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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Road construction

1. IOR/F/4/2142/102306

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2142/102306
Title:
‘Aden. Application from the Jewish inhabitants of Aden, for compensation on account of losses which they allege they have sustained by their Houses having been pulled down to admit of a new road being constructed.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 14 February 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside deta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1845-14 Feb 1846
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2203/108124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2203/108124
Title:
‘Aden. Compensation to the Jews residing at – for the removal of their Houses – Mr Plowden a traveller in Abyssinia – Vol: 4’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; the Government of India; the Cou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1846-15 Mar 1847
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/659/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/2
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1B 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Muscat lighthouse'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the rebuilding of and improvements to the lighthouse in Muscat after the First World War. The correspondence notes that the Muscat lighthouse is not properly lit, and that there is a need to improve the pathway up to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-12 May 1927
Extent:
1 item (87 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1499
Title:
Coll 1/61 'Aden. Policy of His Majesty's Government in the Hadhramaut; succession of the Sultanate of Mukalla'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding Government policy in the Aden Hadhramaut [Hadramawt], and related topics. The file consists of extensive correspondence, reports and minutes regarding: a proposal by the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) that a more 'forward' policy should be adopted i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1935-21 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (628 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2964
Title:
Coll 20/12 'Muscat: Communications in Road construction'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the construction of roads in Oman by the Muscat Levy Corps. The correspondents include the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agency in Muscat, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. The papers include a report by Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1930-6 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3464
Title:
Coll 28/58 ‘Persia. Roads in:–’
Scope & Content:
Papers reporting on the progress of construction and condition of roads in Persia [Iran]. The file includes: extracts taken from the Persian diaries of the Bushire Residency and Consulate-General at Bushire; extracts from intelligence summaries and correspondence from the British Legation at Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1932-30 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3864
Title:
Coll 30/130 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Proposal for a motor route from Koweit-Haifa'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Palestine, Kuwait and India regarding proposals for the construction of a motor route from Kuwait-Amman (folios 4-53) and Kuwait-Haifa (folios 54-204). In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following: 'War Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1936-15 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/570
Title:
File 61/11 VII (D 122) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Foreign Office in London, the Political Residencies in Bushire and Aden, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1934-30 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/575
Title:
File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports relating to the Hajj pilgrimage to the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Agency (later British Legation) in Jeddah, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Indian Office in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1923-2 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

10. Mss Eur F111/69

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/69
Title:
Foreign Office Papers: Persia
Scope & Content:
This file comprises printed Foreign Office correspondence on Persia [Iran]. It consists of two volumes: Mss Eur F111/69A: Despatches dated 18 December 1891-30 June 1897 (ff 1-203) Mss Eur F111/69B: Despatches dated 7 July 1897-22 September 1898 (ff 204-414).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1891-22 Sep 1898
Extent:

2 volumes (422 folios)