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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom, 1858-1935 Digitised Content No

1. IOR/L/MIL/7/12392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/12392
Title:
Collection 269/140 'Minute by Sir E. G. Barrow on the Anglo-Persian Oil Agreement and the liability of India for the defence of the oil-fields'.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the liability of the Government of India for the defence of oil fields in Persia [Iran], following a conference on oil held in India in January 1914 and the 1914 agreement between HM Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). The file contains correspondence and mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1914-31 Jul 1914
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/7/12843

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/12843
Title:
Collection 280/62 'Detailed Estimates of the cost of an Indian Infantry Battalion in Mesopotamia.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India, and Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, dated 9 October-20 December 1919. The correspondence concerns the estimated annual cost of deploying an Indian infantry battalion in Mesopotamia [Iraq], in response to a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1919-20 Dec 1919
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/7/12844

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/12844
Title:
Collection 280/63 'Expenditure on making the Army in India ready for war.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the finances, equipment, and role of British armed forces in India. It contains: A despatch from the Government of India, Army Department to Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India, dated 22 March 1919. The despatch examines the strategic requirements and costs of armed fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1919-17 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/7/16933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/16933
Title:
Collection 403/108 ‘Frontier and overseas operations. Malleson’s Mission. Withdrawal of troops from East Persia.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the withdrawal of the Malleson Mission from east Persia [Iran]. It includes: Summaries of reports from Major General Wilfrid Malleson concerning Bolshevik activities in Central Asia, including Transcaspia, the Caspian Sea, Afghanistan, Bokhara [Bukha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1918-15 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (437 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/7/17399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/17399
Title:
Collection 425/243 'European War 1914-: Formation of a flight of aircraft for service in Mesopotamia. Fixing of pay. & appt. of Asst. Dir.r of Aviation.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the development of an aviation unit for service with Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’ in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Subjects covered in the correspondence include: The takeover by the War Office of the aviation unit in Mesopotamia established by the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1915-23 Sep 1919
Extent:
1 file (269 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/7/19325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/19325
Title:
Collection 435/3 'Memorandum by Secretary of State on administration of Mesopotamia; Air Ministry's scheme for control of Mesopotamia.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office, Air Ministry and War Office relating to the Air Ministry’s scheme for control of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Memoranda on the potential power of the Air Force in Mesopotamia and on the organisation of military forces in Mesopotamia are included. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1920-3 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/274, ff 179-182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/274, ff 179-182
Title:
[Affairs in] Turkish Arabia: the prohibition by the Turkish Government of the exportation of horses from Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 212 of 1873, dated 25 November 1873, containing an abstract to enclosures (not present) dated 7 August-25 November 1873. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the prohi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1873
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/6/560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/560
Title:
‘INDIA POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. NOS. 1. TO 15. 1869.’, Vol 101
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of collections to India Political Despatches from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department, numbers 1-15, dated 6 January to 11 February 1869. The collections consist of papers forwarded with the Government of India’s Foreign Letters to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1867-6 Jan 1869
Extent:
1 volume (615 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/6/692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/692
Title:
'BOMBAY POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. NOS. 32, PART 1 & 34. 1859.' VOL 19
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of collections to Bombay Political Despatches from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department, Number 32, Part 1, and Number 34, dated 1859. The collections consist of papers forwarded with the Government of Bombay’s Political Despatche...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
7 Nov 1857-8 Aug 1859
Extent:
1 volume (531 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/6/693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/693
Title:
'BOMBAY POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. NOS. 32 TO PART 2. 1859.' VOL 20
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of collections to Bombay Political Despatches from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department, Number 32, Part 2, dated 1859.The collections consist of papers forwarded with the Government of Bombay’s Political Despatches to the Secreta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1858-13 May 1861
Extent:
1 volume (436 folios)