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121. IOR/L/PS/18/B338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B338
Title:
Ordinance
Scope & Content:
This file consists of an ordinance which was intended to be named 'The Transfer of Land Ordinance, 1919' and relates to immovable property transactions in Mesopotamia. Included with the ordinance are notes by the following individuals: Chaim Weizmann, President of the British Zionist Federation; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1919-Dec 1919
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

122. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B156 (i)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B156 (i)
Title:
'Map showing tribes and new boundary of the Aden Protectorate'
Scope & Content:
Map showing territories surrounding the Aden Protectorate, with indications of tribes and sub-tribes. The Protectorate boundary and the tribal boundaries within the Protectorate area are in red ink. The map indicates settlements, hydrology and provides some indication of relief. The map was pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1906
Extent:
1 map

123. IOR/L/PS/18/B200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B200
Title:
‘Memorandum by Mr Parkes on British Policy of Non-Interference in the Affairs of Nejd [Najd].’
Scope & Content:
The printed memorandum, written by Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, is headed ‘A. Asiatic Turkey and Arabia. Confidential. [July 3] Section 6.’ It summarises past correspondence (dated from February 1904 to May 1907) between Government officials on Britain’s policy of confining their influen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1913
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

124. IOR/L/PS/18/B223a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B223a
Title:
Memorandum by the Political Secretary, India Office, on German press opinion regarding the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This document outlines Germany's intentions to conduct economic dealings in Turkey, in particular through the importing and exporting of goods. The writer, Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, explores the opinions of the press regarding the correct way to implement such procedures in Turkey, and discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

125. 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)

126. IOR/L/PS/18/B211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B211
Title:
‘The Sherif [Shereef] of Mecca.’
Scope & Content:
Printed copy of a secret memorandum, subtitled ‘(Communicated by Sir Reginald Wingate G.C.V.O., &c., &c.)’, written on 19 July 1915 at Erkowit in Sudan, by Captain George Stewart Symes, then Private Secretary to the Governor General. The memorandum is a statement, given by an anonymous s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1915
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

127. IOR/L/PS/18/B78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B78
Title:
Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates by British Merchant-Vessels
Scope & Content:
This file contains a selection of correspondence related to the right of British Merchant-Vessels to use the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This correspondence is primarily between British officials but also includes copies of letters between Ottoman officials including one letter in French (ff 11...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 May 1881
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

128. IOR/L/PS/18/B352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B352
Title:
Note on the Christian Communities in and around Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed report by the Political Department of the India Office concerns the Christian communities of Mesopotamia. The report is divided into the following sections: A: Groups; B: Millets; C: Geographical Position; D: History and Tenets; E: Assyrian Refugees; and F: The Millet that chiefly c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

129. IOR/L/PS/18/B463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B463
Title:
Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937
Scope & Content:
This volume is an administration report covering the years 1926 to 1937 (though in some subjects the report goes further back than 1926) and deals mainly with the activities of the Bahrain Government. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report was based on annual report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

130. IOR/L/PS/18/B478

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B478
Title:
Memorandum on the Oil Concessions in the Arab Sheikhdoms
Scope & Content:
This printed secret memorandum by the India Office, dated 13 March 1944, concerns oil concessions in the Arab sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in the context of the United States of America's discussions on oil in the Middle East. The aim of the memorandum is to give an account of British interest...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1944
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)