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31. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 111-123a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 111-123a
Title:
Political No. 143 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to the Transfer to Bussorah of the Depot at Maaghil, on the Euphrates
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 11 August 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 8 September 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to the transfer to Bussora...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1873-8 Sep 1873
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 2-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 2-7
Title:
Political No. 200 of 1873, Forwarding Further Particulars Respecting the Abandoned Depot at Maaghil on the Euphrates
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 November 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of a letter from the Political Agent in Tu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1873-15 Dec 1873
Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 383-387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 383-387
Title:
General No. 5 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Report of a Tour Recently Made by the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia to Busreh, Mahomrah, and the Head-Quarters of Nasir Pasha at Hamar, on the Euphrates
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 16 March 1874, forwarding a copy of a report of a tour recently made by the Political ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1874-16 Mar 1874
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 312-316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 312-316
Title:
Political No. 63 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Consul-General at Baghdad, Regarding the Construction of the Embankment of the Euphrates
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 2 April 1874 and received in the India Office Secret Department on 27 April 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Consul-General at Baghdad, rega...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1874-27 April 1874
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 195-201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 195-201
Title:
Persian Gulf, River Euphrates: Commodore Jenkins visit to the -.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 27 of 23 May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1858-23 May 1859
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/10/88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 1-2 ‘Mesopotamia’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two parts discussing steamship contracts and concessions on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Mesopotamia (also referred to as Irak [Iraq]): part 1 concerns negotiations between India Office officials and representatives of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume, 2 parts (389 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/10/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/367
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Trade Commercial Mission’
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with commercial possibilities within Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf for British trade. Of particular concern for British officials is ensuring that British firms are placed in the best possible position to counter expected competition from Germany and Japan following th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jul 1916-12 Dec 1919
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/10/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/382
Title:
File 2073/1913 ‘Baghdad Railway: Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates’
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with negotiations with the Ottoman Government over a new navigation concession for the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. These negotiations — facilitated by the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade — are between Ibrahim Hakki Pasha and Lord Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay), and a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 May 1913-22 Sep 1913
Extent:
1 volume (281 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/10/847/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/6
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Mr. Gedge's investigations'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part six of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to possible land development. The part contains correspondence discussing the visit to Mesopotamia of Mr E ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1919-12 Apr 1920
Extent:

1 item (18 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/12/2886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2886
Title:
Coll 17/24 ‘Iraq. Internal. New Iraqi Income Tax Law. Effect on British aircraft and shipping.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the objections of HM Government to Article 6 of the draft Iraq Salaries and Allowances Tax Law of 1930; and the liability of British aircraft and shipping companies operating in Iraq to income tax under Article 29 of the Iraq Income Tax ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1930-9 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)