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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of Bombay, 1662-1947

1111. IOR/L/PS/10/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/215
Title:
File 332/1912 'Sokotra: looting of the Kuala; Development of Socotra'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, and minutes relating to the looting of the SS Kuala by inhabitants of Socotra following its grounding off the coast of the island in November 1911. Some of the correspondence is included as enclosures, sometimes in the form of printed collect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1911-Jun 1920
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)

1112. IOR/L/PS/10/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/480
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Persian neutrality; German money for Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns German remittances to Persia, and the Foreign Office's efforts to stop and prevent these. The volume covers: Transmission of money from Amsterdam to Tehran, to be used for German propaganda during the First World War, via Imperial Bank of Persia. Various German attempts to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Dec 1914-2 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (349 folios)

1113. IOR/L/PS/10/535

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/535
Title:
File 94/1915 Pt 5 ‘German War – Turkey; Turkish & Arab prisoners in India – Sayyid Talib, &c.’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Ottoman government officials who were detained as prisoners of war by the British occupying force (Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’) at Basra in late November 1914, and sent to India for the duration of the war. The majority of the papers concern two prisoners (Seyyid Talib Bey ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1920
Extent:

1 volume (223 folios)

1114. IOR/L/PS/10/833/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/1
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 1 ‘MESOPOTAMIA Kurdistan: The Suleimanieh Outbreak’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to the seizure of the ‘reins of government’ (f 283) in Suleimaniyeh [As Sulaymaniyah, also spelled Suleman Iyeh in this item], south Kurdistan, 25 May 1919, during an uprising led by Sheikh Mahmud [Shaikh Maḥmūd Barzanjī], and British military operations leading to the British M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1919-22 Dec 1921
Extent:
1 item (78 folios)

1115. IOR/L/PS/12/2095

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2095
Title:
Coll 6/29 'Hejaz-Nejd: Haramain Waqfs.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the establishment of what is referred to in the file as the Auqāf al Harameyn Claims Association, created for the purpose of claiming auqāf (or awqāf, plural of waqf) on behalf of the Harameyn (the two sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina, also transliterated as Haramayn, Haramei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1927-15 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

1116. IOR/L/PS/12/2997

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2997
Title:
Coll 20/37 'Muscat: French connections under Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to French relations with Muscat. Included in the file: correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India concerning French requests to communicate with the Sultan of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1932-21 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

1117. IOR/L/PS/12/3308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3308
Title:
Coll 25/5 'Orders in Council: China (Kashgar); Court fees in civil appeal cases relating to Kashgar'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the payment of court fees within the limits of the China (Kashgar) Order in Council, 1920. The correspondence is between officials at the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Foreign Office, the Governments of Bombay and Punjab, the Consul General at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1931-6 Jul 1939
Extent:

1 file (142 folios)

1118. IOR/L/PS/12/4147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4147
Title:
Coll 35/39 'Telegraphs, Postal and Wireless, Saudi Arabia: Transmission of mail between Saudi Arabia and India; Adjustment of Postal charges in connection with disposal of mail bags from Jedda'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the mail service between Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Bombay [Mumbai], India. It is particularly concerned with an adjustment in postal charges to meet the cost of distributing mail from Jeddah after it reaches Bombay. The correspondents are: the India Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1939-6 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

1119. IOR/L/PS/18/B404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B404
Title:
Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in Basidu
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with Basidu [Bāsa ‘īdū](on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]) in terms of status and rights from c 1820-1928. Covering: introduction to the location of Basidu and its strategic importance; extent of the British Concession; status of Basidu – c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

1120. IOR/L/PS/20/C30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C30
Title:
'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information'
Scope & Content:
The volume is Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874
Extent:

1 volume (111 folios)