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

61. IOR/L/PS/12/2894

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2894
Title:
Coll 17/31 'Iraq. Posts under Iraqi Govt. filled by British subjects.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to job vacancies under the Government of Iraq being filled by British subjects. It includes papers concerning the following vacancies: Adviser to the Ministry of Economics and Communications. Chief Engineer to the Irrigation Department. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1937-19 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (292 folios)

62. IOR/L/PS/12/2896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2896
Title:
Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to a tour by Sir Basil Newton, HM Ambassador to Iraq, to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, visiting Sharja [Sharjah], Muscat, Bahrain, Basra, Fao [Al-Faw], and Abadan. The file mostly consists of the following: Correspondence between the India Office (Rol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1940-28 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

63. IOR/L/PS/12/2897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2897
Title:
Coll 17/35 ‘Iraq. Iraq – Saudi Relations. Demarcation of Frontier.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mainly relating to the proposed demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, including the issue of the western termination point of the Saudi-Iraq frontier, at the meeting-point of Saudi, Iraqi and Transjordan territory. The papers largely consist of cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1937-5 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

64. IOR/L/PS/12/2898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2898
Title:
Coll 17/36 ‘Iraq. On of Estabt. of Diplomatic relations between Iraq + U.S.S.R.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Iraq. The papers mainly consist of copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the following: Sir Basil Newton and Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, HM Ambassador to Iraq (s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1941-19 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

65. IOR/L/PS/12/2899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2899
Title:
Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to British operations in Iraq in 1941. It includes papers concerning the need for suitable political and administrative officers to serve under the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the question of the employment of Bertram Thomas for political or intellige...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1941-5 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

66. IOR/L/PS/12/2901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2901
Title:
Coll 17/39 'Iraq. Relations with U.S.A.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis), the Foreign Office, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the India Office (Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold), regarding the appointment of a new United States Minister to Iraq. The file i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1942-14 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

67. IOR/L/PS/12/3369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3369
Title:
Coll 27/9 ‘Passports. British Protected Persons. Travel documents for persons proceeding to, and for natives of, certain British Protectorates and Arab states.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to passports and visas for persons travelling to, and for natives of, certain British Protectorates and Arab states. It includes papers concerning the following: the procedure in connection with the issue of these travel documents; fees...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1924-27 Sep 1939
Extent:

1 volume (618 folios)

68. IOR/L/PS/12/3516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3516
Title:
Coll 28/105 ‘Iran. Transit of German railway coaches to Iran via Iraq.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning possible arrangements for Iranian railway carriages to be commandeered for the transport of British troops in Iraq. The correspondence covers: the likely reluctance of the Government of Iran to allow such an arrangement; the impact of any arrangment on relations between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1941-1 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

69. IOR/L/PS/12/3802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3802
Title:
Coll 30/86(1) 'PERSIA. RELATIONS WITH IRAQ. SHATT-EL-ARAB: INTERNATIONALISATION OF, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSERVANCY BOARD.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab). The papers include: negotiations with the governments of Iraq and Persia [Iran]; the involvement of British shipowners in discussions; numerous drafts o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jul 1932-10 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 volume (592 folios)

70. IOR/L/PS/12/3803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3803
Title:
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (468 folios)