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111. IOR/L/PS/18/B77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B77
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Conveyance of English Mails on the River Tigris
Scope & Content:
This file is a short memorandum that summarises the legal situation regarding the right of English mail ships to sail on the Tigris River. The memorandum was written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. On folio 106 the file contains an extract from a letter (from an Ottoman Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

112. IOR/L/PS/18/B314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B314
Title:
Railway Policy in relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed report by the General Staff, War Office, concerns Great Britain's railway policy in relation to general military policy in the Middle East, covering projects in Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Syria and Palestine. There are also details concerning the question of track gauge and general ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

113. IOR/L/PS/18/B402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B402
Title:
El Katr, 1908-1916
Scope & Content:
Memorandum covering: the status and governance of El Katr [Qatar], relations with His Majesty's Government, and treaties with and affecting El Katr during the period 1908-28. Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

114. IOR/L/PS/18/C54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C54
Title:
'NOTE ON PERSIA.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Owen Tudor Burne, Secretary, Political and Secret Department, India Office, in which the author suggests ways to improve relations between the Shah of Persia and the British Government in order to limit the influence of the Russian Government in Persia. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1887
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

115. IOR/L/PS/18/C66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C66
Title:
Seistan arbitration case
Scope & Content:
This document was written by Sir Owen Tudor Burne on 19 November 1872, and is divided into the following sections: Section 1 - Brief abstract of Persia and Afghanistan History as connected with Seistan [Sīstān], including our policy in reference to the district Section 2 - Geographical and Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1872
Extent:

6 folios

116. IOR/L/PS/18/B42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B42
Title:
Memorandum by Lieutenant-General J. W. Schneider, C.B.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum from Sir John William Schneider, Politcal Resident at Aden, on British interests in Socotra. It includes opinions on Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener's misapprehensions with regards to British influence at Socotra [Suquṭrā]; discusses the treaty or agreement concl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

117. IOR/L/PS/18/B154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B154
Title:
'MEMORANDUM. Grant of French Flags to Muscat Dhows.'
Scope & Content:
This memorandum by Ronald William Graham, Foreign Office, London, was printed for the use of the Foreign Office in January 1906 and concerns the grant of French flags to Muscat dhows. The memorandum outlines the background of key relevant treaties: the 1844 Treaty between France and Muscat gran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1906
Extent:

4 folios

118. IOR/L/PS/18/B166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B166
Title:
Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled on 12 February 1908 and contains information compiled by the India Office on British political and commercial interests in the Persian Gulf, including Pearl Fisheries (folios 58v-63); General Trade Statistics and German Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1908
Extent:

1 file (66 folios)

119. IOR/L/PS/18/C130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C130
Title:
Trans-Persian Railway: Minute by the Marquess of Crewe
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of short minute by Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (Marquess of Crewe and Secretary of State for India), which argues against the construction of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1913
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

120. IOR/L/PS/18/B129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B129
Title:
Muscat
Scope & Content:
A memorandum on British relations with Muscat for the years 1895 to 1901. It was prepared by Colin George Campbell for the India Office on 7 June 1901. The document gives a history of British and French relations with the Sultans of Muscat, and to a lesser extent, Zanzibar. It opens with a brie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1901
Extent:

1 file (20 folios)