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31. IOR/L/PS/12/1307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1307
Title:
Ext 878/48 'Establishment of USA consulate at Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding: a request from the United States Department of State to the British Government to approve the establishment of an American Consulate in Kuwait; and the recommendation by the Foreign Office to include the Consulate in the American Basra Consular District...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1948-19 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/2116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2116
Title:
Coll 6/49 'Railways and Communications: Proposed Jedda-Mecca Railway. Motor Transport Arrangements.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the progress of schemes relating to the improvement of transport and communications in Saudi Arabia. The file largely consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1932-17 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/12/2155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2155
Title:
Coll 6/82 'Saudi Arabia: Removal from Jedda, of Indian Vice-Consul, Pilgrimage officer (Bahadur Ihsanullah), owing to Saudi intrigues against him.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the early retirement of the Indian Vice-Consul at Jedda, Khan Bahadur Ihsanullah, in 1937, due to what are referred to as intrigues against him. The correspondence includes details of Ihsanullah's position as Vice-Consul, which he has held since 1918. It discusses his duties...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1936-21 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (123 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/12/2169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2169
Title:
Coll 6/94 'INDIAN REPRESENTATION AT JEDDA'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to British Indian (and later, Indian and Pakistani) representation in Jedda, Saudi Arabia. The earlier correspondence (1937-1946) concerns successive appointments for the position of Indian Vice-Consul at Jedda, whose main responsibilities relate to the interests of Indian pil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1937-15 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/12/2885

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2885
Title:
Coll 17/23(S) 'Iraq. Attachment of Iraqis to British Consulates abroad for training in consular work.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the proposal by the Prime Minister of Iraq that Iraqi officials should be employed in British Consulates, for the purpose of training them in consular work until Iraqi Consulates could be established in neighbouring countries to Iraq, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1927-17 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/12/2891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2891
Title:
Coll 17/29 'Iraq. Relations with Syria.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to relations between Iraq and Syria, specifically: the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement between the two countries signed on 24 April 1937; and the Government of Iraq opening a Consulate in Aleppo [in Syria]. The papers are mostly letters to the Secretary of State for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Sep 1937-9 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/12/2898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2898
Title:
Coll 17/36 ‘Iraq. On of Estabt. of Diplomatic relations between Iraq + U.S.S.R.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Iraq. The papers mainly consist of copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the following: Sir Basil Newton and Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, HM Ambassador to Iraq (s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1941-19 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/12/2900

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2900
Title:
Coll 17/38 'Iraq. British Consulates in Basra.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a carbon copy of one letter from the Foreign Office to the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated 26 January 1942 (sent by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under Secretary of State for India), informing the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the status ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1942-2 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

39. IOR/L/PS/12/2901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2901
Title:
Coll 17/39 'Iraq. Relations with U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis), the Foreign Office, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the India Office (Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold), regarding the appointment of a new United States Minister to Iraq. The file i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1942-14 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/12/3431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3431
Title:
Coll 28/35 ‘Flying of Flags in; Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreigners in Persia. In. of Consular buildings’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the flying of flags and the positioning of flag staffs at British consular buildings in Persia [Iran], including at Britain’s naval base on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], and the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The file begins in 1931 wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-31 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)