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61. IOR/L/PS/20/C247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C247
Title:
‘Précis of correspondence on international rivalry and British policy in the Persian Gulf, 1872-1905.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is a précis of British Government correspondence relating to international rivalry and British policy in the Persian Gulf between 1872 and 1905. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Servic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (58 folios)

62. IOR/L/PS/20/C252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C252
Title:
Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939
Scope & Content:
This volume contains geographical information and maps about the Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. It was produced by the General Staff, India, and printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1940. The volume is divided into two sections: 'Military Report' including general desc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket)

63. IOR/L/PS/20/C204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204
Title:
‘IRAQ COMMAND REPORT APRIL, 1924-NOVEMBER, 1926.’
Scope & Content:
This volume is a report submitted to the British Air Ministry by Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick Andrews Higgins. It consists of a chronological narrative of significant military events in Iraq during his time as Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq, from April 1924 until November 1926...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1924-Nov 1926
Extent:

1 volume (34 folios)

64. IOR/L/PS/20/C231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C231
Title:
Assurances, Undertakings and Agreements, Etc., Made by Certain Chiefs and Khans of Southern Persia with the British Government and Certain British Trading Companies
Scope & Content:
This volume is a printed report, published by the Government of India Press (Calcutta: 1926), constituting a collection of assurances, undertakings and agreements made by chiefs and Khans of Southern Persia with the British Government and trading companies between 1898 and 1922. The volume is ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1926
Extent:

1 volume (52 folios)

65. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2
Title:
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915
Scope & Content:
This volume is Volume I, Part II (Historical) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood. Part II contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (1165 pages)

66. IOR/L/PS/20/C169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C169
Title:
Southern Nejd: Journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918.
Scope & Content:
Harry St John Bridger Philby's account of his journey in the southern regions of the Najd, published for the Arab Bureau by the Government Press in Cairo, 1919. The journey was taken in May to June 1918 while the author was in Riyadh for the purpose of maintaining relations with Ibn Sa‘ud [‘Abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)

67. IOR/L/PS/20/C149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C149
Title:
Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E
Scope & Content:
This file contains two printed reports written by Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force "D". The details of the reports are as follows: 1) 'Report on the Conservancy of the Shatt-El-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (29 folios)

68. IOR/L/PS/20/C243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C243
Title:
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Katar [Qatar] affairs, 1873-1904.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Confidential’ on the front cover, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Qatar (spelt Katar throughout) affairs for the years 1873 to 1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)

69. IOR/L/PS/20/C150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C150
Title:
‘A sketch of the political history of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, with special reference to the present campaign.’
Scope & Content:
The volume is an overview of the political history of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, authored by the Office of the Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force “D”, and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata], India in 1917. The volume is divided into a number of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

29 folios

70. IOR/L/PS/20/C242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C242
Title:
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Persian Arabistan affairs.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Persian Arabistan affairs. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1903 by the Government of India Fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903
Extent:

1 volume (65 folios)