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Subject Colonial administration Name Colonial Office, 1854-1966

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1042

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1042
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to the internal affairs of Bahrain. The papers are mostly copies exchanged between the India Office, Foreign Office, and Colonial Office, and forms part of the interdepartmental discussion of matters such as: petitions to the British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1924-16 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 volume (304 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1043
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 5 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Administration: Internal Affairs: British Interference'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, memoranda, and draft papers relating to British and European representation within the Bahrain administration. The papers discuss a number of matters, including: appointment and terms of the posts of Director of Customs, Commandant of the Levy Corps, and some medic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-22 Jan 1931
Extent:

1 volume (174 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1268
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 5 ‘PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL CONTROL IN:-’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to political control in the Persian Gulf and Middle East, specifically the division of responsibility for this region between the India Office and the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office. It includes papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1926-20 Oct 1937
Extent:

1 file (380 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1273
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 16 ‘Persian Gulf: Political Control Report of the Warren Fisher Committee.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning political control in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula. The first half of the file relates to the inter-departmental Sub-Committee of Political Control of the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. The Sub-Committee on Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1929-8 Aug 1939
Extent:

1 file (285 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1459
Title:
Coll 1/23 'Aden, Administration and Control: changes consequent on Indian Constitutional Charges; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains extensive reports, memoranda and correspondence documenting discussions of the possible transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office. The primary authors and correspondents are the India Office Political Department, the Colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1933-11 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (551 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1463
Title:
Coll 1/27 'Administration of justice in Aden: regulation to replace Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act of 1864 and certain amending acts; emoluments of District and Sessions Judges'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding: the issue of a regulation to replace the Aden Civil and Criminal Justice Act (1864) and subsequent related amendments; the proposed delegation to the Chief Commissioner of powers under Section 86 (4) Part IV of the Civil Procedure Code; and the change of the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1933-2 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1473

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1473
Title:
Coll 1/37 'Aden. Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: local bodies; Aden Port Trust and Settlement'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the Colonial Office and the India Office Political Department. It is agreed that, following the transfer of Aden from the Government of India, the Aden Port Trust and Aden Settlement should remain as separate b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1933-3 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1482
Title:
Coll 1/46 'Aden. Transfer of control to HMG: certain points raised by Col Reilly for consideration in the event of separation from Government of India'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding plans for the transfer of the civil administration of Aden to the Colonial Office. The material dated 1933 comprises correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly) and the India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite) regarding points to be addre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1933-30 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (151 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/1483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1483
Title:
Coll 1/47 'Aden. Col Reilly's deputation to Sana'a: incidence of cost of emoluments of officers affected'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the mission to Sana'a made by the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner) to conduct treaty negotiations with the Imam of Yemen. The correspondence primarily concerns the pay and benefits for staff assuming temporary positions during the mission: Lieu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1933-22 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/1485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1485
Title:
Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and the preparation of the Aden Colony Order in Council (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Ade...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (480 folios)