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201. IOR/L/PS/9/76/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/168
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 August 1801. The letter forwards copies of letters to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company concerning Jones’s dispute with the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

202. IOR/L/PS/10/111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/111
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic:- Muscat dhows. "Kadra" case.'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses an alleged arms trafficking incident which occurred in December 1908. The El Khadra, a dhow owned by Mubarak bin Khamis, a subject of Muscat, was seized by Italian authorities off the coast of Ras Hafun [Raas Xaafuun] on charges of arms trafficking. The volume includes the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
9 Feb 1909-22 Dec 1911
Extent:
1 volume (398 folios)

203. IOR/L/PS/10/156/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/2
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 4 ‘Persian Gulf: acts of piracy by Ahmed bin Selman near Katif [Turkish discourtesy to commander of HMS “Lapwing” at Katif]’
Scope & Content:
Part 4 contains correspondence relating to attacks against Bahrain pearling dhows, committed by members of the Beni Hajir tribe and led by an individual named Ahmed bin Selman, in the waters around Bahrain and the Turkish administered territories of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] and El Katr [Qatar]. The part...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1901-12 Aug 1908
Extent:

178 folios

204. 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)

205. IOR/L/PS/10/318

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/318
Title:
File 4949/1912 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the mining of red oxide on the island of Abū Mūsá in the Persian Gulf, before and after the First World War. The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1912-15 May 1923
Extent:
1 volume (277 folios)

206. IOR/L/PS/10/616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/616
Title:
File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers largely relating to French policy in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Arabia, and Anglo-French relations concerning the region. It includes papers relating to the following: The French mission being sent to the Hedjaz under Mustapha Cherchali. The French Military Mission in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
30 May 1917-11 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)

207. IOR/L/PS/10/683

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/683
Title:
File 2006/1917 'ARABIA: ARAB CONFEDERACY'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning the support given by Britain to the tribes of South Arabia [present-day Yemen] in 1917, chiefly in relation to Britain’s principal wartime aim of ousting the Turks [Ottoman Empire] from the regi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917-Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

208. IOR/L/PS/10/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/691
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 2 'SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to expenditure on the South Persia Rifles and its dissolution in 1921. The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign Department (later Foreign and Political Department), and Finance Departm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1919-11 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 volume (435 folios)

209. 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)

210. IOR/L/PS/10/735/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/735/2
Title:
File 1000/1918 Pt 4 'Persia: policy'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence regarding affairs in Persia [Iran] in November 1918-March 1919, in the aftermath of the First World War, particularly in relation to considerations over the future of Anglo-Persian relations and to Persian attempts to be admitted as a delegate to the Paris Peace ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Nov 1918-15 Apr 1919
Extent:
1 item (187 folios)