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41. IOR/L/PS/18/B240

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B240
Title:
The Economic Situation in the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamian Markets.
Scope & Content:
A report concerning the economic situation in the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamian markets written by Captain G. Lloyd MP. The report was commissioned by Percy Zachariah Cox in his position as Chief Political Officer of Indian Expeditionary Force "D" Basra. The report itself is preceded by an intr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1916
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/18/B326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B326
Title:
Mesopotamia: land policy. Draft notification
Scope & Content:
This file contains a draft notification by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson dated 27 June 1919. The notification relates to land policy in Mesopotamia and seeks to provide 'conditions upon which permission to lease agricultural land in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia may be given t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

43. IOR/L/PS/18/B332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B332
Title:
Mesopotamia: British relations with Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a document created by the Political Department in the India Office and details British relations with Kurdistan. The document charts the relationship between the two parties, including the question of future control over Kurdistan, and is split into four sections: I: Events...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/18/B24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B24
Title:
Memorandum
Scope & Content:
A memorandum with a cover note, in which the Political Resident and Consul General at Baghdad, Trevor John Chichele Plowden, writes to the Political Secretary, India Office, Sir Owen Tudor Burne, suggesting that clarification be sought from the Turkish Porte regarding their permission for the Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1883-8 Mar 1883
Extent:

3 folios

45. IOR/L/PS/18/B379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B379
Title:
'Aden'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum produced by Leonard Day Wakely (Secretary to the Political Department of the India Office) on the question of the administration of Aden. This incorporates Aden proper, the Aden Protectorate, and the territories of Yemen and Asir [ʻAsīr] governed by the Imam of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/18/B329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B329
Title:
Proposed Intelligence Service for the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a draft scheme prepared by the War Office concerning a reconsideration of Britain's intelligence service in the Middle East. The memorandum includes sections covering British intelligence operations in Constantinople, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Southern Arabia and Somaliland, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1919
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/18/B381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381
Title:
Asiatic Turkey and Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a series of conventions, agreements, and declarations concerning navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Turco-Persian boundary, and the transportation of goods by railway in Asiatic Turkey. It is divided into four sections and contains five maps: IOR/W/LPS/18/B3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-12 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/18/B435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B435
Title:
Bahrein Civil Air Agreement
Scope & Content:
Typescript copy of the Bahrein [Bahrain] Civil Air Agreement between the British Government and Sheikh Hamad bin 'Isa Al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrein, dated 6 June 1934, incorporating subsequent amendments to July 1940. The agreement consists of: I Heads of Agreement;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1940
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/18/C122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C122
Title:
'Memorandum on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the development of proposals for railways in Persia between 1872 and 1911. This includes discussion of the potential advantages/disadvantages (both commercial and political) for the British in the construction of railways in Southern Persia, and the potential threat posed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1911
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/18/C131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C131
Title:
Memorandum by Mr. Parker respecting Railway Construction in Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether British participation in the proposed Trans-Persian Railway would be in Britain's interests. To this end it considers possible advantages/disadvantages to British trade, finance, and her strategic/political interests. The appendix (folio 32) contains an extract ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1913
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)