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11. IOR/F/4/2504/142185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2504/142185
Title:
‘Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of seven letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. The letters refer to general updates from the Persian Gulf and surrounding regions between August 1852 and February 1853. It is the first in a series of sixteen items on events in the G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1852-11 Feb 1853
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

12. IOR/L/MAR/C/587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/587
Title:
'Papers relating to Seas, Rivers and Countries connected with Steam Navigation in Asia'
Scope & Content:
Volume containing journals and other descriptions of journeys in and around the Arabian Peninsula and India, particularly sea and river journeys. The volume contains: ‘Captain Wainwright's Remarks on the Navigation of the Persian Gulph 1809-1810’ (folios 3-28), containing a description of the n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1811-13 Mar 1834
Extent:
1 volume (539 folios)

13. IOR/L/MAR/C/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/891
Title:
'Miscellaneous Paper relating to the trade of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a variety of papers relating to trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph [Gulf]. The volume is organised into four parts, with contents summarised on folio 4: Papers relating to trade with Suez, 1773-78: proceedings, letters, representations and answers (ff 5-57) Trade wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1773-27 Oct 1813
Extent:
1 volume (197 folios)

14. IOR/L/MIL/5/770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/770
Title:
Minutes of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee
Scope & Content:
The file comprises the Minutes of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth meetings of the Mesopotamian Administration Committee held between May and July 1917. The minutes consider the administrative structure in post-war Mesopotamia and staffing of the High Commission. It also considers British an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1917-6 July 1917
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

15. 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)

16. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3
Title:
Routes in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This volume contains descriptions of the 'more important of the known routes in Arabia proper' produced by the General Staff in Simla, India. It is divided up as follows: Part I - Routes in North-Eastern, Eastern, and Southern Arabia. Part II - Routes in South-Western, Western, and North-Weste...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (425 folios)

17. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/4
Title:
Arabia
Scope & Content:
This volume contains geographical, social and economic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919. It is divided into two sections: 'Geography'(folios 3-8) and 'Man' including 'Race, Language and Religion', 'Manners and Custom', 'Economic Capaci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

18. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/5
Title:
Arabia Intelligence Report
Scope & Content:
This volume contains geographical and strategic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, October 1941. It is divided into six sections: 'Policy', 'Strategy and Tactics', 'Economics' (folio 4) 'Geography and Topography' (folios 4v-10), 'Base Facilities a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941
Extent:

1 volume (24 folios)

19. 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)

20. 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)