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1. IOR/L/PS/18/C76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C76
Title:
'The Persian Mission Charges'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns proposals for a more equitable distribution of the costs of the Persian Mission between the Imperial (i.e. British) and Indian Governments. It includes tables detailing the proposed breakdown of costs for each government. The author is Edmund Neel of the India Office, Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1890
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B179
Title:
Abu Musa
Scope & Content:
A short report regarding concessions granted for the mining of oxides on Abu Musa island, compliled for the Secretary of State for India. The report is divided into three sections: I. List of Principal Persons Concerned; II. Chronological Table of Principal Events; III. List of Communicatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1910
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B357

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B357
Title:
Liabilities of Persia.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a printed document entitled 'Liabilities of Persia', which contains a transcription of a letter from the India Office to the Foreign Office. The letter is from John Evelyn Shuckburgh, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office in response to proposals made...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C124
Title:
'Note on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief history of proposals for the development of railways in Persia divided into three periods: 1872-1890: a period of Anglo-Russian rivalry; 1890-1907: the period following the Russian Railway Agreement (1890), which prohibited the construction of railways in Persia; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1911
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B290
Title:
Administration of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum is a note by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 21 Oct 1918, concerning the British administration of Mesopotamia, the status of the vilayets of Basra and Baghdad, and the establishment of a commission from London to research administrative pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1918
Extent:

2 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B322
Title:
Mesopotamia: Oil Policy
Scope & Content:
This is a printed report prepared by the India Office concerning an inter-departmental conference held on 8 April 1919 to discuss the question of oil policy in Mesopotamia, with those present including: Sir Thomas Holderness; Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner, Mesopotami...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B283
Title:
Eastern Committee. Mesopotamia: Civil Administration
Scope & Content:
This printed report, compiled by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the Political Department, India Office, for the Eastern Committee, concerns the civil administration of Mesopotamia between 15 November 1917 and 15 January 1918. It consists of summaries of the first five periodical administrative report...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1918
Extent:

1 volume (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B376
Title:
‘Arabia. Subsidies to rulers.’
Scope & Content:
Typewritten summary, dated October 1923, listing the subsidies paid by the British Government to rulers on or in the waters around the Arabian littoral. A note underneath the title states that the list excludes loans made at various dates, some of which have been remitted. The list is tabulated,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1923
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C207
Title:
Memorandum on Persian Telegraph Lines
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of eight entries on various telegraph lines running through Persia. Each entry outlines who is responsible for it (if anyone), and provides a brief overview of its development and its current status. The lines included are as follows: the Mekran [Makran] line; the Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/C128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C128
Title:
'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether or not the British Government should support the development of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe to India. To this end it examines the potential benefits, and who (Britain, Germany, Persia, or Russia) stands to gain/lose the most from the project; it looks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1913
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)