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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B338
Title:
Ordinance
Scope & Content:
This file consists of an ordinance which was intended to be named 'The Transfer of Land Ordinance, 1919' and relates to immovable property transactions in Mesopotamia. Included with the ordinance are notes by the following individuals: Chaim Weizmann, President of the British Zionist Federation; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1919-Dec 1919
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2158, f 38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2158, f 38
Title:
Map Showing Anglo-Turkish Boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
This map depicts two Anglo-Turkish boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula. The northernmost line represents the 'blue line', which was laid down in the non-ratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 and redefined and adopted in the Anglo-Ottoman convention of the following year. The line that descen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 map

3. IOR/L/PS/12/917

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/917
Title:
Ext 2033/44 'Shaikh Salman of Bahrain: judicial training in Palestine'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding arrangements for the Civil and Criminal case judicial training of Sheikh Salman Bin Muhamed (the fifth son of senior uncle of the Ruler of Bahrain) in Palestine, resulting from a lack of court judges with judicial training in Bahrain. The file also inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1944-16 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B309
Title:
Interview with Sherif Feisal
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, authored by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, dated 30 December 1918, concerns a meeting at the India Office, London, between Sir Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State, and Shaikh Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī], accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence ac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B362

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B362
Title:
Middle East: the Judicial Systems of Mesopotamia and Palestine. Note by Major Marrs on Sir H. Samuel's Despatch No. 157, dated 29th November 1920.
Scope & Content:
A note by Major Robert Marrs, in which the author provides a comparison of the judicial systems in Mesopotamia and Palestine, followed by a number of points regarding jurisdiction over foreigners in those places.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1921
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3961

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3961
Title:
Coll 30/217(1) 'Trans-Arabian Pipe Line (Persian Gulf - to Mediterranean)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns oil company proposals for the construction of a Trans-Arabian oil pipeline between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The file largely consists of papers relating to Trans-Jordan and Palestine, and to a lesser extent, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (including correspondence from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1945-9 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (152 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2072

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2072
Title:
Coll 6/8(2) 'Printed Series. 1938–'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of printed copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office, which have been compiled by the India Office's External Affairs Department. Most of the correspondence is addressed to the Foreign Office by the British Minister at Jedda, Sir Reader William Bullard. Other rec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1937-20 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/911

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/911
Title:
File 4917/1920 'MESOPOTAMIA: MANDATE [AND PALESTINE]'
Scope & Content:
The volume includes correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, minutes, draft mandates and conventions. The correspondence is mainly about the British Mandate for Palestine and Mesopotamia, and the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon. British and French officials exchanged draft copies o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1920-31 Dec 1924
Extent:

1 volume (377 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/62
Title:
Letters to Robert Abbott from Luigi Malagamba and Nicholas Ducci
Scope & Content:
Copies of two letters addressed to Robert Abbott, East India Company Agent in Aleppo, containing news of the French campaign in Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. An Italian letter from Luigi Malagamba, sent from Acri [Acre] and dated 12 March 1799. The letter describes difficultie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/73
Title:
Letters from Nicholas Ducci and Giovanni Lazzari to Louisa Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters received by Louisa Abbott, widow of Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo, concerning the French invasion of Palestine led by General Napoleon Bonaparte: 1. A letter from Nicholas Ducci, Agent, sent from Latachia [Latakia] and dated 21 April 1799. The letter r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
21 Apr 1799-6 May 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)