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191. IOR/L/PS/18/B363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B363
Title:
Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.
Scope & Content:
This is a printed document, No. S.D./170A, issued by the Secretary to the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia and intended to be forwarded to all Officers of the British Civil Administration in Mesopotamia. The document is a record of the steps taken by the High Commissioner (Sir Percy Zachariah C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

192. IOR/L/PS/18/C91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C91
Title:
Letter from Sir M. Durand to Foreign Office
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter from Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister at Tehran to the Foreign Office, introducing an enclosure from Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes regarding the proposed telegraph line from Kerman to India, dated 22 September 1898. Sykes details the potential starting points for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1898
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

193. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iv)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (iv)
Title:
'SKETCH MAP OF MUHAMMAREH TO INDICATE THE TURCO-PERSIAN BOUNDARY'
Scope & Content:
The map represents Muhammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and the Shatt-al-Arab. The map records buildings, land owners, hydrology, roads and telephone lines. Printed by the War Office and signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1912
Extent:
1 map

194. IOR/L/PS/18/B242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B242
Title:
Territorial re-adjustments. Extract from Secret Letter from the Government of India, No 85, dated 29 September 1916
Scope & Content:
This letter relates to the post-war disposal of captured territories such as Iraq and German East Africa. The Government of India presents its opinions regarding three main areas: the surrender or retention of captured territories relating to Indian interests; obsolete treaty rights and territor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

195. IOR/L/PS/18/B323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B323
Title:
Note on future arrangements for the disposal of official business relating to Egypt, Aden, Cyprus, Palestine, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed report is a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner at Baghdad, dated 30 March 1919, and circulated by Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India on 14 April 1919. It consists of four possible options for future arrangements for the disposal in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

196. IOR/L/PS/18/B84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B84
Title:
Further Papers respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to monitor and prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa. The correspondence dates from March 1869 to October 1869. Of particular interest are the following folios: Folio 71 - French Government boat r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Oct 1869
Extent:

1 volume (25 folios)

197. IOR/L/PS/18/B440

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B440
Title:
‘Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft for the Territory of Bahrein, and Conditions governing the use of the Aerodrome at Muharraq approved by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin ’Isa Al Khalifah, C.S.I., Ruler of Bahrein.’
Scope & Content:
Two copies of air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for Bahrain [spelt Bahrein throughout], with conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Muharraq, as approved by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah. The air navigation regulations cover: authorisation for air...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1934
Extent:

4 folios

198. IOR/L/PS/18/B457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B457
Title:
AGREEMENT relating to the refining of crude oil. HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM and PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED DATED 5TH February, 1937.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a copy of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited relating to the refining of crude oil.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1937
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

199. IOR/L/PS/18/B395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B395
Title:
'Koweit, 1908-1928'
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the administration and history of Koweit [Kuwait] from 1908-1928. Covering: 'Administration' – rulers succession history; Koweit's status as an independent Arab state; internal administration conducted by the Shaikh and Council of Advisors; control by the Government of India;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

200. IOR/L/PS/18/B275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B275
Title:
Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report
Scope & Content:
This is a printed note prepared by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 6 February 1918, concerning trade in Mesopotamia vis-à-vis consolidating Britain's commercial interests in light of Robert Erskine Holland and John Henry Wilson's 1917 report, The Prospects ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1918
Extent:

4 folios