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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 37. PART II. (From 16th to 31st August 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 August 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1917-31 Aug 1917
Extent:
1 volume (260 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1098

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1098
Title:
File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the right of navigation in the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab). It includes correspondence relating to the following: the alignment of the Perso-Iraq frontier at the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab; the right of Persian [Iranian] vessels ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 May 1928-28 Nov 1930
Extent:

1 volume (362 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2869

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2869
Title:
Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding relations between Persia [Iran] and Iraq. It primarily concerns the frontier delineated by the 1913-1914 Boundary Commission, in particular Persian claims over areas of the Shatt el-Arab, and rights to oilfields in the Naft Khana [Naft Khāna] or Khaniqin [Khā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 May 1933-15 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (476 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2870
Title:
Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of Collection 17/5, and contains papers regarding negotiations between Persia [Iran] and Iraq at the League of Nations in 1935, mediated by Italian delegate Baron Pompeo Aloisi. The papers primarily consist of communications regarding the negotiations submitted to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Feb 1935-15 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 volume (502 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3802
Title:
Coll 30/86(1) 'PERSIA. RELATIONS WITH IRAQ. SHATT-EL-ARAB: INTERNATIONALISATION OF, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSERVANCY BOARD.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab). The papers include: negotiations with the governments of Iraq and Persia [Iran]; the involvement of British shipowners in discussions; numerous drafts o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jul 1932-10 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 volume (592 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3803
Title:
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (468 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3804
Title:
Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B165
Title:
Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905
Scope & Content:
The report, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled by Captain Edward Willoughby Sandys Mahon, Royal Engineer on 24 July 1905 to identify places suitable as termini of the Baghdad Railway. He advises Bussorah [Basra] as the best place, for strategic and commercial reasons. The r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1905
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/20/C149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C149
Title:
Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E
Scope & Content:
This file contains two printed reports written by Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force "D". The details of the reports are as follows: 1) 'Report on the Conservancy of the Shatt-El-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (29 folios)

10. Mss Eur F111/360, f 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/360, f 32
Title:
‘Sketch Map of the Mouth of the Shatt-El-Arab’
Scope & Content:
The map depicts the mouth of the Shatt El Arab waterway with soundings in feet. It includes a diagram of the settlement of Fao, the location of the 'Turkish Fort', and the telegraph station. The scale is stated as 1/97,280 or 1.535 statute miles to the inch. An arrow indicates magnetic north. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1905
Extent:
1 map