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1. IOR/L/PS/10/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/24
Title:
File 664/1904 'Turkish Arabia: Status of British Protected Persons'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of British-protected persons (primarily from the native states of India) within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The topics discussed in the file include the consular representation of poor British Indian subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/295
Title:
File 3498/1912 ‘Aden News Letters’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the Aden weekly newsletters for the years 1912 to 1916, which are also referred to as the Aden or Residency weekly political intelligence summaries or diaries and were compiled by the British Political Resident at Aden. They contain a record of current local events, news and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1912-3 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 volume (295 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/522

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/522
Title:
1914 5094 PARTS 1&2. TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER COMMISSION
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, from 1914 to 1918 relating to the delimitation of the Turco-Persian border. It contains two parts IOR/L/PS/10/522/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/522/2. The discussion relates to leave and leave allowances to civil officers and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1917
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/415

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/415
Title:
File 4044/1913 Pts 1-2 'Bagdad Railway Negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains drafts and counter-drafts of the Anglo-German Convention on the Bagdad Railway, plus agreements involving the Bagdad Railway Company, the Ottoman Railway Company, the Anatolian Railway Company, and the Ottoman Government. There is also correspondence regarding the negotiation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/610

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/610
Title:
File 3300/1916 Pts 1-2 'Aden News Letter Jan. 1916 to Dec. 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly contains copies of Weekly Letters and enclosures from the Political Resident at Aden, which were sent to the India Office for information. The volume consists of two parts: Part 1, dated 26 June 1916 to 19 January 1917, and Part 2, dated 22 December 1916 to 12 December 1918. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:
1 volume (484 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/803
Title:
File 788/1919 Pt 1 ‘MESOPOTAMIA Disposal of River Craft E.T.S.N.Co. claim re “Khalifa”.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers on the petition of the ETSN Co [Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company Limited] for compensation, following the seizure of their stock of coal and the steamships Khalifah and Ishtar by Ottoman authorities in August and November 1914, and their subsequent capture a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1917-13 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/648
Title:
File 287/1917 ''Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians''
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for alleged anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta. The file includes corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/657
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (616 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/518

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/518
Title:
File 4265/1914 Pt 1 ‘The War:- Moslem feeling. Expressions of loyalty.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the attitude of Muslims, mainly Muslims in India, towards the participation of Great Britain [the United Kingdom] and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] in the First World War. Most of the volume consists of papers sent to the Permanent Under Secretary of State ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1913-13 Jan 1915
Extent:

1 volume (561 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/658
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo numbers 66-114. These publications contain wartime, and post-war intelligence obtained by British sources. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1920
Extent:
1 volume (411 folios)