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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary of State for the Colonies, United Kingdom, 1854-1966

11. IOR/L/PS/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2
Title:
PZ 53/31 'Disposal of Rebel Leaders - Ibn Mashur.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the case of Farhan ibn Mashur, who had committed various acts of rebellion against Ibn Saud. At the conference on HMS Lupin in February 1930 (the Lupin Conference) the King of Iraq (Faisal I) had given a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1931-21 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3
Title:
PZ 63/31 'Arabia: Settlement of Iraq-Hejaz Raid Claims'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to raid claims issuing between Iraq and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Najd. The discussion in the volume relates to the negotiations of compensation, final agreement and arrangements for payment and distributio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1931-21 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/8
Title:
PZ 478/1931 'Iraq. Minting of national currency'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning the introduction of an Iraqi national currency, mainly relating to the minting of the coins. It includes: copies of correspondence between the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, and the Financial Secretary to the High Commissioner for Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1930-1 Apr 1931
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/260
Title:
PZ 6253/1938 'Shipwreck of a party of Muscat Arabs - Qn. of recovery of expenses incurred by Govt. of Italian Somaliland'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning: the shipwreck on the coast of Italian Somaliland, on 20 March 1938, of a group of Muscat Arabs on board the dhow [sailing vessel] ‘Galib’, bound for Zanzibar and the Tanganyika Territory; and the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1938-17 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/292
Title:
PZ 3323/39 'Aden Salt Industry'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Bernard Rawdon Reilly (Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden) to Malcolm MacDonald (Secretary of State for the Colonies), and a reply from MacDonald to Reilly. The correspondence relates to the concerns of Sir Hormusjee Cowasjee Dinshaw about the future of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1939-31 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/385
Title:
PZ 3054/40 'Journey of son and two grandsons of Sultan of Lahej to Aden from Egypt via Transjordan'
Scope & Content:
This document is a cypher telegram sent from the High Commissioner for Trans-Jordan [Emirate of Transjordan] to the Secretary of State for the Colonies relating to the potential passage of a son and two grandsons of the Sultan of Lahej through Transjordan on their way from Egypt to Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1940-1 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/396
Title:
PZ 3503/40 'HH Shaikh Muhammed bin Isa Al Khalifa'
Scope & Content:
File contains correspondence regarding assistance provided by the British Government to transport Mohamed bin Isa al Khalifa, the brother of Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa [King of Bahrain], his son and three companions from Malta to Alexandria, following the recall of Italian ship the Calitea to Italy...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1940-8 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/490

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/490
Title:
PZ 1489/41 'Jamming of Berlin Broadcasts'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, the Ministry of Information and the Wireless Telegraphy Board, discussing a proposal to jam Berlin Arabic radio broadcasts in the region of Bahrain, on account of their being li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1941-5 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/1452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1452
Title:
Coll 1/15 'Arab-Jewish riots: Suggested increase in Police and Defence Forces; question of compensation for loss of and damage to property'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the Arab-Jewish disturbances which took place in the Aden Settlement on the 23-25 May 1932. The disturbances occurred following the alleged defilement of a mosque. The file contains reports and internal memos, plus correspondence between: the Aden Resident; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1932-13 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (351 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/1458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1458
Title:
Coll 1/22 'Payments to Tribal Chiefs'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the stipends and pensions paid to tribal chiefs in the Aden Protectorate. The majority of the payments were established by treaty, and were paid to maintain trade routes. Government funding for Darbar presents is also discussed. The following agreemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1927-21 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)