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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name India Office, Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department,, 1858-1930

11. IOR/L/PS/18/B45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B45
Title:
Restrictions on the trade in arms, &c., on the Red Sea and on the Somali Coasts
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum by Edmund Neel, Assistant Secretary Political and Secret Department, India Office, it describes proposals made to the French Government for restricting the trade in arms on the Red Sea and on the Somali Coast, and subsequent arrangements to effect them between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1887
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/18/B47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B47
Title:
British protectorate over the Arabian coast from Shaikh Said to Oman (Muscat)
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, compiled on 1 November 1887 by E Neel at the Secret and Political Department of the India Office, contains excerpts of correspondence sent and received by the Government of India between 14 February 1873 and 19 August 1887. The main subject is the extension of the Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1887
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/18/B49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B49
Title:
Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, compiled on 30 June 1888 by Edmund Neel at the Secret and Political Department of the India Office, contains excerpts of correspondence sent and received by the Government of India and Political Residency in the Persian Gulf between 26 December 1873 and 18 April 1888. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1888
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/18/B50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B50
Title:
Persian Gulf. Limits of Turkish Jurisdiction on the Arabian Coast
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, compiled on 22 October 1888 by E Neel at the Secret and Political Department of the India Office, is a note on the letter from the Foreign Office dated 11 October 1888, Home No. 906.The British Government only recognises the Turkish jurisdiction on the Arabian coast as f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1888
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/18/B60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B60
Title:
Memorandum on Sheikh Said
Scope & Content:
The memorandum was created based on the re-awakened interest on the part of the French in Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], and is a collection of information held in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office relating to the territory. It Includes a summary of: the acquisition of Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Mar 1893
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/18/B98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B98
Title:
Memorandum on the proposed Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, 8 January 1878, with later amendments up to 12 April 1882, regarding the proposal for a Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden. The memorandum discusses British policy towards the tribes surrounding Aden, and attempts by Turkish offici...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1882
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/18/B105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B105
Title:
Italian proceedings on the African coast of the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
The document, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, discusses the following: the actual course of events at Assab and in the neighbourhood since May 1880; correspondence which has passed in the same period between the British, Italian and Egyptian Governments, and between the Political and Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1881
Extent:

16 folios

18. IOR/L/PS/18/B187a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B187a
Title:
Second Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum written by John Edward Ferard of the India Office's Political Department regarding the development and improvement of lighting and buoyage facilities in the Persian Gulf (including the installation of lighthouses, lighted buoys and dioptric lanterns). The memorandum i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1912
Extent:

2 folios

19. IOR/L/PS/18/B335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B335
Title:
The Future Constitution of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report on the future constitution of Mesopotamia [Iraq] split into two parts: the first (folios 83-84), dated 1 November 1919, and is written by Colin Campbell Garbett (initialled C C G); and the second (folios 84 to 86), dated 3 November 1919, is written by Sir Fred...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1919
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/18/B336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B336
Title:
Mesopotamia. Present Political Situation
Scope & Content:
This is printed memorandum is a report by Colin Campbell Garbett (initialled C C G), dated 28 October 1919, concerning an appreciation of the present situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] following complaints by Izzet Pasha of Damscus and others about British administration there. The report provides a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)