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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name War Office, 1857-1964

21. IOR/L/PS/10/596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/596
Title:
File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the export of dates from Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of Mesopotamia in the First World War. The file includes: correspondence dated 1916 relating to the lifting of a general prohibition on the export of dates from Mohammerah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 May 1916-9 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 volume (350 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/600

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/600
Title:
P 2100/1916 Pt 5 'German War: Arab Revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda and printed reports relating to the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula during the First World War (1914-1918). The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/608
Title:
File 2976/1916 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Bunder Abbas Kerman Telegraph and Road'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 both contain papers relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Kerman in Persia [Iran]; Part 2 also includes some papers relating to the development of road...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1922
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/10/609/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/609/1
Title:
P 3280/1916 Pt 1 'Arabia: [Asir]: Financial and Other Assistance to the Idrissi [etc.] Appointment of a Liaison-Medical Officer (Capt Fazuluddin)'
Scope & Content:
The file mostly consists of correspondence relating to the Idrisi [Idrissi] Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia. It includes: India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal India Office minutes and reference p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1916-1 May 1922
Extent:
1 item (229 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/625

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/625
Title:
File 3816/1916 'Persia. As to allowing English ladies to proceed to Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Political and Secret Department papers, mainly relating to various individuals seeking permission to travel to Persia [Iran] from England. These individuals are largely the wives of British officials and employees in Persia wishing to join the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1916-10 Oct 1921
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/10/635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/635
Title:
File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following: The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1916-5 Apr 1922
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/10/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/648
Title:
File 287/1917 ''Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians''
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for alleged anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta. The file includes corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/10/649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/649
Title:
File 390/1917 Pt 1-3 ‘Persia:- Exclusion of Undesirable Aliens.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the question of British authorities allowing foreign subjects, mainly German, Austrian, Swedish and Swiss subjects, to enter Persia [Iran], and the desire of the British Government to prevent German agents, and individuals suspected of having pro-German sym...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 May 1915-18 Jan 1923
Extent:

1 volume (242 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/10/651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/651
Title:
File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the situation in the Bushire [Bushehr] hinterland, including Shiraz, in Southern Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to: The rebellion in Tangistan. Proposed improvements to Bushire roads. The deportation to Bushire of the Europeans and Indians arres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1916-28 Apr 1918
Extent:

1 volume (295 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/10/653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/653
Title:
File 469/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bakhtiari affairs. Bakhtiari gendarmerie'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers (mainly correspondence and India Office minute papers) relating to the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] tribe and Bakhtiari territory in Persia [Iran]. The papers largely concern the proposal to raise a force of gendarmerie, or Levy Corps, under British officers in the Bakhtiari t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1916-28 Apr 1921
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)