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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name War Office, 1857-1964

251. IOR/L/PS/20/FO14, f 251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO14, f 251
Title:
THE MAKALLA COVE IN MUSCAT HARBOUR
Scope & Content:
This map shows Makalla Cove in Muscat Harbour, at the site of a British coaling station. The map was drawn up for the purposes of the proposed division of the coaling facilities with France, and depicts the sites of three coal sheds, several buildings for storing tools and other equipment, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 map sheet

252. IOR/L/PS/20/FO18, f 26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO18, f 26
Title:
Map of the Aden Frontier
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the contested frontier between Yemen and the Aden Protectorate, subject of the Aden Boundary Commission between the Turkish [Ottoman] authorities in Yemen and the Government of India. The map, drawn up by the British Commissioner, Colonel Robert Alexander Wahab, depicts the boun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1905
Extent:
1 map sheet

253. IOR/R/15/2/1594

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1594
Title:
‘16/86 Correspondence regarding the Regular Army Reserve of Officers’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning recruitment to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. The file was instigated by an enquiry from employees of the Bahrain office of Gray, Mackenzie & Company, about joining the Reserve of Officers. The file contains correspondence exchanged between the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1950-19 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

254. IOR/R/15/6/296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/296
Title:
File 8/98 III Arms and Ammunition for Sultan
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence discusses arrangements for the shipping of arms and ammunition supplied by the War Office. Included are details of types of weapons ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1949-11 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

255. Mss Eur F111/387

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/387
Title:
Military Report on Persia
Scope & Content:
A confidential report on Persia, compiled by Major A D Geddes, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905. Contained within the report are chapters on the history, ethnography, geography, ports and harbours, communications, trade and resources, military, and administration of Persia. Also i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:

1 volume (62 folios)

256. Mss Eur F111/388

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/388
Title:
Military Report on Russian Turkistan or Central Asia
Scope & Content:
A confidential report on Central Asia, compiled by Captain H H Dowding, Captain of the General Staff, War Office, 1905. Contained within the report are chapters on the history, geography, administration, communications, resources, ethnography, and military of the region. Also included is a pref...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:

1 volume (80 folios)

257. Mss Eur F112/257

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/257
Title:
Memoranda Relating to Departmental Views on the Conduct of the War in the East and the Administration of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file comprises typescript, printed and manuscript memoranda, dated 1918 and 1920 by: Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India; Arthur James Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (up to October 1919); Henry Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office; and Forei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1918-24 Aug 1920
Extent:

1 file (58 folios)

258. Mss Eur F112/259

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/259
Title:
Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
Scope & Content:
The file contains official and private correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1918-13 Mar 1920
Extent:

1 file (150 folios)

259. Mss Eur F112/260

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/260
Title:
Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers
Scope & Content:
The file contains official correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colonial Office,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1920-14 Oct 1921
Extent:

1 file (237 folios)

260. Mss Eur F112/263

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/263
Title:
Printed papers on the political situation and military policy in Egypt
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to the political situation in Egypt. The memoranda are written by officials at the War Office, Admiralty, Colonial Office, and Foreign Office and mostly concern military policy in Egypt and the defence of the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1923-17 Nov 1923
Extent:

1 file (88 folios)