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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, Cairo, 1941-1945

1. IOR/L/PS/12/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/562
Title:
Ext 5000/41(12) 'Civil Supplies to Persia. (Supply of transport by U.K.C.C.)'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq, HM Ambassador to Iran, Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, Cairo, Persia and Iraq Command, and the Government of India, Home Department in which they discuss and negotiate a proposal to build up a civil oil reserv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1943-8 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/656

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/656
Title:
Ext 6552/41 ‘Security Organisation in Persia’
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to ‘Security Organisation in Persia [Iran]’. The papers include: The deputation of an officer from the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI) to Tehran with cover as Assistant Military Attaché, charged with collating the records of Persians and other nationals s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1941-30 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (158 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/821
Title:
Ext 2598/43 'Control of Movement of Travelers between Afghanistan and Persia'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of letters and notes between the Government of Persia and the Foreign Office regarding the control and safety of travellers between Afghanistan and Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Agu 1943-13 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2039

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2039
Title:
Coll 5/77 ‘Muscat: including activities of U.S. Air Force and Pan-American Airways in the Middle East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the operations of Pan American Airlines in the Middle East; British officials were concerned that the airline was using the war as a pretext for commercial penetration of British controlled territories. The file therefore covers the militarisation of Pan American Airli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1941-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2110
Title:
Coll 6/43 'Pan Arab Congress 1933. Attitude of H.M.G. to a Pan Arab Movement'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the British Government's response to the Pan-Arab movement during the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the correspondence refers to the prospect of an Arab federation, although the use of the word 'federation' is noted in some of the correspondence as being a mistranslation of the ori...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Dec 1932-5 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (570 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2128
Title:
Coll 6/61 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Imam.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Anglo-Yemeni relations. Consisting largely of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence, it documents negotiations leading up to the conclusion of the Treaty of Sana'a between Britain and Yemen (signed on 11 February 1934 and ratified on 4 September 1934), an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jan 1934-4 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (251 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2168
Title:
Coll 6/93(2) 'SYRIA: Situation in – after capitulation of France, 1940. Incl. Proclamation of Independence.'
Scope & Content:
Following on from an earlier file (IOR/L/PS/12/2166), this file concerns British policy relating to Syria, following the success of the British-Free French military campaign in Syria [Operation Exporter]. (The abbreviation 'Incl.' in the title stands for 'Including'). The date range of this fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Jul 1941-12 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2884
Title:
Coll 17/22(2) 'Iraq. Iraq - Koweit Relations. Iraqi incursions into Koweiti territory.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to relations between Iraq and Kuwait (Koweit), mostly concerning alleged instances of incursions into Kuwaiti territory by Iraqi police in pursuit of smugglers, and proposals for the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1937-23 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (365 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3000

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3000
Title:
Coll 20/40 'Muscat: Sultan's request for appointment of a British Officer as Adviser to undertake improvements at Gwadur'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the effort to find a suitable officer to fill the role of adviser to the Sultan of Muscat, as requested by the Sultan himself. The papers cover the discussion over the requirements of the role, terms of service, and the long search for a suitable candidate, spanning ove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1945-8 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3532
Title:
Coll 28/119 ‘Persia [Iran] Internment & repatriation of enemy nationals in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Secret correspondence concerning the internment or repatriation of enemy nationals in Persia [Iran] during the Second World War. The correspondence covers: the estimated numbers of enemy nationals in Persia, including Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Italians, Romanians, Estonians and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1942-4 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)