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191. IOR/L/PS/18/B241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B241
Title:
‘Germany, Turkey, England and Arabia. [extracts from ‘The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England’ by Dr Franz Stuhlmann]’
Scope & Content:
Confidential memorandum containing a list of chapters and translated extracts from the book Der Kampf um Arabien zwischen der Türkei und England [The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England] by Dr Franz Stuhlmann of the Hamburgischen Kolonialinstitut [Hamburg Colonial Institute], and publis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

192. IOR/L/PS/18/B76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B76
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Claim of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to use Barges on those Rivers as a matter of "right"
Scope & Content:
This file is a Foreign Office memorandum regarding the right of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to sail their barges on those rivers, written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. The file contains a summary of negotiations between the British and Ottoman Governments and as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 May 1881
Extent:

1 volume (8 folios)

193. IOR/L/PS/18/B85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B85
Title:
Letter and Enclosures from Commodore Sir Leopold George Heath on the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and Suggestions for its Suppression
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of a series of letters (and their various enclosures) between Admiral Sir Leopold George Heath, Commander of HMS Octavia and the following individuals: The Secretary of the Admiralty, Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox; Britain's Agent in Zanzibar, Henry Adrian Chu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1869
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

194. IOR/L/PS/18/B166a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B166a
Title:
Collection of papers respecting the attitude of His Majesty's Government in regard to the Bagdad Railway and the Purchase of Land at Koweit (amended version)
Scope & Content:
The document, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, is a collection of letters and dispatches from 3 March 1904 to 16 September 1907, between the India Office and the Government of India on the purchase of land in Kuwait for the Baghdad Railway.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1907
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

195. IOR/L/PS/18/B316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B316
Title:
'Report on the prospects of obtaining oil in the Jabal-Hamrin and Jabal-Makhul between Tikrit and Sharqat by E H Pascoe, Geological Survey of India'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a document which provides topographical details for the mountain ranges of Jabal Hamrin and Jabal Makhul in Fars with a view to obtaining oil from the area. Edwin Hall Pascoe provides a general overview of the area before discussing the following areas in more detail: rocks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

196. IOR/L/PS/18/B368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B368
Title:
Memorandum by Colonel Cornwallis on the Future Policy of His Majesty's Government with regard to Subsidies to Chiefs of the Arabian Peninsula.
Scope & Content:
Printed memorandum issued by the Eastern (Arabia) Department of the Foreign Office and written by Lieutenant-Colonel Kinahan Cornwallis. The memorandum contains a statement of the policy that should in future be adopted by the British Government in regard to the payment of subsidies to rulers i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1920
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

197. IOR/L/PS/18/B442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B442
Title:
‘Territory of Muscat and Oman (1) Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft made by His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (2); Gwadur Aerodrome. Conditions laid down with the Approval of the Sultan to govern the use of the Aerodrome.’
Scope & Content:
Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for Muscat and Oman, including the Gwadar aerodrome, as approved by the Sultan of Oman [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr]. The air navigation regulations, dated 25 October 1934, cover: authorisation for aircraft flying over or landing in Muscat and Oman; requiremen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1934
Extent:

2 folios

198. IOR/L/PS/18/B8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B8
Title:
Memorandum on the Turkish claim to sovereignty over the eastern shores of the Red Sea and the whole of Arabia; and on the Egyptian claim to the whole of the western shore of the same sea, including the African coast from Suez to Cape Guardafui.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum prepared by Edward Hertlset, Foreign Office Librarian, on 5 March 1874 (printed by the Foreign Office 10 March 1874). The document gives a historical overview (from 1517 to 1874) of claims on the Red Sea coast, with particular focus on those of the Ottoman Turks and the Egyptians. It ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Mar 1874
Extent:

35 folios

199. IOR/L/PS/18/B208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B208
Title:
Note by the Aga Khan and M. A. Ali Baig on the situation in Egypt
Scope & Content:
The file contains the views of the Aga Khan (Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah), and M A Ali Baig on the political situation in Egypt, based on a series of interviews held during a visit to Ismailia [Al Ismā'īlīyah], Suez, Port Said [Būr Saʻīd], Tanta, Alexandria, and the camps of the Indian troops, from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1915
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

200. IOR/L/PS/18/B226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B226
Title:
Letter from Brigadier-General Arthur Wigram Money, General Headquarters, India Expeditionary Force "D", Basrah [Basra] to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, India Office
Scope & Content:
The confidential letter reports on the tribal situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq], describing the various tribes located in the different listed geographic areas and noting whether they were friendly or hostile to British forces. The sections in the letter include: General - reporting on the check r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

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