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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B3
Title:
Egyptian Claims to Sovereignty over the Somali Coast.
Scope & Content:
A historical memorandum relating to Egyptian claims to sovereignty over the Somali coast, written by A W Moore, Assistant Secretary to the India Office, in two parts, submitted 26 February 1876 and 11 October 1879. The first part of the memorandum provides a historical narrative of events leadi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1876-1879
Extent:

31 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B30
Title:
Memorandum Regarding the Relations with the Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden, especially in Reference to the Amir of Zhali.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum written by the Assistant Political Resident at Aden, Major John Muir Hunter, suggesting proposals to formalise with treaties British relations with a number of tribes in the vicinity of Aden in order to limit the encroaching influence of the Turkish Porte. He also suggests pensioning...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1885
Extent:

2 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B301
Title:
Memorandum on British Commitments (during the War) to the Gulf Chiefs
Scope & Content:
This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments during the First World War to autonomous or independent Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf, including the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat], the Trucial Chiefs of Oman (that is, Abu Dh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B304
Title:
British Desiderata in Regard to the Baghdad Railway
Scope & Content:
This confidential memorandum, signed R V, concerns Britain's policy with regards to the Baghdad Railway following the occupation of the Mesopotamia. The memorandum details two variant policies: (1) regarding the Railway not as private property, but as a Turkish State railway, and that all its ass...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918?
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B305
Title:
The British Position in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A summary of the British Position in the Persian Gulf detailing the rulership and ownership of the coastal territories and the agreements made between their rulers and Great Britain. The territories and areas described in the summary include: The Trucial Chiefs: Rasel Kheimah [Ras al-Khaimah], ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1919
Extent:

2 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B306f

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B306f
Title:
The Future of Constantinople
Scope & Content:
The file contains the observations of Edwin Samuel Montagu (Secretary of State for India) on a previous memorandum by Lord Curzon on the future of Constantinople. It covers the question of Indian Mohammedan opinion, and the lack of Muslim representation of India in the Councils of the Empire; and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B307
Title:
The Supposed Spiritual Authority of the Caliph
Scope & Content:
This printed report consists primarily of a Note by Dr Thomas Walker Arnold concerning the spiritual authority of the Caliph (khalīfah) in relation to contemporary events. It is prefaced by extracts from a correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir Reginald Wingate, dated 3 and 17 Decembe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B308
Title:
Arabia: The Nejd-Hejaz Feud
Scope & Content:
This is a note by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the Political Department, India Office, dated 7 January 1919, concerning relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] of Nejd [Najd] and King Hussain [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz], specificall...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B309
Title:
Interview with Sherif Feisal
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, authored by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, dated 30 December 1918, concerns a meeting at the India Office, London, between Sir Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State, and Shaikh Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī], accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence ac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B310a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B310a
Title:
The future of Constantinople. Memorandum by Lord Curzon. Printed for the War Cabinet, January 1919.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum by Lord Curzon outlining the discussion undertaken by the Eastern Committee about the future of Constantinople. The first section covers the arguments for and against the ejection of 'the Turk' from Constantinople. The second section discusses which world power w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)