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441. IOR/L/PS/18/B358

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B358
Title:
"Situation in Middle East" (Note by Major Bray, Political Intelligence Officer, attached to India Office)
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Political Intelligence Officer attached to the India Office, on Soviet activities and influence in the Middle East and the implications for British interests in the region. The document was prepared as a departmental minute. It discusses s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

442. IOR/L/PS/18/B286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B286
Title:
'Ibn Sa'ud. Notes by Colonel Hamilton, Political Agent, Koweit, based on conversations at Riyadh in November 1917'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report by Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton, Political Agent at Kuwait, received through the Arab Bureau, Iraq Section, concerning ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd. The report, based on conversations the author had in Riyadh in November 1917, is split...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1918
Extent:

3 folios

443. IOR/L/PS/18/B482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B482
Title:
Agreement relating to the Umm-al-Qaiwan Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited, which relates to the Umm-al-Qaiwain Oil Concession of 29 January 1946, which was arranged between the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain and Petroleum Concessions Limited in 1945. The ag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1946
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

444. IOR/L/PS/18/C41/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C41/5
Title:
Correspondence respecting the occupation of Merv by Russia and her proceedings on the Khorassan Frontier of Persia.
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Political and Secret Department, of historical events and correspondence relating to the occupation of Merv by Russia, and to Russian activity in Khorassan, on the Persian boundary. The memorandum reproduces a despatch to the Russia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1884
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

445. IOR/L/PS/18/C200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C200
Title:
Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum concerning the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to telegraph lines in Persia. The memorandum is divided into sections as follows: Jask royalty and claims for wilful damage (the claims in question bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

446. IOR/L/PS/18/B437, f 30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B437, f 30
Title:
APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865.
Scope & Content:
A map of the Arabian Peninsula, showing principal regions and settlements, and indicating with red and blue outlines the extents of Wahabi and of Muscat power respectively. The map is a printed copy of an enclosure from Bushire Despatch to Bombay No. 11 of 14th February 1865, which was created by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 map

447. IOR/L/PS/18/B259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B259
Title:
Correspondence between Britain, France and Russia in regards to Arabia
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, in English and French, between M Sazanof, Ministre des Affaires Étrangeres (Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs); Maurice Paléologue, Ambassadeur de France en Russie (French Ambassador to Russia); Paul Cambon (French Amabassador to the United Kingdom); and Sir Edward Gray, Secre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:

10 folios

448. IOR/L/PS/18/B406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B406
Title:
Question of British Consular Representation in El Hasa and Qatif
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the considerations of British representation in El Hasa [Al Hasa] and Qatif from 1904, with suggestions put forward by the Government of India and Sir Lionel Haworth, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes the reasons behind the need for represent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

449. IOR/L/PS/18/B119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B119
Title:
Memorandum by Sir W. Lee-Warner on the Lease to France of a Coaling Station in Muskat Territory - Statement of our Case (Political No. 1837/99).
Scope & Content:
A memorandum describing how it had emerged that the Sultan of Muskat had granted the French a concession to establish a coaling station on his territory, and stating that the Sultan had only produced the text of the concession upon threat of bombardment by the British. The memorandum goes on to d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1899
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

450. IOR/L/PS/18/B14c

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B14c
Title:
Mr Rothery's report to the Treasury in respect to the Muscat subsidy and Zanzibar Agency Expenses
Scope & Content:
A printed memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 27 September 1876. The memorandum discusses the views of Henry Cadogan Rothery on whether the Imperial Government had to contribute to the payment of an ann...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1876
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)