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271. IOR/L/PS/18/B213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B213
Title:
‘Notes and private telegram from the Viceroy regarding the future settlement of Eastern Turkey in Asia and Arabia.’
Scope & Content:
The papers comprise as follows: A note by Sir (Frederic) Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary, Political and Secret Department, India Office, dated 14 March 1915, indicating factors to be considered in ensuring Basra’s future immunity from Turkish authority, organised under a number of subheadings: geograp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

272. IOR/L/PS/18/B360

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B360
Title:
Middle East. Turco-Bolshevik Activities: Note by Political Intelligence Officer attached to India Office.
Scope & Content:
A political note in five sections, entitled: The Turkish Unionists (C.U.P.) [Committee of Union and Progress] The Bolshevik Attitude Armenia The Anatolian Nationalists Conclusion The author, Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, discusses the political motivations and relationships of the major force...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1920
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

273. IOR/L/PS/18/C97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C97
Title:
Despatch from Sir M. Durand respecting appointment of Additional Consular Officers in Persia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a despatch concerning the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia, from Henry Mortimer Durand, the British Minister at Tehran, to Robert Arthur Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury. Durand reiterates suggestions previously given in 1895 regarding the state of affa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1899
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

274. IOR/L/PS/18/B362

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B362
Title:
Middle East: the Judicial Systems of Mesopotamia and Palestine. Note by Major Marrs on Sir H. Samuel's Despatch No. 157, dated 29th November 1920.
Scope & Content:
A note by Major Robert Marrs, in which the author provides a comparison of the judicial systems in Mesopotamia and Palestine, followed by a number of points regarding jurisdiction over foreigners in those places.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1921
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

275. IOR/L/PS/18/A185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A185
Title:
'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of summaries of letters, memoranda, and reports dated between 1 and 30 November 1919; the subject matter concerns Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. The following titles are abbreviated in the file as indicated: Chief of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1919
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

276. IOR/L/PS/18/B234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B234
Title:
'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Note by the Under Secretary, India Office.'
Scope & Content:
Note written by Sir Thomas William Holderness, Under Secretary of State, India Office, in response to Sir Arthur Hirtzel's memorandum on the war with Turkey (IOR/L/PS/18/B233). The note describes the recommendations of the Inter-Department Committee on Asiatic Turkey, which Sir Thomas Holderne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

277. IOR/L/PS/18/B2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2
Title:
Zanzibar, Muscat, Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
Six memoranda pertaining to British handling of relations between Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia. The authors are all connected to the India Office, in London, mostly members of the Council of India. Some seem to be written independently, others in response to earlier memoranda. All documents cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1868-24 Jul 1868
Extent:
1 file, 6 items (29 folios)

278. IOR/L/PS/18/B221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B221
Title:
'Germany and the Middle East'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, by Joseph Austen Chamberlain, contains a report of a lecture 'Germany and the Middle East', by Dr Paul Rohrbach given at the Hamberg Volksheim which was printed in Hamburger Fremdenblatt, 3 December 1915. The report discusses Rohrbach's opinions on the current situatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1915
Extent:

1 folio

279. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (ii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (ii)
Title:
SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF & ARABIAN COAST
Scope & Content:
The map represents the Persian Gulf and the southern coasts of Yemen and Oman. The map records cities, regions, and routes. Printed by Harrison and Sons, the map indicates by hand the delimitation between Qatar and Bahrain according to the Anglo-Turkish Convention, and it is signed by the Secre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 map

280. IOR/L/PS/18/A169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A169
Title:
'Anglo-Russian Relations'
Scope & Content:
This file begins with draft instructions, under the heading 'Anglo-Russian Relations', apparently written by John Morley, Secretary of State for India, for Sir Arthur Nicolson, British Ambassador at St Petersburg, in advance of negotiations over an Anglo-Russian agreement. The instructions are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1906-12 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)