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451. IOR/L/PS/10/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/113
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence regarding the decision by British authorities to establish a naval blockade along the Mekran coast in 1909, with the aim of suppressing arms trafficking in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the cost of a naval blockade, the availability of naval ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1909-1 Dec 1911
Extent:
1 volume (378 folios)

452. IOR/L/PS/10/567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/567
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with Baghdad & Export of wool’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning the export of wool from Baghdad in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of the country in the First World War. Subjects covered include: enquiries from commercial firms seeking to export wool from Mesopotamia; shipping arrangements for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Dec 1916-10 Aug 1918
Extent:

1 volume (243 folios)

453. IOR/L/PS/10/334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/334
Title:
File 348/1913 Pt 1 'Persia: Kerman affairs; proposal to finance the governor; Proposal to appoint British officers'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary for India, the British Consul for Kerman, the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding affairs in Kerman. The subjects are: a proposal to finance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1909-16 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)

454. IOR/L/PS/10/533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/533
Title:
File 94/1915 Pt 3 ‘German War:- Turkey. Payments to British subjects in Turkish territory &c.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning the advance of financial relief to British Indians stranded in Baghdad and elsewhere in Ottoman territory, in the wake of Britain’s invasion of Mesopotamia [Iraq] in November 1914. The papers cover: proposals for funds to be forwarded to and distributed by the United States Con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1922
Extent:

1 volume (218 folios)

455. IOR/L/PS/10/548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/548
Title:
File 1144/1915 'Persia:- Secret Service Expenditure by Consular Officers. Seistan Levies Expenditure. South Persia Rifles (see also F 2834/12)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence related to the diplomatic and consular expenditure on Special Secret Service in Persia and the Persian Gulf between 1915-1921. The papers focus on the financial adjustments to be made between the India Office and the Foreign Office. According to the statements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1915-25 Aug 1927
Extent:

1 volume (419 folios)

456. IOR/L/PS/10/583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/583
Title:
File 334/1916 Pt 2 ‘Persia:- Outrages against British subjects. Shiraz Prisoners. (Col. O’Connor & others) Claim for compensation [etc.]’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to a claim for compensation from the Persian [Iranian] Government being made by the British Government, on behalf of mostly British subjects who were arrested by the Persian gendarmerie at Shiraz on 10 November 1915, with most of the men being held prisoner by T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1916-30 May 1927
Extent:

1 volume (268 folios)

457. IOR/L/PS/10/763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/763
Title:
File 4722/1918 Pt 11 'Mesopotamia: Administration. Appointment of Sir P. Cox as High Commissioner. [His Instructions, Announcement in the Press].'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of drafts and copies of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes relating to the appointment of Sir Percy Zachariah Cox as High Commissioner in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The following matters are covered within the volume: Discussion over the wording of a public announcement to be m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1920-25 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

458. IOR/L/PS/10/891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/891
Title:
File 1913/1920 'Mesopotamia and Palestine: rent of billets in occupation of military; liability of Mesopotamian state for cost of military forces'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence regarding the use of billets by British military forces and civil officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the years following the end of the First World War. Topics discussed include: Efforts to vacate and release as many billets as possible as a way to appease anti-Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1919-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

459. IOR/L/PS/10/321

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/321
Title:
File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann) and others: the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Oct 1907-20 Nov 1908
Extent:
1 file (263 folios)

460. IOR/L/PS/10/1276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1276
Title:
File 4640/1928 Pt 4 ‘MUSCAT: FUTURE POLICY IN. Tariffs.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to British policy in Muscat. It includes some papers regarding the situation at Sur; however most of the volume concerns the financial situation of the Muscat state, mainly the proposal to increase state revenues by removing the limitation on the power of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
25 Aug 1928-17 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (489 folios)

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