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341. IOR/L/PS/18/B23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B23
Title:
Shahr and Makulla. Secret Letter from India, No. 16, Dated 2nd February 1881.
Scope & Content:
A letter and a short postscript, in which Arthur William Moore writes to the British Government describing an ongoing financial dispute between the chiefs of Shahr and Makulla, two principal ports on the south coast of Arabia. The author mentions the likelihood of the region falling into Turkish ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1881-1 Sep 1881
Extent:

6 folios

342. IOR/L/PS/18/B469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B469
Title:
Agreement between [the] Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan bin Za'id [Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession of 11 January 1939. The agreement details the general terms and c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1939
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

343. IOR/L/PS/18/B295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B295
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments to Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum gives an overview of British and Turkish r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

8 folios

344. IOR/L/PS/18/B245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B245
Title:
Extracts of Communications relating to the Permanent British Occupation of Basra
Scope & Content:
The item contains extracts from a letter, telegrams and a note, covering the period November 1914 to December 1916, and all relating to the permanent British Occupation of Basra: Extract from a letter from Sir Percy Zachariah Cox to Persian Gulf and other Chiefs, including the Sheikh of Mohamerr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1916
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

345. IOR/L/PS/18/B418

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B418
Title:
Dynastic Claims of the Imam of Sana'a to the Aden Protectorate
Scope & Content:
The file contains a note by George Stewart Symes (Political Resident and Commander-in-Chief, Aden) written to the Secretary of State, 22 October 1928, which introduces three enclosures. Enclosure 1: A note drawn up by Major Trenchard Craven William Fowle (First Assistant Resident, Aden) with a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1929
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

346. IOR/L/PS/18/C121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C121
Title:
'Memorandum respecting Current Events in Persia for the Years 1906 and 1907'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns events in Persia, and diplomatic exchanges (predominantly between Britain and Russia) related to Persia, during 1906 and 1907. More specifically it covers the following topics: proposals by the Dutch engineer Graadt Van Roggen for a Karun irrigation scheme, and objections...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Dec 1907
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)

347. IOR/L/PS/18/C212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C212
Title:
REPORT ON THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF PERSIA to June, 1923.
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a report on the trade and industry of Persia, written in two sub-divided chapters. The volume also includes a map showing trade routes, a summary of general information and a conclusion, and an appendix showing imports and exports from 1921-1922. The report was written ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios)

348. IOR/L/PS/18/B420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B420
Title:
Question of British Interference in the Administration of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 28 August 1929. Printed in October 1929. Covering: a brief history of the development of British concern in the internal af...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1929
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

349. IOR/L/PS/18/B22/1b

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B22/1b
Title:
A Letter from Louis Mallet, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding the Italian Occupation of Assab Bay
Scope & Content:
A letter about the Italian occupation of Assab Bay, in which the author, Louis Mallet, India Office, suggests that a response to the Italian Ambassador be phrased only in general terms, as historical precedents have rendered the British position ambiguous. The author goes on to suggest that the B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1880
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

350. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/3
Title:
No. 1. Concession pour la Navigation sur le Tigre et l'Euphrate.
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a concession for navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which sets out terms and conditions. It was signed by the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) and Baron Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay) – on behalf of the Secretary of State for India, on 12 Dece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Dec 1913
Extent:

1 item (7 folios)