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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Secretary of State for the Colonies, United Kingdom, 1854-1966

51. IOR/L/PS/12/2199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2199
Title:
Coll 7/30 'Aden settlement: application to export arms and ammunition to Aden'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Licensing Section of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the India Office Political Department, regarding applications by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd for Export Licences to transport cartridges to Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1931-30 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/12/2215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2215
Title:
Coll 7/45 'Arabia: question of supply of arms, etc., to King of Yemen from UK'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding requests received from the King of Yemen for assistance in fortifying Sheikh Said [Ra's Shaykh Sa'īd] and securing Yemen against foreign aggression. The King was concerned over French claims to Perim Island [Jazīrat Mayyūn] and Sheikh Said, and was seeking anti-aircraft and gas ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1939-5 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/4107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4107
Title:
Coll 35/4 'Arabia: postal communication between Kamaran and Jizan; wireless communication between Aden and Jizan'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the transmission of post between Jizan (Saudi Arabia) and Kamaran (Yemen), and covers the establishment of wireless telecommunications between Jizan and Aden. The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1931-9 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/12/4109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
Title:
Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The file covers: Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29 Proposed wireless communicati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (514 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/12/4129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4129
Title:
Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the re-establishment of cable communication between Sheikh Said and the island of Perim [Yemen], proposed by the ruler of Yemen in 1932, and negotiations with Eastern Telegraph Company Limited. The file contains correspondence between: the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Jan 1932-26 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/12/4413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4413
Title:
Coll 40/13 ‘Royal Family. Coronation of H.M. King George VI. Invitations to the Sultan of Muscat and the Sheikhs of Bahrain and Koweit, and King of the Yemen.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on the coronation of King George VI. The correspondence is primarily between the following: the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India; an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1936-18 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

57. IOR/L/PS/18/C3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C3
Title:
ABSTRACT of DESPATCHES and MEMORANDA on Asiatic Politics and European Diplomacy in the countries between India and Russia, and especially in Afghanistan; and as to the establishment of a British Agent at Herat, to watch the progress of events on the Perso-Afghan frontier and in other parts of Central Asia; and further as to the continuance of the subsidy to Dost Muhammad.
Scope & Content:
This file contains a memorandum which provides summaries of three despatches sent from Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Governor-General of Khorassan, conveying the British Government's proposals both to send a mission to Herat in order to prevent its annexation by Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1859
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)