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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937

251. IOR/L/PS/12/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/72
Title:
PZ 2791/33 'Arabia: Wakf properties in Saudi-Arabia for the use of Indian pilgrims'
Scope & Content:
The discussion in the file relates to the use of wakf properties [waqf] (property donated by Islamic rulers for pious uses) in Jeddah and Mecca intended for Indian pilgrims. The British had information which led them to believe such properties were being used as private property but that they co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

252. IOR/L/PS/12/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/76
Title:
PZ 4200/33 Complaints Regarding Destitute Iraqis in Hyderabad
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding destitute Iraqi citizens in Hyderabad, India, and costs incurred by the Government of Hyderabad in helping them reach the Iraqi Consulate in Bombay [Mumbai] in order to be repatriated back to Iraq. The file includes requests from the Government of Hydera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1933-1 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

253. IOR/L/PS/12/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/127
Title:
PZ 701/1935 Question of Continuance of Pension of Naoum Abbo of Basra
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the issue of whether a pension paid from 1918 to 1923 to Mr Naoum Abbo of Basra, an Iraqi national, should be continued. The correspondence includes: Letters and copies of letters between the India Office and Mackrell, Ward and Knight, including a co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1935-6 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

254. IOR/L/PS/12/179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/179
Title:
PZ 6508/35 Aden: rebuilding of Church of Scotland School at Sheikh Othman
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning enquiries for a grant from the Colonial Office towards the cost of rebuilding the Church of Scotland School at Sheikh Othman [Ash Shaykh ‘Uthmān] in Aden, which was destroyed by a flood in 1927. The main correspondents include John Graham Kerr, MP ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1935-Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

255. IOR/L/PS/12/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/203
Title:
PZ 4329/36 Arabia: proposed execution at Hodeida, Yemen, of a Letter of Request issued by a court in India
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the proposed execution at Hodeida, Yemen, of a Letter of Request issued by a court in Surat, India. It discusses the procedure for serving the summons to the King of Yemen, Imam Yahya bin Muhammad bin Hamid Ud Din [Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Yaḥyā Muḥammad], and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1936-29 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

256. IOR/L/PS/12/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/208
Title:
PZ 5189/36 'Aden. Armed Police Force. Creation of Post of Jamadar'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the creation of the post of Jamadar (junior officer) within the Aden Armed Police Force, and includes the proposal for the post and its sanction. It consists of two memoranda and a telegram by: the Commandant of Police, Aden; the Chief Commissioner, Aden; and the Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1936-26 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

257. IOR/L/PS/12/330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/330
Title:
PZ 645/40(1) 'Persian Gulf Movements of the Political Resident'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the India Office, London, and the External Affairs Department (formerly the Foreign and Political Department) of the Government of India, New Delhi. These relate to the Resident’s movements and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1928-9 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (407 folios)

258. IOR/L/PS/12/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/331
Title:
PZ 645/40(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Movement of the Political Resident (& temporary addresses)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the India Office, London, and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, New Delhi. These relate to the Resident’s movements and temporary addresses, as well as the acting arra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1942-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (200 folios)

259. IOR/L/PS/12/336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/336
Title:
PZ 1030/40 'Documents of Historical Interest among Consular Archives. Baghdad Consular Archives'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to wartime transfers from Iraq to India for the safe keeping of the records of the Political Resident in Turkish Arabia (Iraq) and Consul-General at Baghdad, 1756-1917, and also those of the High Commissioner for Iraq at Baghdad, a post established in 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1929-5 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

260. IOR/L/PS/12/1444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1444
Title:
Coll 1/2 'Administrative policy: arrangements for achievement of Imperial purposes at Aden; transfer of administration to Government of India (from Government of Bombay)'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of Bombay to the Government of India, and the institution of Aden as a Chief Commissionership. The following subjects are discussed: the position of Aden in regard to Britain's imperial purposes; the history of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Gujarati
Date Range:
11 Mar 1931-23 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (436 folios)