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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Foreign Office, Political Intelligence Department, 1918-1946

1. IOR/L/PS/10/606

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/606
Title:
File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf, 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1916-1928
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B292
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments to King Husein
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum outlining British commitments made to King Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] compiled by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The memorandum is split into seven sections as follows: 'General Guarantees against the Restoration of the status q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

10 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B293
Title:
Memorandum on British commitments to the Idrisi
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum from the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments to the Idrisi Saiyid and Amir of Sabia [Saiyid Muhammad-bin-Ali-al-Idrīsi]. It contains quotes from correspondence by the Political Resident at Aden, the India Office...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918?
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B293A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B293A
Title:
Memorandum on supplementary British commitments to the Idrisi regarding the Farsan Islands
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum from the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning supplementary British commitments to the Idrisi Saiyid and Amir of Sabia [Saiyid Muhammad-bin-Ali-al-Idrīsi] regarding the Farsan Islands [Farasān, Jazā'ir] and the treaty of 30 April 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B295
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments to Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum gives an overview of British and Turkish r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

8 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B301
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments (during the War) to the Gulf Chiefs
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments during the First World War to autonomous or independent Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf, including the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat], the Trucial Chiefs of Oman (that is, Abu Dh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/C191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C191
Title:
Memorandum on Turco-German Relations Over the Caucasus.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single memorandum, produced by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The memorandum provides, in great detail, a British perspective on Turco-German relations between March and October 1918, regarding their respective interests in the recently disso...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1918
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

8. Mss Eur F112/570, f 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570, f 20
Title:
'Map 2A. Areas in which it is hoped that the Peoples of Turkey, Arabia, and the Caucasus, if they group themselves on the lines indicated in Map 2, will subsequently opt for the respective assistance of the Allied Powers.'
Scope & Content:
Map is an overlay to Mss Eur F112/570, f 21 and forms a part of Mss Eur F112/570, ff 17-23. The title and legend are printed on a small paper sheet that has been pasted over the south-west corner of the map. Map portrays, by variously coloured boundaries, areas in which it is 'hoped that the in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 map sheet

9. Mss Eur F112/570, f 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570, f 21
Title:
'Map 2. Possible Redistribution of Ottoman and Arabian Territory on the Principle of Self-Determination.'
Scope & Content:
Map forms a part of Mss Eur F112/570, ff 17-23. The title and legend are printed on a small paper sheet that has been pasted over the south-west corner of the map. The map number '1' has been deleted and replaced by '2'. Map portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads and tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 map sheet

10. Mss Eur F112/570, f 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570, f 22
Title:
'Map 3. Possible Settlement of Arab Countries.'
Scope & Content:
Map forms a part of Mss Eur F112/570, ff 17-23. The title and legend are printed on a small paper sheet that has been pasted over the south-west corner of the map. The map number '1' has been deleted and replaced by '3'. Map portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads and tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 map sheet