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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1782-1968 Place Mesopotamia, Asia Minor

1. IOR/L/PS/10/302/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/302/1
Title:
File 3877/1912 Pt 3 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’
Scope & Content:
The volume is a chronological continuation of File 3877/1912 Pt 2 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’ (IOR/L/PS/301), and comprises papers concerning ongoing negotiations over oil concessions for the Mesopotamian vilayets of Mosul and Baghdad, in which the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), Deutsch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Mar 1914-25 Nov 1915
Extent:

1 part (184 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/478

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/478
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 1 'German War: Persian attitude towards Turkey'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns diplomatic tensions between Persian, Ottoman, British and Russian Governments, at the outset of the First World War (Anglo-German war in the file), including the attack made at Urmia on Russian troops by Kurdish forces. The papers cover: Attitude of Persian towards Anglo-Ger...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
01 Sep 1914-01 Jan 1915
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/479

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/479
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Persian neutrality'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns diplomatic tensions between Persian, Ottoman, Russian and British Governments, at the outset of the First World War (Anglo-German war in the file). The main focus is the Russian occupation of Tabriz and Persian Azerbaijan, ending with Persia's neutrality in 1914. The volume ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Nov 1914-5 Mar 1915
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/480
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Persian neutrality; German money for Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns German remittances to Persia, and the Foreign Office's efforts to stop and prevent these. The volume covers: Transmission of money from Amsterdam to Tehran, to be used for German propaganda during the First World War, via Imperial Bank of Persia. Various German attempts to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Dec 1914-2 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (349 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/481
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 4 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Jan 1915-13 May 1915
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/482
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in southern Persia and in the territories of the Shatt al-Arab, during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of oilfields. The volume covers: The Arab movement in Mesopotamia. Possible despatch of troops to the Kārun river and to Ahwaz [A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jan 1915-26 Jul 1916
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/774

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/774
Title:
File 5655/1918 Pt 2 'Mesopotamia: Refugee Camp at Baqubah (1920 – papers)'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British and French officials regarding the Christian (mostly Assyrian and Armenian) refugees in the refugee camp at Baqubah [also written Ba’qubah, Ba’quba and Baquba] in Mesopo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Dec 1919-30 Dec 1920
Extent:
1 volume (464 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/911

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/911
Title:
File 4917/1920 'MESOPOTAMIA: MANDATE [AND PALESTINE]'
Scope & Content:
The volume includes correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, minutes, draft mandates and conventions. The correspondence is mainly about the British Mandate for Palestine and Mesopotamia, and the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon. British and French officials exchanged draft copies o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1920-31 Dec 1924
Extent:

1 volume (377 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B259
Title:
Correspondence between Britain, France and Russia in regards to Arabia
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, in English and French, between M Sazanof, Ministre des Affaires Étrangeres (Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs); Maurice Paléologue, Ambassadeur de France en Russie (French Ambassador to Russia); Paul Cambon (French Amabassador to the United Kingdom); and Sir Edward Gray, Secre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:

10 folios