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

191. IOR/L/PS/12/560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/560
Title:
Ext 5000/41(10) 'PERSIA- INTERNAL SITUATION. Supply of information to the Viceroy'
Scope & Content:
This file principally contains correspondence between the Viceroy [Governor-General], the Foreign Office, and the Secretary of State for India. Topics discussed include: The British position in Persia (deteriorating) compared to the Russian (strengthening). The nature of communication between th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1943-22 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

192. IOR/L/PS/12/996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/996
Title:
Ext 2197/45 'Viceroy's visit to Ibn Saud'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the visit of the Viceroy (Viscount Wavell) to Riyadh and his meeting with Ibn Saud in 1945. Most of the papers relate to the costs of the trip, but some are brief overviews of the meeting of the two leaders in Riyadh. The letters are primarily exchanges betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1945-24 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

193. IOR/L/PS/12/1084

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1084
Title:
Ext 5491/45 'Regent of Iraq - suggested visit to India.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Viceroy, the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for the Government of India, and the HM Ambassador, Baghdad regarding the idea of a visit by the Regent of Iraq to India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1945-25 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

194. IOR/L/PS/12/1449

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1449
Title:
Coll 1/11 'Transfer of civil administration from Government of Bombay to Government of India; Aden Laws Regulation 1932'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Governor General of India in Council, regarding: the formal proclamation of Aden as a Chief Commissionership; the A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1932-28 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

195. IOR/L/PS/12/1459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1459
Title:
Coll 1/23 'Aden, Administration and Control: changes consequent on Indian Constitutional Charges; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains extensive reports, memoranda and correspondence documenting discussions of the possible transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office. The primary authors and correspondents are the India Office Political Department, the Colo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1933-11 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (551 folios)

196. IOR/L/PS/12/2106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2106
Title:
Coll 6/39 'Kuria Muria Islands: Administration and Status of'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the status and administration of the Kuria Muria Islands [Jazā’ir Khurīyā Murīyā, Oman]. It features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Resident, Aden; the Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for India; the Vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Swedish
Date Range:
2 Feb 1929-27 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

197. IOR/L/PS/12/2111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2111
Title:
Coll 6/44 'Hejaz and Indian Muslims. Desecration of tombs by Wahabis, etc.'
Scope & Content:
This file compiles copies of appeals made by representatives of Indian Muslims to the British Government (and in one case, to the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi]), regarding the desecration of various holy buildings and monuments by Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1930-18 Apr 1933
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

198. IOR/L/PS/12/2113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2113
Title:
Coll 6/46 'Salutes in Hejaz Nejd.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns personal salutes given by British naval ships to dignitaries in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence, largely between officials of the Admiralty and the Foreign Office, begins with discussion about the number of gun salutes that should be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1928-5 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

199. IOR/L/PS/12/2118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2118
Title:
Coll 6/51 'Pan-Islamic Congress, 1933-5. Activities of Shaukat Ali, the Mufti of Jerusalem and others.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents British concerns regarding the pan-Islamic movement, particularly in Palestine but also in other parts of the Middle East. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Mar 1933-7 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 file (160 folios)

200. IOR/L/PS/12/2138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2138
Title:
Coll 6/67(5) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar (Khor al Odeid)'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat (i.e. the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Much of the correspondence relates to British concerns that oil companies operating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1937-11 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 volume in 2 parts (391 folios)