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221. IOR/L/PS/18/B456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B456
Title:
AGREEMENT relating to the Debai Oil Concession. 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 oil concessions in Debai [Dubai].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1937
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

222. IOR/L/PS/18/B227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B227
Title:
Present political situation in our hinterland and beyond the border
Scope & Content:
The main document is a note written by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident, Aden, and outlines the current situation in Aden with a view to encouraging the British Government to take military action against the 'Turkish incursion' in Yemen. In the attached covering l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

223. IOR/L/PS/18/B479

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B479
Title:
Agreement... between the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain... and Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement between Shaikh Ahmad II ibn Rashid Al Mu`alla, the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain, and Petroleum Concessions Limited, which relates to the Umm-al-Qaiwain Oil Concession. The document is signed by Basil Henry Lermitte for Petroleum Concessions Limited.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1945
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

224. IOR/L/PS/18/C145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C145
Title:
Political Situation in Persia, the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan, and Aden
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided up into four sections and a conclusion. The first (folios 125-130) provides an update on the political situation in Persia, and considers how advantageous/disadvantageous it is to British interests, with specific updates on the following places: Isfanhan [Eşfahān], Fars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1916
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)

225. IOR/L/PS/18/B217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B217
Title:
‘Policy in the Middle East. I. Memorandum by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mark Sykes.’
Scope & Content:
Secret memorandum, prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mark Sykes. The report is preceded by a letter from Sykes to Major-General Charles Edward Callwell, Director of Military Operations, War Office, London, dated 15 November 1915, which includes Sykes’s opinion on the occupation of Ahwaz, and an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

226. IOR/L/PS/18/B294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B294
Title:
Disposal of conquered territories [Mesopotamia and German East Africa]. Note by India Office
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum comprising of a note by the India Office, dated 28 October 1918, concerning the disposal of conquered territories in relation to Mesopotamia [Iraq] and German East Africa [modern-day Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

227. IOR/L/PS/18/B356

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B356
Title:
Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]
Scope & Content:
A treaty of peace signed by the members of the League of Nations and Turkey. The treaty is divided into a preamble followed by 13 parts. Part 1 constitutes the Covenant of the League of Nations; further parts are entitled: 'Frontiers of Turkey'. 'Political Clauses'. 'Protection of Minorities'. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:

1 file (51 folios)

228. IOR/L/PS/18/B411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B411
Title:
Note on Trade in the Persian Gulf (Communicated by the Board of Trade)
Scope & Content:
Note on trade in the Persian Gulf by the Board of Trade, divided into the following sections: a) General (revised to 26 July 1928); b) Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat (revised to 26 July 1928); c) The position of British Trade in the Gulf (to 30 June 1928). Section 'a' discusses the counterba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

229. IOR/L/PS/18/C61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C61
Title:
Hashtadun dispute. Notes of Brigadier-General MacLean's interview with the Shah at Brighton.
Scope & Content:
This document describes an interview between Brigadier-General MacLean and the Shah of Persia [Iran] at Brighton in 1889. The discussion centres on whether Hashtadun [Hashtadan] belongs to Persia or Afghanistan. The division of old water canals between the countries is suggested as a compromise ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1889
Extent:

1 folio

230. IOR/L/PS/18/B401

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B401
Title:
Lighting and Buoying of the Persian Gulf, 1908-1928
Scope & Content:
Document providing a history of lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf. Covering: first reconstruction: 1909-14 – assessment, programme of reconstruction; obstructive activities of the Turkish authorities, detail of buoys and lighthouses placed, and parts of the programme not completed; expan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)