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1. IOR/L/PS/20/E56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E56
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON ARABIA.’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a military report on Arabia. It was published in 1904 and prepared by the General Staff, War Office. It is divided into eight chapters by the following locations: ‘General Description of Arabia Proper.’ The region of Syria [Greater Syria] The Hejaz The Yemen Nejd [Najd] El...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381
Title:
Asiatic Turkey and Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a series of conventions, agreements, and declarations concerning navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Turco-Persian boundary, and the transportation of goods by railway in Asiatic Turkey. It is divided into four sections and contains five maps: IOR/W/LPS/18/B3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-12 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B247
Title:
British interests in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel in January 1917. Its purpose is to explain 'why the exclusion of Italy from Western and Southern Arabia and the Red Sea littoral is important in British interests'. It notes the importance of Arabia lying as it does along two of the main...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 815

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 815
Title:
Sketch Map of Arabia
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the Arabian Peninsula, western and central Persia [Iran], the east African coast, and the Levant, extending from Hamadan in the north to Socotra in the south, and from Al-Arish [‘Arish] in the west to Ras al Hadd [Ra’s ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. IOR/W/L/PS/12/2140 (i)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/12/2140 (i)
Title:
ADEN PROTECTORATE
Scope & Content:
Map of the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, showing the boundaries of the Aden Protectorate and various proposed lines for the boundaries of south-eastern Arabia and Qatar. In addition to boundaries the map indicates hydrology and tribal areas, and provides some indication of relief. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/PS/20/FO13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO13
Title:
'Koweit 1904'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, British administrative and diplomatic staff, and foreign governments and their staff. It was printed for use by the Foreign Office. The volume contains: ‘Part VI. Furt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1905
Extent:

1 volume (64 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/645
Title:
File 110/1917 'Arabia: Printed Correspondence.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains miscellaneous printed correspondence received by the India Office from the Government of India, relating to Arabia and the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are the Secretary of State for India; the British High Commissioner, Egypt; the Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Nov 1916 - 1 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (299 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/20/MM13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MM13
Title:
‘MONTHLY MEMORANDA. PERSIA. 1906-07’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India’s Foreign Department in relation to affairs in Arabia from January 1906 to December 1907. The memoranda are divided into sections, the most common of which are: ‘Aden’, ‘Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]’ and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1906-31 Dec 1907
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/616
Title:
File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers largely relating to French policy in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Arabia, and Anglo-French relations concerning the region. It includes papers relating to the following: The French mission being sent to the Hedjaz under Mustapha Cherchali. The French Military Mission in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
30 May 1917-11 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/E23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E23
Title:
'DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA MADE FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND INFORMATION COLLECTED ON THE SPOT BY CARSTEN NIEBUHR.'
Scope & Content:
An official publication containing a translation of a text entitled ‘Description of Arabia made from Personal Observations and Information Collected on the Spot by Carsten Niebuhr’. The original text by Niebuhr, in German, was published in Amsterdam and Utrecht in 1774. This translation was ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889
Extent:

1 volume (59 folios)