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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 1914-1920

1. IOR/L/PS/10/389/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/389/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
Part 8 primarily concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Included are the following: discussion as to which ruler has the stronger claim to Khurma, and whether Bin Saud shou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1918-26 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 item (300 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/458
Title:
File 2877/1914 'Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia: survey operations of RIMS Palinurus'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the survey of the Persian Gulf by RIMS Palinurus. The discussion in the volume relates to the objectives, route, and associated costs of the survey of the Persian Gulf. Further discussion surrounds t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1916
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/483
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 6 'German War: Persia; general situation May-July 1915'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and Balochistan, during the First World War. The main focus is measures to be taken in the event of Persia entering the War against Great Britain. The volume covers: Advice of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on measures to be taken i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1915-16 Jul 1915
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/486
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire. The volume covers: Instructions regarding Bakhtiari. Movements of Wassmuss and German agents in Persia. Situation in Bushire, at Isfahan, at Urumia [Urmia, Iran], and at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1915-17 Dec 1915
Extent:
1 volume (305 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/487

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/487
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 11 'Persia: protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Co's fields etc'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Company's (APOC) oilfields and pipelines in south-western Persia. The volume covers: Defence of APOC property. Notes on oilfields in Arabistan [Khuzestan]. Water supply ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1915-8 May 1919
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/488
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 12 'German War: Persia; Bakhtiari and Bawi affairs'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is securing cordial relations with the Bakhtiari to ensure security for British trade. The volume covers: Proposed grant of British honours to two Bakhtiari khans, Sirdar Assad and Sirdar Jang. Proposed matri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1915-14 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 volume (160 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/492
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 17 'German War: Persia; general'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British and Russian attempt to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events that happened in November 1915. The volume covers: German funding to Swedish Gendarmerie. Terms of proposed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1915-06 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 volume (181 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/524
Title:
File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1916
Extent:
1 volume (218 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/534
Title:
File 94/1915 Pt 4 ‘German War; Turkey; Baghdad prisoners &c.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning British women and children detained by Turkish authorities in Baghdad as prisoners of war, and an agreement for their exchange (brokered by the United States Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul]) for Turkish officials and their families captured in Amara during the British i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Jan 1916-5 Jan 1917
Extent:

1 volume (239 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/650/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/650/1
Title:
File 464/1917 Pt 1 'German War - Persia. Bushire hinterland operations'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to military operations in the hinterland of Bushire [Bushehr] in Persia [Iran], mainly concerning the advisability and practicability of more active operations, with regard to the season and the force available. It consists of correspondence, as well as India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1916-6 Jul 1916
Extent:
1 item (80 folios)