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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Colonial administration Name Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937

1. IOR/L/PS/10/594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/594
Title:
File 1323/1916 Pt 1-2 ‘Perso-Baluchistan Frontier’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two parts. Part 1 concerns social unrest and British administration around the frontiers between British Baluchistan [Pakistan], Persia [Iran], and Afghanistan. Part 2 concerns the sale of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] to Kwash [Khāsh] telegraph line by the British authorities to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1916-16 Jan 1925
Extent:

1 volume (471 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/757

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/757
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: Future Constitution (Question of further announcement of British intentions) (Transfer of Dep[artmen]ts to Civil Administration)'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts, copies, and originals of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to the British administration in and future constitution of Mesopotamia [present-day Iraq]. The volume covers British concern about increasing resistance to their presence in the countr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Jul 1919-7 Jun 1920
Extent:
1 volume (299 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/763
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 11 'Mesopotamia: Administration. Appointment of Sir P. Cox as High Commissioner. [His Instructions, Announcement in the Press].'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts and copies of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes relating to the appointment of Sir Percy Zachariah Cox as High Commissioner in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The following matters are covered within the volume: Discussion over the wording of a public announcement to be m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1920-25 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/764

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/764
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 12 'Mesopotamia: Creation of a Provisional Council of State'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies and drafts of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes relating to the formation and proceedings of a provisional Council of State in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Several matters are covered by the volume, including: The arrival of the High Commissioner, Sir Percy Zachariah Cox...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1920-1 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (121 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/889

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/889
Title:
File 1711/1920 'Mesopotamia: General Circulars. - 1920'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of ‘Civil Administration of Iraq, General Circulars’. These are weekly compilations of general circular letters and notifications produced by, or relative to, the Civil Administration of Iraq. The copies were sent by the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1920-4 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (292 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/1043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1043
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 5 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Administration: Internal Affairs: British Interference'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, memoranda, and draft papers relating to British and European representation within the Bahrain administration. The papers discuss a number of matters, including: appointment and terms of the posts of Director of Customs, Commandant of the Levy Corps, and some medic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-22 Jan 1931
Extent:

1 volume (174 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/1268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1268
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 5 ‘PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL CONTROL IN:-’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to political control in the Persian Gulf and Middle East, specifically the division of responsibility for this region between the India Office and the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office. It includes papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1926-20 Oct 1937
Extent:

1 file (380 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/1273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1273
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 16 ‘Persian Gulf: Political Control Report of the Warren Fisher Committee.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning political control in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula. The first half of the file relates to the inter-departmental Sub-Committee of Political Control of the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. The Sub-Committee on Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1929-8 Aug 1939
Extent:

1 file (285 folios)

9. 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)

10. 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)