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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name HM Ambassador to Iraq, 1932-

51. IOR/L/PS/12/2874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2874
Title:
Coll 17/16(3) 'The Assyrian Question'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2873, and contains papers regarding the Assyrian Crisis in Iraq during 1933-1934. The papers concern the proposal to settle Assyrians on land owned by Paraná Plantations Limited in Brazil, and documents the negotiations between the League of Nations a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Nov 1933-17 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (598 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/12/2875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2875
Title:
Coll 17/16(4) 'Settlement of the Assyrians. Iraqi railways: agreement between HMG and Iraqi government'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2874. It contains papers regarding the Assyrian Crisis in Iraq during 1933-1935. The papers cover the proposed scheme to resettle the Assyrians of Iraq in British Guiana, on land to be purchased from the Rupununi Company. Following a report by General B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1935-11 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (250 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/2877

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2877
Title:
Coll 17/17 'FO Annual Reports, 1932-1938, 1947. Annual review of events 1939-1942. Political Review 1943-1944'
Scope & Content:
File containing reports submitted by HM Ambassador at Baghdad to the Foreign Office, copies of which were sent to the India Office for information. Comprising: Annual Report on Iraq for the years 1932-1938. Reviews of the situation in Iraq, for the years 1939-1944. Copy report by Captain H M Jac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1933-7 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/12/2878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2878
Title:
Coll 17/18(1) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to importation restrictions, customs appointments and effective front...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1932-15 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (673 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/12/2879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2879
Title:
Coll 17/18(2) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2878, and contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to the prevention of smuggl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1935-14 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (443 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/12/2882

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2882
Title:
Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the oil concessions and operations of the Iraq Petroleum Company and the British Oil Development Company in Iraq. It includes: Papers concerning payments due to the Government of Iraq from these companies. Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1932-18 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 file (89 folios)

57. IOR/L/PS/12/2886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2886
Title:
Coll 17/24 ‘Iraq. Internal. New Iraqi Income Tax Law. Effect on British aircraft and shipping.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the objections of HM Government to Article 6 of the draft Iraq Salaries and Allowances Tax Law of 1930; and the liability of British aircraft and shipping companies operating in Iraq to income tax under Article 29 of the Iraq Income Tax ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1930-9 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

58. IOR/L/PS/12/2887

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2887
Title:
Coll 17/25 'Iraq. Internal. Miscellaneous (including finance)'
Scope & Content:
The file mainly consists of papers relating to Iraq, mostly copies sent to the India Office of letters and telegrams from the British Embassy at Baghdad (Sir Francis Humphrys, George Ogilvie-Forbes, Archibald Clark Kerr, Oswald Scott, Maurice Peterson, Sir Hugh Stonehewer-Bird, Sir Basil Newton,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1934-7 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

59. 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)

60. IOR/L/PS/12/2891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2891
Title:
Coll 17/29 'Iraq. Relations with Syria.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to relations between Iraq and Syria, specifically: the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement between the two countries signed on 24 April 1937; and the Government of Iraq opening a Consulate in Aleppo [in Syria]. The papers are mostly letters to the Secretary of State for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Sep 1937-9 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)