subjects.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to job vacancies under the Government of Iraq being filled by British subjects. It includes papers concerning the following vacancies: Adviser to the Ministry of Economics and Communications. Chief Engineer to the Irrigation Department. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1937-19 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (292 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2895
Title:
Coll 17/32 'Iraq. Visits of Iraqi nationals to India to study various works.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed visit of an Iraqi irrigation engineer to India, to see some of the major irrigation works which had been constructed there, and the areas which had been brought under cultivation and colonised through the irrigation works. The papers mostly con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1938-20 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2896
Title:
Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to a tour by Sir Basil Newton, HM Ambassador to Iraq, to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, visiting Sharja [Sharjah], Muscat, Bahrain, Basra, Fao [Al-Faw], and Abadan. The file mostly consists of the following: Correspondence between the India Office (Rol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1940-28 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2899
Title:
Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to British operations in Iraq in 1941. It includes papers concerning the need for suitable political and administrative officers to serve under the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the question of the employment of Bertram Thomas for political or intellige...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1941-5 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2901
Title:
Coll 17/39 'Iraq. Relations with U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis), the Foreign Office, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the India Office (Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold), regarding the appointment of a new United States Minister to Iraq. The file i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1942-14 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)