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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

261. IOR/L/PS/12/4109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
Title:
Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The file covers: Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29 Proposed wireless communicati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (514 folios)

262. IOR/L/PS/12/4112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4112
Title:
Coll 35/10 'Afghanistan: entry into International Postal and Telegraph Unions; reorganisation of posts and telegraphs services'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the re-organization of Posts and Telegraphs in Afghanistan. The file covers: Arrangements with the Afghan Government for the transport of passengers, goods and mails between Peshawar and Kabul, 1923 Negotiations for Afghanistan to enter Postal Union, 1923 Afghan postal office ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Mar 1923-24 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

263. IOR/L/PS/18/A145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A145
Title:
Baluchistan and Persia. Note by Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note, written by Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, member of the Council of India, on the subject of the northernmost portion of land in the province of Baluchistan [Balochistān], south of the Durand line, which is described as being situated between British India and Kelat [Kalat]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1899
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

264. IOR/L/PS/18/A169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A169
Title:
'Anglo-Russian Relations'
Scope & Content:
This file begins with draft instructions, under the heading 'Anglo-Russian Relations', apparently written by John Morley, Secretary of State for India, for Sir Arthur Nicolson, British Ambassador at St Petersburg, in advance of negotiations over an Anglo-Russian agreement. The instructions are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1906-12 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

265. IOR/L/PS/18/A184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A184
Title:
'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information'
Scope & Content:
This file contains summaries of reports, letters and memoranda concerning Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan. The file is divided into a series of sections, each of which contains summaries of reports, letters and memoranda. Prominent correspondents inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1919
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

266. IOR/L/PS/18/A185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A185
Title:
'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of summaries of letters, memoranda, and reports dated between 1 and 30 November 1919; the subject matter concerns Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. The following titles are abbreviated in the file as indicated: Chief of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1919
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

267. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/3
Title:
'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar'
Scope & Content:
Printed memorandum, written by Henry Bartle Frere, member of the Council of India, London, between 15 and 20 July 1868. The document broadly discusses British imperial policy in Persia and the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and Western India. Its specific foci include the Zanzibar subsidy (payable t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15-20 Jul 1868
Extent:

12 folios

268. IOR/L/PS/18/B83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B83
Title:
Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression
Scope & Content:
This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1869
Extent:

1 volume (34 folios)

269. IOR/L/PS/18/B118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B118
Title:
Mem: Conclusion of the Declaration with France as to Muscat in 1862 and the acquisition of Gwadar by Muscat.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum explaining that Lord Canning, Viceroy and Governor General of India, had arbitrated between the two sons of Sultan Syud Saeed [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]upon his death. The two sons agreed the division of their inheritance between them as Sultans of Zanzibar and Muscat resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1899
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

270. IOR/L/PS/18/B140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B140
Title:
Aden Boundary
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum on the Aden boundary delimitation prepared by Colin George Campbell for the India Office, with telegram excerpts from the Secretary of State for India, the Political Resident at Aden, and the Viceroy of India. It includes an update on developments with regard t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1903
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)