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91. IOR/L/PS/18/B320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B320
Title:
The Use of Aeroplanes in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This printed report consists of a note prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, concerning the use of aeroplanes in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf. The note consists of two parts: the first covers South-West Persia and the second Mesopotamia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

92. IOR/L/PS/18/B399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B399
Title:
Status of certain Groups of Islands in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
In response to Persian claims of authority over the islands, the document outlines the status of the following groups of Persian Gulf islands: Warba, Bubiyan, Maskan, Failakah [Jazīrat Faylakā], Auhah [Jazīrat ‘Awhah], Kubbar, Qaru, and Umm-el-Maradin, which lie off the coast of Koweit [Kuwait] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

93. IOR/L/PS/18/B168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B168
Title:
Report of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A report of a committee of enquiry on the lighting and buoyage of the Persian Gulf, 1909. The report discusses the existing lighting facilities in the Gulf (at Kuwait and Fao) and the details of a proposed scheme to construct a comprehensive network of lights at the following locations: Muscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

94. IOR/L/PS/18/B79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B79
Title:
Memoir on Part of Mesopotamia contained between Sheriat-el-Beytha on the Tigris to Tel Ibrahim, by Lieutenant J B Bewsher, Surveyor in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This file is a memoir that describes part of Mesopotamia [Iraq] between Sheriat-el-Beytha (ten miles north-west of Baghdad) and the large mound of Tel Ibrahim (nineteen miles north-east of Hillah). The memoir contains details of historical sites, agriculture and irrigation in the region. The m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

95. IOR/L/PS/18/B125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B125
Title:
‘Prevention of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf: question of increased facilities for passing under the British flag.’
Scope & Content:
Printed correspondence relating to the prevention of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, with particular reference to the persistence of the slave trade at Muscat under the French flag, and proposals for increasing facilities for vessels to sail under the British flag. The correspondence compr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1899-10 Oct 1899
Extent:

2 folios

96. IOR/L/PS/18/B297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B297
Title:
Policy in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a note, dated 20 November 1918, by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the India Office concerning British policy in Arabia. The note discusses 'The Status of the King of the Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]' and 'The Status of Iraq', and largely focuses on British interes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios

97. IOR/L/PS/18/B141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B141
Title:
Persian Gulf. Turkish claims on the Arabian coast
Scope & Content:
Memorandum possibly prepared by C G Campbell, 22 January 1903. The document is a recent historical overview of Turkish claims to the Arabian (southern) coast of the Persian Gulf, with particular focus on Qatar (referred to as El Katr throughout), Odeid [al-‘Udaid], and the Trucial Coast. There ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1903
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

98. IOR/L/PS/18/B341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B341
Title:
Mesopotamia and Middle East: Question of Future Control
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum, dated 1 June 1920, with an introductory note, dated 2 June 1920, by the Edwin Samuel Montagu (initialled E S M), Secretary of State for India. It concerns the question of future British control in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Middle East. The memorandum discusses th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

99. IOR/L/PS/18/B155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B155
Title:
Relations of the British Government with the Tribes of the Aden Hinterland
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum detailing the relations of the British Government with the tribes of the Aden hinterland by Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie, India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department. It discusses the following: boundary lines, difficulties with the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1906
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

100. IOR/L/PS/18/B187a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B187a
Title:
Second Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum written by John Edward Ferard of the India Office's Political Department regarding the development and improvement of lighting and buoyage facilities in the Persian Gulf (including the installation of lighthouses, lighted buoys and dioptric lanterns). The memorandum i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1912
Extent:

2 folios

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