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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name High Commissioner, Iraq, 1920-1932

21. IOR/L/PS/10/919

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/919
Title:
File 5876/1920 ‘Mesopotamia:- King for. Question of suitability of Feisul; French protest against Feisul; Feisul proclaimed “King of Iraq”; Treaty with Feisul’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the election of Sherif Feisal [Fayṣal al-Awwal bin al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, also written as Faisal and other variations in the volume] as King of Iraq, and negotiations leading to the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922. Specific topics discussed include:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Jul 1920-1 Jan 1925
Extent:

1 volume (497 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/935/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/935/2
Title:
File 7190/1920 Pt 4 'Persia: Mohammerah crisis. Printed Correspondence.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the Arab rebellion at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] including: Assessments of the balance of military forces Discussion of communications between Reza Khan [Reżā Shāh Pahlavī] and the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī] Analysis of the polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1924-17 Jun 1926
Extent:
1 item (116 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/935/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/935/3
Title:
File 7190/1920 Pt 5 'Persia: Mohammerah. Affairs: Relations of the Sheikh with the Central Govt.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers concerning the situation in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] including: The arrest of the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī, last Shaikh of present-day Khorramshahr] and his transfer to Tehran by the Central Government of Persia Discussions between HM Mini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1925-23 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 item (215 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/10/962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/962
Title:
File 301/1921 'MESOPOTAMIA: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Intelligence Reports of Sir Percy Cox, High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [also written as Iraq in this volume], based in Baghdad, covering the period 15 November 1920 to 15 September 1921. They largely relate to: the political situation in Mesopotamia and the surrounding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1920-31 Oct 1921
Extent:
1 volume (289 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/1033

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1033
Title:
File 450/1922 Pt 1 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan dispute: Activities of Ibn Saud's followers; Proposed conference at Koweit'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, draft papers, and memoranda relating to the delineation of the boundary between the Kingdom of Nejd and Transjordan. The papers deal with matters such as the status of the Jauf [al-Jawf] region, the idea for a Baghdad-Haifa railway, numerous raids and counter raids along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1923
Extent:
1 volume (420 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/10/1071

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1071
Title:
File 2325/1922 ‘Iraq: administration. ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY NEGOTIATION 1930-’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, drafts, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding different aspects of negotiation and the creation of the Anglo-Iraqi treaty. The papers notably cover: Negotiations, alterations, and presentations of the Treaty itself between Iraq and British Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1922-8 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (731 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/10/1072

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1072
Title:
File 2853/1922 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: GERMAN TRADE ACTIVITY'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of two parts: Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/1072/1) contains papers relating to economic competition in Persia [Iran] between the United Kingdom, Germany and the Soviet Union; Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/1072/2) contains papers relating to British commercial activity in Persia and Iraq includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1928
Extent:
1 volume (367 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/10/1098

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1098
Title:
File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the right of navigation in the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab). It includes correspondence relating to the following: the alignment of the Perso-Iraq frontier at the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab; the right of Persian [Iranian] vessels ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 May 1928-28 Nov 1930
Extent:

1 volume (362 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/10/1124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1124
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924; Wahabi attack on Hedjaz. Capture of Taif & defeat of Hedjaz Army. Abdication of King Hussein.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the invasion of the Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces associated with the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the subsequent abdication of the King of Hedjaz, Amir Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāsh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-6 Jan 1925
Extent:

1 volume (419 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/10/1125/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1125/3
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 4 ‘Arabia:- Nejd-Hedjaz Situation. Attitude of Moslem world. Hedjaz deputation to India. Nejd deputation to India.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to a proposal by the Ruler of Iraq, King Feisal [Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], to organise a conference of rulers from the Islamic world, in order to settle the future administration of Islam’s holy cities. The proposal was in response to the invasio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1926
Extent:

1 item (89 folios)