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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Foreign Office, Eastern Department, 1886-1968

1. IOR/L/PS/12/157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/157
Title:
PZ 4604/35 'Persian Law of Arbitration'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a new Persian Law of Arbitration passed by the Majlis in its session of 17 February 1935. It consists of correspondence sent to the Board of Trade by George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department, Foreign Office, and a despatch from Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1935-Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/218
Title:
PZ 8747/36 ‘Tour of G.W. Rendel, C.M.G., Foreign Office, to the Middle East, 1937. Report by Mr G.W. Rendel’
Scope & Content:
The file consists largely of a report by Mr George William Rendel, Head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office in London, on his private tour to the Persian Gulf and also to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Ibn Saud, in February and March 1937. This personal account of his trip is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1936-4 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1307
Title:
Ext 878/48 'Establishment of USA consulate at Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding: a request from the United States Department of State to the British Government to approve the establishment of an American Consulate in Kuwait; and the recommendation by the Foreign Office to include the Consulate in the American Basra Consular District...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1948-19 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1499
Title:
Coll 1/61 'Aden. Policy of His Majesty's Government in the Hadhramaut; succession of the Sultanate of Mukalla'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding Government policy in the Aden Hadhramaut [Hadramawt], and related topics. The file consists of extensive correspondence, reports and minutes regarding: a proposal by the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) that a more 'forward' policy should be adopted i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1935-21 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (628 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2139
Title:
Coll 6/67(6) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar: Trucial Coast Oil Concessions'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically its border with Qatar. The correspondence and memoranda near the beginning of the volume discuss from a British perspective the origins and recent history of the boundary dispute, which is d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1940-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2145
Title:
Coll 6/72 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with the Yemen. Delimitation of the Saudi-Yemeni Frontier.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns the delimitation of the Saudi-Yemeni frontier, following the conclusion of the Treaty of Taif in 1934. It includes discussion of the following: the geographical position of the Beni Malik [Bani Malik], Abadil [ʿAbādil] and Ahl Faifa [Ahl Fayfa] tribes; amendments to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1934-15 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2154
Title:
Coll 6/81 'Syria: Status of Alexandretta and Antioch.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents the British response to developments regarding the status of the Sanjak [administrative district, referred to in Arabic as Liwa] of Alexandretta, including the cities of Alexandretta [İskenderun, Turkey] and Antioch [Antakya, Turkey]. The file features the following principa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1936-31 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (286 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2205
Title:
Coll 7/37(2) 'Afghanistan: sale of rifles from War Office stocks, and ammunition from Government of India stocks, to Afghan Government'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of Collection 7/37, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2204. It contains correspondence between HM Minister at Kabul, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the Foreign Office Eastern Department, regarding payments received from the Afghan Government for the supp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1941-13 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2890

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2890
Title:
Coll 17/28 'Iraq. Creation of Iraqi navy.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the intention of the Government of Iraq to form a small river fleet. The papers mostly consist of the following: copies of correspondence between Robert Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Archibald Clark Kerr, HM Ambassador to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1936-18 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)