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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Basrah, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/689
Title:
File 2813/1917 'MESPOT: SAMARRA ANTIQUITIES'
Scope & Content:
This file chiefly comprises: correspondence; India Office Political and Secret Department Minutes, Draft Papers and Draft Telegrams; copies of letters and telegrams; notes and memoranda; and reports. The file relates mainly to the discussions regarding the disposal of antiquities from Samarra [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1917-25 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/805

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/805
Title:
File 788/1919 Pt 3-4 ‘Mesopotamia: Disposal of Rivercraft (1920/21)’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains material relating to the disposal of river craft in Mesopotamia from December 1919 to January 1921. The volume is separated into two parts: Part 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA Disposal of River Craft’ (IOR/L/PS/10/805/1) Part 4 ‘MESOPOTAMIA DISPOSAL OF RIVERCRAFT’(IOR/L/PS/10/805/2). Each...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1919-6 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (584 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/869/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/869/3
Title:
File 6665/1919 Pt 5 ‘Mesopotamia: Finance. BUDGETS (1918-19, 1919-20)’
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence, draft papers, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and minutes regarding financial budgets for the British administration in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers notably cover: Estimates of receipts and expenditure The budget for the civil administration in Mesopotamia State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1918-8 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 item (158 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2854
Title:
Coll 17/8(2) 'Shaikh of Koweit's Estates: Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2853. It consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding date garden properties in Iraq owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, changes to their tax-exempt status, and lawsuits regarding their ownership. Properties owned by the Shaikh of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1934-22 May 1936
Extent:
1 volume (619 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2855

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2855
Title:
Coll 17/8(3) 'Iraq. Shaikh of Koweits Estates. Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq.'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2854. It consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding date garden properties in Iraq owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Shaikh of Mohammerah. The material concerns the ongoing lawsuits regarding the Shaikh of Kuwait's owner...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1936-29 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 volume (792 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2856
Title:
Coll 17/8(4) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Faddaghiyah estate'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2855. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by Abdullah bin Issa Pasha Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Faddaghiyeh, the Bashiye...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1937-14 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (591 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2857
Title:
Coll 17/8(5) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Bashiyah estate'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2856. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by the heirs of Shafiqah Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Bashiyeh: a suit filed by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1938-24 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2858

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2858
Title:
Coll 17/8(6) 'Date gardens of the Sheikh of Koweit in Iraq: discharge of HMG's liability in respect of possession and exemption from taxation'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2857. It contains papers regarding the following: legal cases brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) in respect of the ownership of date garden properties in Iraq; the subsequent institution of Land Settlement Procedure to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1938-10 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (425 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3400, f 736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3400, f 736
Title:
Map of the border region between Iraq and Persia
Scope & Content:
Pencil sketch showing the border region between Iraq and Persia [Iran]. The map indicates the Karun and Bahmanshir rivers, the coastline of the Persian Gulf and the Shatt al-Arab, and the towns of Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and Basrah [Basra]. A red pencil line indicates the border...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/L/PS/20/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35
Title:
‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)