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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

111. IOR/L/PS/10/407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/407
Title:
File 3463/1913 ‘Aden Frontier Proposed ratification of the 1905 boundary settlement’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, mainly about the latter’s proposal to seek ratification of the Aden boundary settlement of 1905, as part of British counter-concessions to be tabled at the Anglo-Turkish Commercial Convention negotiations in London, 1913-19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:

1 volume (130 folios)

112. IOR/L/PS/10/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/408
Title:
File 3615/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Moin-ut-Tujjar's concessions'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the grant of mineral concessions by the Persian Government to the Persian merchant Haji Agha Mohammed Moin-ut-Tojar Dehdashty (referred to as Muin-ut-Tujjar), and the award of export sales contracts for the mined Hormuz oxide to the two rival Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1916
Extent:
1 volume (288 folios)

113. IOR/L/PS/10/409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/409
Title:
File 3615/1913 Pt 2-3 'Persian Gulf - Lease of Islands (& Muin ut Tujjar's Concession). Persian Gulf Islands as to occupation in case of war with Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 2 and 3 of the subject ‘Persian Gulf: Moin-ut-Tujjar’s concessions’. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/409/1) concerns the lease of islands in the Persian Gulf and Part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/409/2) concerns British occupation of the islands in the Persian Gulf in case of war with Persia. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912-1918
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)

114. IOR/L/PS/10/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/419
Title:
File 4237/1913 'Persia: Birjand Vice-Consulate'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, regarding the appointment, pay and leave arrangements of the Vice-Consul at Birjand [Bīrjand] from 1913-23. The file also contains...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1923
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

115. IOR/L/PS/10/437

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/437
Title:
File 5184/1913 Persian Gulf: status of Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volume focuses on two main topics. The first is the status of the Persian Gulf Political Residency at Bushire: a proposal to raise its status to a first class residency in 1915 (see folios 152-58) and subsequent proposals to reduce its status back to a second class residency in 1926 (see fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1931
Extent:
1 volume (191 folios)

116. IOR/L/PS/10/448/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/448/1
Title:
File 1032/1914 Pt 1 'Persia. Trade with Persian Gulf Ports'
Scope & Content:
Part 1 relates to trade with Persian Gulf ports, specifically the tea trade, and the impact of trade restrictions imposed by the Government of India in Southern Persia. It includes the following subject matters: concerns about the increase in imports of tea into Persia from Russia, in contrast t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1913-26 Oct 1916
Extent:
1 item (97 folios)

117. IOR/L/PS/10/455

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/455
Title:
File 2696/1914 Pt 1-2 'Anglo-Russian Agreement'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Anglo-Russian Agreement'. The volume concerns proposed changes to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, following a completed draft convention between Britain, China, and Tibet (completed in April 1914, but not signed by the Chinese Government)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1914-15 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

118. IOR/L/PS/10/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/456
Title:
File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf. However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to explo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

119. IOR/L/PS/10/462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/462
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 1 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning diplomatic tensions between the British and Ottoman Governments at the outset of the First World War, including social unrest and military/naval movements in Baghdad, Basra, and the Shatt al-Arab. The volume’s papers were produced prior to the Ottoman Ruler Sultan Mehmed V’s de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1914-25 Oct 1914
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

120. IOR/L/PS/10/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/466
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 6 ‘German War. Turkey. Jeddah. Food Supplies’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning the impact of war between Britain and Turkey upon shipping, food supplies and travellers on Hajj pilgrimage, along the Red Sea coast of Arabia (including the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Yemen), and the wider Arab region. Subjects covered include: Reports of food shortages in the Hedjaz ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Dec 1914-11 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 volume (226 folios)