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1301. IOR/L/PS/10/115/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115/3
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 8 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf - Seizure of French dhows "Musafa" and "Fath-el-Khair".'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence relates to complaints made by Abraham Elbaz (agent for Antoine Goguyer, a French arms merchant at Muscat) that his dhow Fath-el-Khair was being interfered with by HM's vessels causing him to suffer substantial financial losses. The correspondence also discusses negotiations t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Jan 1911-4 Aug 1911
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

1302. IOR/L/PS/10/156/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/1
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Taona piracy case’
Scope & Content:
Part 3 comprises correspondence relating to an incident occurring in 1902 in which four Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] pearl fishers (described as being of the Sudan tribe) were murdered near Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Persia, by inhabitants of the nearby port of Taona [Bandar-e Ţāḩūneh]. The part’s princ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1905-16 Jun 1913
Extent:

102 folios

1303. IOR/L/PS/10/302/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/302/1
Title:
File 3877/1912 Pt 3 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’
Scope & Content:
The volume is a chronological continuation of File 3877/1912 Pt 2 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’ (IOR/L/PS/301), and comprises papers concerning ongoing negotiations over oil concessions for the Mesopotamian vilayets of Mosul and Baghdad, in which the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), Deutsch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Mar 1914-25 Nov 1915
Extent:

1 part (184 folios)

1304. IOR/L/PS/10/850/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/850/1
Title:
File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’
Scope & Content:
This part contains correspondence regarding the visit of a Mission (deputation) consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein [Bahrain], Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant, to the United Kingdom and Paris in 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1903-9 Jul 1928
Extent:

1 item (258 folios)

1305. IOR/L/PS/10/50/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/3
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 8 'Koweit:- Arabia Chiefs' attitude towards tribes of the interior (Nejd etc.)'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the attitudes of Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit [Kuwait] and rulers of other Persian Gulf coast states toward the political activities of Bin Saood (also referred to as Ibn Saood) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] in Nej...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1904-30 Jan 1908
Extent:

170 folios

1306. IOR/L/PS/10/387/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/387/1
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Policy towards Bin Saud (Capt. Shakespear's Mission)'
Scope & Content:
Part 4 primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], following the outbreak of the First World War. It includes the following: discussion regarding Bin Saud's relations with the Ottoman government, and the need for the British to secur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1914-17 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 item (211 folios)

1307. IOR/L/PS/10/609/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/609/1
Title:
P 3280/1916 Pt 1 'Arabia: [Asir]: Financial and Other Assistance to the Idrissi [etc.] Appointment of a Liaison-Medical Officer (Capt Fazuluddin)'
Scope & Content:
The file mostly consists of correspondence relating to the Idrisi [Idrissi] Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia. It includes: India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal India Office minutes and reference p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1916-1 May 1922
Extent:
1 item (229 folios)

1308. IOR/L/PS/10/576/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/576/1
Title:
File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the establishment and work of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department, which was set up to co-ordinate Arabian and Islamic intelligence in the face of German and Turkish propaganda, which had been making rapid headway in the region during the F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1915-6 Mar 1918
Extent:

1 item

1309. IOR/L/PS/10/661/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/6
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 8 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Reorganisation of the Persian Gulf Light Service.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence relating to the reorganisation of the Persian Gulf Light Service. Matters discussed include the following: the possibility of dues being collected from ships using the Gulf, as an alternative means of financing the present service or a reduced...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1922-12 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

1310. IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 7 ‘Arabia: - Nejd-Hedjaz Situation. Fall of Medina; Surrender of Jeddah. Abdication of King Ali; desecration of shrines by the Wahabis.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to events during the invasion of Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces under the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The papers cover: the fall of Medina; the surrender of Jeddah; the flight from Jeddah and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1925-2 Jan 1929
Extent:

1 item (347 folios)

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