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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Mecca, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

11. IOR/L/PS/9/76/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/87
Title:
Letters from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
Copies of four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard in Mocha Roads and dated 16 April-20 June 1799. Blankett forwards information collected from around the Red Sea a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1799-20 Jun 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/9/76/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/90
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones with Jonathan Duncan and John Blankett
Scope & Content:
This item contains four documents: 1. A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 12 December 1799. In response to Duncan’s letter of 16 October (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/100), Jones discusses routes of communi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1799-26 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/9/76/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/130
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 30 June 1800. The letter introduces Lieutenant Richard Tanvarine, whom Blankett has sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/10/390/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/390/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 10 'N.W. Frontier: Proposed Russian zoological expedition'
Scope & Content:
The title provided at the beginning of this item does not relate in any way to the item's contents. Part 10 is in fact concerned with the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1919-13 Jan 1920
Extent:

1 item (330 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/10/391/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/391/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 12 'ARABIA: RELATIONS WITH BIN SAUD (AMIR OF NEJD) (HEJAZ-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE)'
Scope & Content:
Part 12 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Much of the correspondence relates to (unsucces...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1920-21 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 item (223 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/10/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/586
Title:
File 705/1916 Pt 1-2 Arab Revolt
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that pertain to various military and intelligence fields of operation during 1916, specifically relating to the First World War in the region of Hejaz and the broader Arabian peninsula. The bulk of the file is comprised of reports on various military, intelligence, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 file (473 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/10/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/615
Title:
File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Secret Department minute papers, mostly relating to French policy regarding the Hedjaz [Hejaz or Hijaz]. This correspondence largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British High Commissioner of Egypt (Sir Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1916-31 May 1917
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)

18. 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)

19. IOR/L/PS/10/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/657
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (616 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/10/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/658
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo numbers 66-114. These publications contain wartime, and post-war intelligence obtained by British sources. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1920
Extent:
1 volume (411 folios)