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21. IOR/L/PS/10/525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/525
Title:
File 53/1915 Pt 3-4 'German War - The Caliphate'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1916
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/558

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/558
Title:
File 3086/1915 Pt 1 'German War: Red Sea and Arabia (1914)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to consideration by the British of the political and strategic situation in the Red Sea area near Aden and actions which might promote British interests in the period up to the start of the First World War....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1914-21 Jul 1915
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/564

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/564
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 1 ‘German War: conquered territory: status: question of trading; looting, etc. of goods by Turks.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the status of cargo consignments held at Basra, Mesopotamia, for export to Britain, during the British invasion of Turkish Mesopotamia [Iraq] in November 1914. The file includes: discussion as to whether consignments of cargo that are on their way from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1914-23 Nov 1915
Extent:

1 volume (198 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/10/597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/597
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 1 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, parliamentary notices and notes, relating to the progress of the First World War (1914-18) and the development of the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule in the Arabian Peninsula. Further discussion surrounds trade with Jeddah a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/598

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/598
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 2 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to measures to support the Arab revolt (1916-18)against the Ottoman Turks. The file contains: correspondence between the Political Resident, Aden (Brigadier-General William Crawford Walton) and Idrīsī Imā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (219 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/10/599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/599
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 3-4 'German War. Arab Revolt. Moslem feeling etc'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the British-backed revolt of the Sherif of Mecca against Turkish rule during the course of the First World War (1914-1918). The papers cover the British response to the situation, including the discussion over the military and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (498 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/10/659/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/5
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1E 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Jask lighthouse'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the erection of a lighthouse at Jask, a useful point for ships when making entrance into the Persian Gulf. Related matters of discussion include the following: a statement of expenditure of material and increasing pric...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1918-26 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 item (53 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/10/666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/666
Title:
File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding negotiations and administration, largely between the India Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and the Government of India, after the occupation of Baghdad (Fall of Baghdad) on 10 March 1917. The negotiations con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1917-8 Oct 1919
Extent:

1 volume (195 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/10/731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/731
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 5 'Persia: situation in the South; withdrawal of British troops; consular escorts; Bushire office allowance and Toshakhana grant'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence discussing various requirements for the Bushire Residency. Topics discussed include a proposed increase of the allotment for toshakhana and changes of the allocation for the Bushire Residency from Rs 5000 to Rs 10,000 a year. Correspondence discusses the ref...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1920-12 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 volume (328 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/10/1144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1144
Title:
File 1166/1925 'Arabia: Nejd; negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Iraq-Nejd question and Trans-Jordan boundary; Sir G Clayton's mission; Bahra agreement, 2nd November, 1925'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams, a memorandum and minutes between Sultan of Nejd Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the British Representative regarding the negotiations of the Transjordan boundary after the First World War. Related matter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1925-28 Jul 1927
Extent:
1 volume (378 folios)