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181. IOR/L/PS/18/B127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B127
Title:
Koweit
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Colin George Campbell, 31 December 1900, about Koweit [Kuwait], including a brief historical introduction and detailed information for the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900. Topics discussed include Mubarak al-Sabah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] having murdered his fat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1900
Extent:

6 folios

182. IOR/L/PS/18/B248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B248
Title:
A ruler of the desert
Scope & Content:
This document was written by Gertrude Bell, Liasion Officer and Correspondent to Cairo, and briefly details the visit of 'Abd al-' Aziz ibn Sa‘ūd to Basrah on November 27 1916 as part of the Mesopotamian campaign. Bell also describes the following: how Ibn Sa‘ūd came to power and his influence i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

183. IOR/L/PS/18/C153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C153
Title:
Bunder Abbas – Kerman Railway
Scope & Content:
This memorandum, written by Lord Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston], discusses a proposed Bunder Abbas–Kerman railway line. Curzon considers the possible diplomatic, commercial and strategic motives for constructing the railway line. Curzon argues that if the line h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

184. IOR/L/PS/18/B428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B428
Title:
Status of Basidu
Scope & Content:
This is a printed confidential memorandum by Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 18 Oct 1933 and revised 30 October 1933. It concerns details and relevant facts since 1720 with regards to the status of the British concession at Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] on the Island of Kishm in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 file (46 folios)

185. IOR/L/PS/18/B233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B233
Title:
'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Memorandum by Political Department, India Office.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, dated 25 May 1916, examining the implications of war with Turkey on Great Britain particularly the importance to Germany of a Turco-Ottoman alliance and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and the corresponding importance of its dissolution to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1916
Extent:

4 folios

186. IOR/L/PS/18/B235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B235
Title:
‘The Arab Revolt. Views of an Indian Moslem [Muslim].’
Scope & Content:
A secret memorandum containing an extract of a letter, received by Edward Ernest Long, former editor of the Indian Daily Telegraph, and written by an unnamed Indian Muslim. A copy of another letter, written by Long, dated 7 July 1916, precedes the main letter, in which Long describes the views o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1916
Extent:

2 folios

187. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/5
Title:
Zanzibar, Arabia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written by Henry Thoby Prinsep, member of the Council of India, 15 July 1868. The document addresses seven matters pertaining to Britain's relations with Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia, as follows: 1. The transfer of diplomatic relations to the Foreign Office; 2. The appointm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1868
Extent:

4 folios

188. IOR/L/PS/18/B197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B197
Title:
Bagdad Railway and Persian Gulf. The Negotiations with Hakki Pasha [Ibrahim Hakki Pasha]
Scope & Content:
A report concerning a series of meetings held at the Foreign Office in April/May 1913 between Ottoman diplomat Hakki Pasha [Ibrahim Hakki Pasha] and two British officials, Sir Louis du Pan Mallet and Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel. The negotiations concerned the construction of the Gulf section o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 May 1913
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

189. IOR/L/PS/18/C10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C10
Title:
No.33. Memorandum communicated to the Earl of Derby by Malcolm Khan, April 8 1874
Scope & Content:
Memorandum written in French and published by the Foreign Office in 1874. The memorandum discusses the situation in Persia, including the interior and exterior threats the country faces, and the potential threat the situation poses to the borders of the British Empire. The perceived exterior...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Apr 1874
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

190. IOR/L/PS/18/C193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C193
Title:
Memorandum Regarding the Policy of His Majesty's Government Towards Persia at the Peace Conference.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Foreign Office memorandum concerning the policy of His Majesty's Government towards Persia at the forthcoming peace conference [the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20]. In its introduction the memorandum states that His Majesty's Government must be prepared for the eventua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)