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1. IOR/L/MIL/7/18442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/18442
Title:
Collection 425/1271 Part 2 ‘European War 1914: Reports on: (1) The Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf; (2) The development of the Port of Basra by Sir George Buchanan’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning: appointments of personnel to the Irrigation Directorate in Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the proposed dredging of Hammer Lake [Lake Hammar]; river dredgers needed in Mesopotamia; and a request that river dredgers currently in Mesopotamia be returned to India. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-31 Jan 1918
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 428-453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/449, ff 428-453
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 20 of 1847, dated 16 February 1847. The enclosures are dated 30 December 1846-13 February 1847. The item comprises communications between the governments of Bom...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1847
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 304-352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 304-352
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1847, dated 6 August 1847. The enclosures are dated 13 April-2 August 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 26 December 1846). ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1847
Extent:
1 item (49 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/211
Title:
File 4/23 Civil Engineer for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a request made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah for the Political Agency in Kuwait to find him a suitable engineer to oversee an expansion of the country's port. The correspondence discusses Shaikh Ahmad's initial request, the a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1939-19 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)