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351. IOR/L/PS/18/B390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B390
Title:
Memorandum. (a) the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. (b) His Highness the Sultan Saiyid Taimur Bin Faisal bin Turki.
Scope & Content:
Typescript memorandum (marked 'Book Copy' in the top left corner of the first page) giving information about the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman under the following headings: Territory, Historical, Physical Features, Climate, Population, Products and Trade, Religion, and Government (folios 150-154)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

352. IOR/L/PS/18/B452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B452
Title:
His Excellency SHEIKH HAMAD BIN SHEIKH ISSA AL KHALIFAH SHEIKH of BAHREIN AND THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED. LEASE [COPY]
Scope & Content:
The file is a copy of a commercial lease between Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Sheikh of Bahrein, and the Bahrein Petroleum Company, in which the Sheikh grants to the company the exclusive right for fifty-five years to drill for, extract, treat, refine, and deal with petroleum products and n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

353. IOR/L/PS/18/C27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C27
Title:
'From Captain the Honourable G. C. Napier, on Special Duty in Persia, to the Political Secretary, India Office, Westminster, dated London, 30th July 1879'
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report by Captain George Campbell Napier on his journey to the Turkoman [Turcoman] frontier of Persia in 1878. It outlines his attempts to facilitate the submission of the Merve [Mary] and the Akhal [Ahal] Turkomans to Persia, as an alternative to their annexation by Russia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1879
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

354. IOR/L/PS/18/B215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B215
Title:
Sherif of Mecca.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a confidential printed report entitled 'Sherif of Mecca'. The report contains transcriptions of correspondence, a statement by a messenger (described below), and notes relating to Sherif Hosayn, the Sherif [Shereef] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī], particularly in terms of his re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

355. IOR/L/PS/18/B394

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B394
Title:
Quarantine control in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Memorandum describing the developments leading up to the surrender of quarantine control by His Majesty's Government to the Persian Government in 1928. It outlines the following: quarantine arrangements dating from 1864 including who was responsible for what in terms of roles and the financial ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

356. IOR/L/PS/18/C110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C110
Title:
'Question of a Loan to Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a number of notes authored by the following: Sir Hugh Barnes, Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, Sir John Edge, and Sir William Lee-Warner; all members of the Council of India. The notes discuss whether or not Britain should advance a further loan to Persia, and what concessions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1905-17 Jan 1906
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

357. IOR/L/PS/18/B105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B105
Title:
Italian proceedings on the African coast of the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
The document, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, discusses the following: the actual course of events at Assab and in the neighbourhood since May 1880; correspondence which has passed in the same period between the British, Italian and Egyptian Governments, and between the Political and Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1881
Extent:

16 folios

358. IOR/L/PS/18/C68, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C68, f 5
Title:
MAP TO ACCOMPANY MR BADGER'S PAPER ON THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF MEKRAN, &c.
Scope & Content:
The map shows Mekran [Makran] and the surrounding region, which includes the Persian Gulf and Beluchistan [Baluchistan]. It is used to accompany George Percy Badger's memorandum on the political geography of Mekran, and is colour coded to demarcate territory.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 map

359. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B356 (ii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B356 (ii)
Title:
MAP NO.2: SOUTHERN FRONTIER OF TURKEY IN ASIA
Scope & Content:
This map shows Turkey where it is included in Asia and indicates the boundaries between Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia and the Old Frontier. The map also indicates relief with contours. The map includes a printing statement which reads '(B 16479) WT 18378-212.5050.10/20.H&S,LTD.'
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920?
Extent:
1 map

360. IOR/L/PS/18/A107b/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A107b/2
Title:
Shahzada's Return Journey, Marseilles to Suez
Scope & Content:
A report from Sir William Gerald Vesey Fitzgerald, Under Secretary of State for India [Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India], for the India Office. The report concerns Shahzada Nasrulla Khan of Afghanistan and his return trip from England following a state visit during the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1895
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)