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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name India Office, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India, 1858-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/10/88/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88/1
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia:- Euphrates + Tigris S. N. Co.; Mail contract’
Scope & Content:
Part 1 of the volume comprises correspondence relating to, as well as draft copies of (ff 325-327, ff 338-341, ff 384-386) an indenture for the renewal of the concession agreed between the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (ETSNC) and the British Government, for the conveyance of mai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1905
Extent:

1 item (72 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/18/B297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B297
Title:
Policy in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a note, dated 20 November 1918, by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the India Office concerning British policy in Arabia. The note discusses 'The Status of the King of the Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]' and 'The Status of Iraq', and largely focuses on British interes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B298
Title:
'Settlement of Turkey and Arabian Peninsula. Note by India Office on Foreign Office memorandum'.
Scope & Content:
The note was written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel for the India Office, 30 Nov 1918, and consists of remarks on three points drawn out from the Foreign Office memorandum: The Trucial System - disputing the assumptions made in the original memo that Great Britain effectively kept the peace over...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1918
Extent:

2 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B335
Title:
The Future Constitution of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report on the future constitution of Mesopotamia [Iraq] split into two parts: the first (folios 83-84), dated 1 November 1919, and is written by Colin Campbell Garbett (initialled C C G); and the second (folios 84 to 86), dated 3 November 1919, is written by Sir Fred...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1919
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B464
Title:
Agreement relating to the Ras al Khaimah Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited; the agreement relates to the Ras al Khaimah oil concession arranged between the petroleum company and Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī, Emir of Ras al Khaimah. The document includes a 'pre-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1938
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B474
Title:
Agreement relating to the Abu Dhabi Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession agreement which was arranged between Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Shaik of Abu Dhabi. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1940
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B475

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B475
Title:
Agreement relating to the Kalba Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Kalba oil concession agreed between Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Regent of Kalba, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Qasi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1940
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)