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51. IOR/L/PS/10/833/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/3
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA KURDISTAN The AQRAH Incident: Murder of Messrs Bill & Scott’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to a violent incident during which two individuals, J H Bill, Indian Civil Service, Political Officer, Mosul, and Captain K R Scott, 31st Punjabis, Indian Army, Assistant Political Officer, Aqrah [also spelled Akra and Aqra in this item], were killed ‘near Birza Kapra in Zab Val...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 item (86 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/10/833/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/4
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: The Telafar Outrage’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to an attack on the town of Telafar [Tell Afar; also spelled Tal Afar in the item] in early June 1919, allegedly by members of the Shammar Jarba tribe, which resulted in the killing of all Government officials there including: Major J E Barlow, the Political Officer; Lieutenant ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1920-17 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/2887

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2887
Title:
Coll 17/25 'Iraq. Internal. Miscellaneous (including finance)'
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of papers relating to Iraq, mostly copies sent to the India Office of letters and telegrams from the British Embassy at Baghdad (Sir Francis Humphrys, George Ogilvie-Forbes, Archibald Clark Kerr, Oswald Scott, Maurice Peterson, Sir Hugh Stonehewer-Bird, Sir Basil Newton,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1934-7 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/12/3427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3427
Title:
Coll 28/30 ‘Persia; Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Improved Control of: Proposed Indo-Persian Extradition Treaty’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to controls on cross-border movements and extradition measures on the frontier between Persia [Iran] and India (specifically British Baluchistan, part of present-day Pakistan), discussed between the British Government, Government of India, and Persian Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1930-6 Aug 1936
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/1/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/165
Title:
‘Vol 250 Wrecks, Maritime outrages’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to nine cases of shipwreck, plunder, piracy, or other maritime outrage, each assigned in the volume under the ‘Heading VIII: Wrecks, maritime outrages, etc.’ and each taking place during the period 1857 to 1861. Correspondence includes the original rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1857-9 Jan 1861
Extent:
1 volume (156 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/1/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/245
Title:
14/86 ATTACK ON AJMAN AND MURDER OF THE CHIEF AND SUCCESSION ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file relates mainly to the issues of succession in Ajman and some other Trucial States. The main correspondents are the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; and Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1900-16 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/1/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/277
Title:
'14/194 II. Deposition of Shaikh of Sharja and accession of his successor. 14/196/II Punishment of the Shaikh of Fujairah. 14/200 projected establishment of customs houses at Debai, Sharjah etc by Shaikhs. 14/211 Refractory conduct of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaima. 14/217 Murder of the Shaikh of Hamriyah. 14/233 Regarding Shaikh of Kalba. 14/243 Abu Dhabi customs and revenues. 14/252 I. Notices issued by Shaikh of Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the following topics: The dispute between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and the sons of Shaikh Khalid, a former ruler of Sharjah, over the area of Dhaid and how this affected a geological expedition. Correspondents include Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1929-5 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 volume (88 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/1/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/293
Title:
14/266 I (B 72) Headman of Hamriya's desire to sever his connection with Sharja
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the question of Hamriya becoming independent of Sharjah and disturbances at Hamriyah; also the case of the murder of Shaikh Abdur Rahman of Hamrieyeh. Includes Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad's declaration that Hamriyah is independent. Correspondents include the Residency Agent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1922-13 Apr 1932
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/1/462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/462
Title:
35/160 (A 72) Murder of Indian by Shihuh
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the case of a British Indian traveller murdered by the Shihuh [al-Shiḥūḥ] as he was making his way from Karachi to Dubai via Muscat and Dibah [possibly Dibba, at the northern tip of the Arabian Peninsula]. Issues discussed include: The itinerary of the British Indian who...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1936-9 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/2/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/28
Title:
File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Bushire; Captain Oldham on board HMS Lapwing; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and the kaymakam (Ottoman governor) of al-Qaṭīf. These correspondence concern the murder in 1900 of Salmān bin Di‘aj Āl Kh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1900-19 Feb 1906
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)