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21. IOR/L/PS/18/B333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B333
Title:
'Note on Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This note gives a very short history of Kuwait in eight paragraphs. It provides brief details of the ruling Ibn Subah family [Āl Ṣabāḥ], including Mubarak Ibn Subah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ], Jabir [Jābir bin Mubārak] and Salim [Sālim bin Mubārak], and their relations with the Britain, Ibn Saud [‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

22. IOR/L/PS/18/C173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C173
Title:
The Persian Situation
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report which discusses ways in which Britain might protect its interests in Persia. The report, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary to the Political Department, India Office, begins by stressing the importance of Britain taking an active interest in affairs in Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1918
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/18/B240a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B240a
Title:
Supplementary Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf. Foreign Office, Jan 1912
Scope & Content:
This file contains a supplementary memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf. The memorandum consists of printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding four different topics: I. The Arms Traffic (folios 1-7); II. Quarantine (folios 7-14); III. Questio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1912
Extent:

1 volume (18 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/18/B253

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B253
Title:
Baghdad
Scope & Content:
This file contains the text of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude's proclamation in Baghdad on the occasion of the British occupation in March 1917. This proclamation was issued following the 'Fall of Baghdad', a decisive victory for the British during the Mesopotamian Campaign. Maud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1917
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

25. IOR/L/PS/18/B2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/6
Title:
Zanzibar and Muscat
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum written by Frederick Currie, Vice-President of the Council of India, 24 July 1868. The document gives the author's concise opinion on four matters: 1. Maintaining the arrangement made by Lord Canning's Government, or through its intercession, regarding the payment of a subsi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1868
Extent:

1 folio

26. IOR/L/PS/18/B246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B246
Title:
'FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF MESOPOTAMIA'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of: Extract from Lord Chelmsford (Frederick John Napier Thesiger)'s private letter of 18 October 1916: regarding the Government of India's existing responsibilities in relation to Mesopotamia; the likelihood of those responsibilities increasing; whether it might be possible to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/18/B434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B434
Title:
Koweit Civil Air Agreement
Scope & Content:
The file contains a typescript copy of the Koweit [Kuwait] Civil Air Agreement dated 23 May 1934, with the heading 'Amended to July 1940'. The agreement consists of: Part I - air navigation regulations for civil aircraft made by Sheikh Sir Ahmad Al-Jabir As-Sabah [Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Rul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1940
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/18/B172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B172
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway, 1909
Scope & Content:
A printed confidential memorandum for the use of the Foreign Office. The memorandum addresses the Turkish [Ottoman] increase of custom dues and proposals of a Tigris Valley Railway and a Baghdad-Mediterranean Railway. It also contains updates on negotiations with Germany, Russia and France in 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1910
Extent:

bound in volume with other documents (17 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/18/B196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B196
Title:
Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file is a report concerning arms traffic in the Persian Gulf written by Sir David Taylor Monteath. The report discusses the British Government's efforts to enforce a prohibition in the trade of arms in the Gulf region. The report is divided up as follows: Chapter I. (i.) Events in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1913
Extent:

1 volume (39 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/18/B462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B462
Title:
Aden. Brief for Secretary of State
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a brief for the Secretary of State, Sir Samuel Hoare, concerning the transfer of administration of Aden from the control of the Government of India to the Home Government in light of impending constitutional changes in India. Sections include: History; Population; Rece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938?
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)