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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name High Commissioner, Egypt, 1914-1936

21. IOR/L/PS/10/609/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/609/1
Title:
P 3280/1916 Pt 1 'Arabia: [Asir]: Financial and Other Assistance to the Idrissi [etc.] Appointment of a Liaison-Medical Officer (Capt Fazuluddin)'
Scope & Content:
The file mostly consists of correspondence relating to the Idrisi [Idrissi] Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia. It includes: India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal India Office minutes and reference p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1916-1 May 1922
Extent:
1 item (229 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/610/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/610/2
Title:
File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)'
Scope & Content:
This part mostly consists of copies of Weekly Letters and enclosures from the Political Resident at Aden, to the following: the Secretary to Government, Special Department, Bombay, and the Government of India in the Foreign Department (forwarded by the Political Resident at Aden to the Secretary...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1916-12 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 item (310 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/611/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/611/1
Title:
File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20'
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of the following: copies of News Letters from the Political Resident, Aden, mostly addressed to the British High Commissioner, Cairo, which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and India Office Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1919-16 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 item (316 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/10/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/615
Title:
File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Secret Department minute papers, mostly relating to French policy regarding the Hedjaz [Hejaz or Hijaz]. This correspondence largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British High Commissioner of Egypt (Sir Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1916-31 May 1917
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/616
Title:
File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers largely relating to French policy in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Arabia, and Anglo-French relations concerning the region. It includes papers relating to the following: The French mission being sent to the Hedjaz under Mustapha Cherchali. The French Military Mission in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
30 May 1917-11 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/10/637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/637
Title:
File 5235/1916 Pt 1 'Arab revolt: Shereef's title.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the assumption by the Grand Shereef of Mecca [Grand Sharif of Mecca, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the title 'King of the Arab Nation' in 1916, and subsequent discussion by British officials of the implications of the move, and suggestions of alternative titles. The British we...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Oct 1916-18 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/10/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/648
Title:
File 287/1917 ''Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians''
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for alleged anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta. The file includes corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/10/683

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/683
Title:
File 2006/1917 'ARABIA: ARAB CONFEDERACY'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning the support given by Britain to the tribes of South Arabia [present-day Yemen] in 1917, chiefly in relation to Britain’s principal wartime aim of ousting the Turks [Ottoman Empire] from the regi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917-Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/10/740/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/740/1
Title:
File 1647/1918 Pt 1 'Arabia: Hedjaz; Hostel for pilgrims at Mecca; British Representative at Mecca'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding the planned establishment of a hostel at Mecca to house pilgrims from the British Empire, and the appointment of a British Muslim Representative at Mecca to look after the interests of such pilgrims. Topics discussed include:Estimated bu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1918-31 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 item (260 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/10/760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/760
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia - Administration. Abdulla's proposed visit to London'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of telegrams, draft letters, and departmental notes concerning the proposed visit of Abdulla [‘Abdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] to Cairo and London. The visits were proposed following suggestions that Abdulla's father, King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hedjaz [H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1920-4 Jun 1920
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)