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11. IOR/L/PS/10/389/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/389/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
Part 8 primarily concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Included are the following: discussion as to which ruler has the stronger claim to Khurma, and whether Bin Saud shou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1918-26 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 item (300 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/10/604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/604
Title:
File 2415/1916 ‘Aden Protectorate:- Gift of £10,000; Gift of Guns to Sultan of Lahej.’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the financial and military support Britain gave to tribes in South Arabia (present-day Yemen) during the First World War. Subjects covered include: in 1914, a declaration by the ‘Abdali Sultan of Lahej [Laḩij] of his longstanding f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1914-16 Feb 1928
Extent:

1 volume (284 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/10/611/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/611/2
Title:
File 3300/1916 Pt 4 'Aden News-Letters. (1921-23)'
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of the following: copies of News Letters from the Political Resident, Aden, addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and then to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (from the News Letter dated 5 May 1921, forwarded 1 June 1921), which were forwarded to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1921-26 Feb 1924
Extent:
1 item (322 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/10/692/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/692/2
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 4, 'South Persia Rifles: - General correspondence regarding disbandment. Disposal of arms, ammunition, stores etc.'
Scope & Content:
This item relates to the disbandment of the South Persia Rifles, including attempts (in the opinion of the India Office) of the Foreign Office and HM Minister in Tehran to prolong its existence, and the disposal of arms, ammunition, equipment and medical stores. The principal correspondents are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1921-3 Mar 1922
Extent:
1 item (184 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/10/1135/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1135/2
Title:
File 255/1925 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Supply of Arms by Govt of India’
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence, draft papers, telegrams and minutes regarding the supply of arms by the Government of India to the Government of Persia [Iran]. The papers notably cover/include: The consignment of arms, artillery and aircraft to Bander Abbas [Bandar-e Abbas]List of the articl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Mar 1929-24 Nov 1930
Extent:
1 item (61 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/10/1242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1242
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 11 'Arabia: Iraq-Nejd Frontier Affairs: Ibn Saud's Request for Arms etc, Saudi Debts to H.M.G.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of arms and ammunition to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and Nejd, by the Government of India in 1929, to enable him to suppress potential trouble with the Ajman tribe. The papers go on to record the attempts...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1929-9 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (485 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/87
Title:
PZ 7629/33 'Persia: Persian armaments'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding actual and attempted purchases of armaments and military equipment by Persia. The primary correspondents are: War Office; India Office; Foreign Office; British Legation, Tehran; Export Credits Guarantee Department. Folios 91-177 cover War Office reports of arm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1933-6 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/228
Title:
PZ 2729/37(S) 'Pastori, an Italian subject: Activities in the Persian Gulf. I.P.I papers'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of memoranda, correspondence, and reports from Indian Political Intelligence concerning the activities of Tullio Pastori, an Italian subject in the Persian Gulf. It assesses whether he is merely a commercial adventurer, or a political agent for the Italians engaged in subversiv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1937-10 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/342
Title:
PZ 1076/40 ‘Arms Traffic Persian Gulf. Licences for export of Arms etc to the Persian Gulf Ports’
Scope & Content:
The file consists largely of monthly returns compiled by the Board of Trade and which relate to the licensing of British arms exports by sea to Muscat and the ports of the Persian Gulf, notably Basra (or Basrah). The returns contain the following information for every arms export listed: the exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1931-8 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (355 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/359
Title:
PZ 1673/40 'Activities of ADC to Shaikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains translated correspondence sent between Izzat Mohamed Jaafar, the Aide-de-Camp and Private Secretary to the Shaikh of Kuwait, and George Maratos of Alexandria. The correspondence relates to the activities of Jaafar, in particular his negotiations over the purchase of arms, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Mar 1940-22 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)