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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3244
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 18. PART I. (From 1st to 15th January 1916).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 January 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1915-15 Jan 1916
Extent:

1 volume (182 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/118
Title:
File 1265/1907 ‘Persian Gulf:- Wireless Stations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about proposals for the establishment of wireless telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, Bushire, Debai [Dubai] and Zora near Ajman instead of Kuwait. The main correspondents are the following: ministers and senior off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1912
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/298
Title:
File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes by British government officials about the Italian Government’s support for proposals by the British company Marconi, initially in association with the German company Telefunken, to establish a network of wireless (radio) telegraph stations in Persia. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Mar 1912-27 Jul 1915
Extent:
1 volume (316 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/615
Title:
File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Secret Department minute papers, mostly relating to French policy regarding the Hedjaz [Hejaz or Hijaz]. This correspondence largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British High Commissioner of Egypt (Sir Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1916-31 May 1917
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/515

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/515
Title:
Ext 2747/41 'Method to be adopted in Sending telegrams to the Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India querying, and subsequently confirming, the security of sending cyphered telegrams to the Gulf by wireless.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1941-29 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/741
Title:
Ext 4041/42 Establishment of an MI6 W/T station at Zahidan
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams between the British Legation at Tehran and the Foreign Office regarding the establishment of a Wireless Telegraphy (WT) Station at Zahidan [Zahedan, Iran], and plans to send a clerk and a Vice-Consul.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1942-8 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3860

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3860
Title:
Coll 30/126(2) 'Persian Gulf. Naval Base at Khor Kuwai. Erection of Wireless Transmitter and Call Station'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office, the Political Residency and the Admiralty regarding the construction of a Cable and Wireless cable station at Khor Kuwai, Oman in 1944 and the station's subsequent closure in 1945. The file includes a divider, which gives...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1944-9 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3933
Title:
Coll 30/193 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. KOWEIT.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the defence of Kuwait (also spelled Koweit and Kuweit in the file). It includes correspondence regarding the following: the preparation of a scheme for the defence of Kuwait by the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq; an exercise carried ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1938-20 Mar 1942
Extent:

1 file (78 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3934

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3934
Title:
Coll 30/196(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence. Koweit- Estabt of R.A.F. Pack Wireless Stn @.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the installation of a wireless set with Royal Air Force operators at the Kuwait Political Agency (the commercial 'at' symbol is used in the file title), pending the establishment by Cable and Wireless Limited of their wireless station at Kuwait, in connection...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1939-30 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3946

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3946
Title:
Coll 30/206 'Bahrein Naval Wireless Station.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the Naval Wireless Station at Bahrain. The papers include: correspondence from the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the installation of a wireless receiving and transmitting set at the Jufair naval...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1940-8 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)