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5321. IOR/L/PS/9/76/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/86
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 20 June 1799. The letter concerns the Government of Mecca, in particular the attitude of the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5322. IOR/L/PS/9/76/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/113
Title:
Letter from John Malcolm to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from a camp five miles from Aboosheher [Bushehr] and dated 18 April 1800. The letter forwards three extracts of the latest intelligence Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1800-18 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5323. IOR/L/PS/9/76/119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/119
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 28 and 29 April 1800. The letters concern reports received by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] from Damascus that the Vizier [Yūsuf Ẓī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1800-29 Apr 1800
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5324. IOR/L/PS/9/76/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/196
Title:
Letter from Mohammed Sadoo to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A translation of a letter from Mohammed Sadoo [Muḥammad Ṣadr?], an informant of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jones, sent from Isfahaun [Isfahan] and dated 5 Jemaud-ul-sauny [Jumāda al-Thānī] (13 October 1801). The letter forwards reports from Afghanistan, including the capt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5325. IOR/L/PS/10/448/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/448/2
Title:
File 1032/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: TRADE with Gulf Ports'
Scope & Content:
Part 2 concerns the shipping of goods between India and Southern Persian ports. Much of the correspondence discusses exports of metals and the possibility of such exports falling into enemy hands. It covers the following subject matter: discussion of Foreign Office concerns regarding exports of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1914-2 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 item (152 folios)

5326. IOR/L/PS/10/687/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/687/1
Title:
File 2678/1917 Pt 1 'Persia: Financial arrangements Rouble Exchange'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the financing, by the British Government, of the Imperial Russian Army in Persia [Iran], notably difficulties concerning the acquisition of currency for the payment of troops, and the development of British policy regarding the method of distribution of fund...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Jun 1917-24 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 item (206 folios)

5327. IOR/L/PS/10/833/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/833/3
Title:
File 2879/1919 Pt 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA KURDISTAN The AQRAH Incident: Murder of Messrs Bill & Scott’
Scope & Content:
This item relates to a violent incident during which two individuals, J H Bill, Indian Civil Service, Political Officer, Mosul, and Captain K R Scott, 31st Punjabis, Indian Army, Assistant Political Officer, Aqrah [also spelled Akra and Aqra in this item], were killed ‘near Birza Kapra in Zab Val...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1919-10 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 item (86 folios)

5328. IOR/L/PS/10/847/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/6
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Mr. Gedge's investigations'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part six of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to possible land development. The part contains correspondence discussing the visit to Mesopotamia of Mr E ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1919-12 Apr 1920
Extent:

1 item (18 folios)

5329. IOR/L/PS/12/58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/58
Title:
PZ 6064/32 'Mr C C Garbett: liability to British Income Tax during period of employment under Iraq administration'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the outstanding payment from Colin Campbell Garbett of income tax for his employment by the High Commission, Baghdad, between 1920 and 1922. As well as Mr Garbett, the primary correspondents are: Colonial Office; India Office; Neville Chamberlain, Chance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1932-21 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

5330. IOR/L/PS/12/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/299
Title:
PZ 5098/39 'Position of Major G S de Gaury vis-á-vis military service in the event of war'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to Major Gerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the possibility that he will be called up for military service. Letters between de Gaury; Roland Tennyson Peel (Secretary for the Political Department in the Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1939-8 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

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