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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2
Title:
Gazetteer of Arabia
Scope & Content:
An alphabetically-arranged compendium of the tribes, clans and geographical features (including towns, villages, lakes, mountains and wells) of Arabia that is contained within three seperate bound volumes. The entries range from short descriptions of one or two sentences to longer entries of sev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

3 volumes (1,100 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 782-787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 782-787
Title:
Affairs in Arabia
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 35 of 1870, dated 17 June 1870, containing enclosures dated 28 March-26 May 1870. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence containing reports that: Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘ī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1870
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/266, ff 294-296

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/266, ff 294-296
Title:
The Rumour that the Ottoman Government is Preparing a Force at Bagdad to Occupy Positions on the Arabian Coast
Scope & Content:
Secret Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 8 of 1871, dated 1 March 1871, containing enclosures dated 17 and 18 February 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence by telegram between the Foreign Secretary to the Gove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1871
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4088-4099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4088-4099
Title:
Political (External) Collection 34: Slavery and the Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 34: Slavery and the Slave Trade sub-series concerns British anti-slave trade policy across the Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula, and Persian Gulf regions. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, specifically between the Foreign Office and Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1919-1948
Extent:
12 files (2358 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4339
Title:
Coll 37/105 'Travellers. Muscat: entomological and botanical expedition. Dr H. Scott and Mr E. B. Britton.'
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to the topic of travellers in the Arabian Peninsula. Although the file's title specifies travellers to Muscat (Dr Hugh Scott and Mr Everard Baldwin Britton) the file only has one folio (folio 3) relating to these two individuals who were undertaking an entomological...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1937-3 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 394

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 394
Title:
‘To Illustrate the Rise of Islam’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1. It depicts the areas affected by the early expansion of Islam, extending from Armenia in the north to Yemen in the south, and from Persia [Iran] in the east to Egypt in the west. Portrays the routes of major rivers and relief b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1
Title:
'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1916) and contains geographical and political information of a general character concerning the Arabian Peninsula. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, from so...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (371 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/20/FO25, f 104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO25, f 104
Title:
‘SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF & ARABIAN COAST’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of six maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/FO25. It shows the Persian Gulf and the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, extending from Maskat [Muscat] in the east to the mouth of the Shatt Al Arab in the west. It portrays settlements, roads, and telegraph lines. The map was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 map sheet

9. IOR/L/PS/20/FO25, f 105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO25, f 105
Title:
‘SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF & ARABIAN COAST’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of six maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/FO25. It shows the Persian Gulf and the eastern and western coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, extending from Gwadur [Gwadar] in the east to Riadh [Riyadh] in the west. It portrays settlements, roads, and telegraph lines. The map was pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 map sheet

10. IOR/L/PS/20/FO31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO31
Title:
ARABIA. 1905.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Admiralty, British administrative and diplomatic staff, foreign governments and their staff, and private companies and individuals. It was printed for use by the F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1905-1906
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)