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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B247
Title:
British interests in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel in January 1917. Its purpose is to explain 'why the exclusion of Italy from Western and Southern Arabia and the Red Sea littoral is important in British interests'. It notes the importance of Arabia lying as it does along two of the main...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B223a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B223a
Title:
Memorandum by the Political Secretary, India Office, on German press opinion regarding the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This document outlines Germany's intentions to conduct economic dealings in Turkey, in particular through the importing and exporting of goods. The writer, Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, explores the opinions of the press regarding the correct way to implement such procedures in Turkey, and discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C134
Title:
'LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSIA'
Scope & Content:
This volume is entitled LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSIA, and is a description of the British lines of communication between the Ottoman Empire and Persia [Iran]. It was produced in 1916 by the General Staff of the British Indian Army and was printed by the Government Monotype Pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (62 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B141
Title:
Persian Gulf. Turkish claims on the Arabian coast
Scope & Content:
Memorandum possibly prepared by C G Campbell, 22 January 1903. The document is a recent historical overview of Turkish claims to the Arabian (southern) coast of the Persian Gulf, with particular focus on Qatar (referred to as El Katr throughout), Odeid [al-‘Udaid], and the Trucial Coast. There ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1903
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3480, f 198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3480, f 198
Title:
Sketch Map of the Persia-Iraq Frontier
Scope & Content:
Sketch map indicating the international boundaries between Iraq, Persia [Iran], Turkey, and Azerbaijan. The boundaries are shown as red lines, with country names annotated in red ink. Major settlements are indicated in English in black ink. Important railways and rivers are also indicated in bla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927?
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B223b

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B223b
Title:
Second memorandum, by the Political Secretary, India Office, on German press opinion regarding the Middle East. April and May
Scope & Content:
This second memorandum by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel uses press reports to present a general view of the current situation in Turkey with regard to German involvement in the country. Various topics are discussed including the new currency, Turkish nationalism, the Deutsche-Türkisch Vereinigung [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B233
Title:
'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Memorandum by Political Department, India Office.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, dated 25 May 1916, examining the implications of war with Turkey on Great Britain particularly the importance to Germany of a Turco-Ottoman alliance and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and the corresponding importance of its dissolution to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1916
Extent:

4 folios

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3463
Title:
Coll 28/57 ‘Persia. Perso-Turkish relations; Treaty of Friendship & Security’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning relations between Persia [Iran] and Turkey. Subjects covered include: the signing of treaties of friendship and neutrality between the two nations in 1932; the proposed visit of the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi] to Angora [Ankara] in 1934; the visit of a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Dec 1932-21 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B234
Title:
'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Note by the Under Secretary, India Office.'
Scope & Content:
Note written by Sir Thomas William Holderness, Under Secretary of State, India Office, in response to Sir Arthur Hirtzel's memorandum on the war with Turkey (IOR/L/PS/18/B233). The note describes the recommendations of the Inter-Department Committee on Asiatic Turkey, which Sir Thomas Holderne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)