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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Place Basra, Asia

1. IOR/R/15/1/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/133
Title:
'Book 181 - 1852'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf Residency. At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded in March by Captain Arnold Kemball. The volume includes: Correspondence with the British Envoy at the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1851-14 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134
Title:
‘Vol 182 1852/53 Persia; Slave Trade; Muscat; Commerce; miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf Residency. At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded by Captain Arnold Kemball. Correspondence in the volume falls under the following headings: Persia, Basra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1852-23 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 volume, 38 items (57 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/542, f 136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/542, f 136
Title:
Tracing for Degree Sheet No. 3N – Turkey in Asia. Basra (4th Edition, 1916)
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by form lines at 20 feet intervals. Blueprint of a map issued by War Office in 1916 ‘Turkey in Asia: Basrah Sheet No 3N, Reg. No 1519’, enclosed with a letter no. 188-S dated 21th December 1941. Shows area south of Basrah from Zubair [Az Zubayr] to Umm Qas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1941
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/613, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613, f 6
Title:
‘ROUGH PLAN SHOWING RELATIVE POSITION OF BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Properties labelled for reference with some measurements reported. Site of Bagdad Railway Material Depot indicated as ‘German property’ and shown by red pecked line with land hired from the Turkish Government separated by black line. Turkish Marine Ground and Turkish Dock ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/R/15/1/624

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/624
Title:
File 82/17 I (F 90) A.P.O.C. Port of Basra and Shatt al-`Arab Water-way
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the British Legation at Tehran and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1922-5 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/528

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/528
Title:
‘File 13/23 Survey of P.G. [Persian Gulf] Aerodromes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the arrival in Bahrain in January 1947, of a survey party, who are touring the head of the Persian Gulf to assess the region’s aerodromes. The principal correspondents in the file are the Bahrain Political Agent, Captain Hug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1946-3 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/698

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/698
Title:
‘File 28/12 Establishment of Contraband Control Centre’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the transport and trade in contraband goods through the Gulf during the Second World War, with particular reference to the trade in goods of enemy origin or destination. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1939-4 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/717

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/717
Title:
‘File 28/27 Disturbances in Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, letters and other papers responding to the military operations carried out by British forces against Iraqi forces in Iraq between 2 and 31 May 1941, as part of the campaign widely referred to as the Anglo-Iraqi War, and the political aftermath of the War, concluding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1941-9 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/724

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/724
Title:
‘File 28/32 I Recruitment in Persian Gulf states’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to investigations into the prospect of recruiting large numbers of labourers from the Persian Gulf, for non-combatant military work in Basra, and later on, civilian (oil refinery) labour at Abadan. The principal correspondents ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1942-28 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)