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11. IOR/L/PS/18/B216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B216
Title:
British Policy in the Yemen
Scope & Content:
The file contains an introduction by Major-General Sir George John Younghusband, Political Resident, Aden, introducing two memoranda written by Lieutenant Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident, Aden. They are addressed to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Political Department, i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Sep 1915
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/18/B251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B251
Title:
Relations with Ibn Sa'ud: note prepared by Arab Bureau, Irak Section
Scope & Content:
This note was written by the Arab Bureau, Iraq Section, in Basra in January 1917. It reviews the rise of Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], his fight against Ibn Rashid and the role of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent, Kuwait, in this confli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/18/B267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B267
Title:
Memorandum on Intellectual and Political Forces in the Ottoman Empire
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was prepared by the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department in January 1917 and aimed to give 'an inner view of the intellectual and political forces which are predominant in the Ottoman Empire.' It consists of four main sections: A. 'German influence in Turkey' (f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/18/B268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B268
Title:
Employment of Japanese Troops in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum addressed to the War Cabinet by the Political Department of the India Office on the question of the employment of Japanese troops in Mesopotamia. It summarises the Government of India's views given in a telegram dated 21 November 1917, with military and politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1917-18 Dec 1917
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/18/B272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B272
Title:
Middle East Committee. Note prepared for meeting of 12th January 1918. Sir M. Sykes's memorandum on the Palestine and West Arabian situation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note, dated 10 January 1918, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh (Political Department, India Office) on a memorandum written by Sir Mark Sykes on the Palestine and West Arabian situation. The note was prepared for a meeting of the Middle East Committee. Shuckburgh comments o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1918
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/18/B349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B349
Title:
Arabia. Political Situation in Nejd
Scope & Content:
This printed report contains a memorandum by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Political Agent, Bahrein [Bahrain], dated 12 August 1920, concerning the political situation in Nejd [Najd] and Central Arabia at the end of July 1920, gathered from conversations with Abdul Aziz Al Qusaibi [‘Abd ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/18/B358

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B358
Title:
"Situation in Middle East" (Note by Major Bray, Political Intelligence Officer, attached to India Office)
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Political Intelligence Officer attached to the India Office, on Soviet activities and influence in the Middle East and the implications for British interests in the region. The document was prepared as a departmental minute. It discusses s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/18/C210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C210
Title:
'Bolshevik Intrigue in Persia since October 1922'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is a report produced for the Inter-Departmental Committee on Eastern Unrest, which includes intelligence covering the period October 1922 to March 1923. It provides an overview of Russian-Persian relations and of changes made to Russian official representation at Tabriz, Tehran, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1923
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/18/C211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C211
Title:
'Pan-Islamic and Turkish propaganda etc. in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a report on information obtained by the British since October 1922 regarding Turkish efforts to spread Pan-Islamic, pro-Turkish, and anti-British propaganda in Iraq and Persia. This includes information on Turco-Persian relations.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1923
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/20/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/202
Title:
Notes of a journey through Kurdistan in the winter of 1881-82.
Scope & Content:
By Montagu Gilbert Gerard, Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Central India Horse, published in Calcutta by the Quarter Master General's Department. The notes consist of diary entries for the period 15 November 1881 to 16 April 1882, documenting each stage of Captain Gerard's journey th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)