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61. IOR/L/PS/18/B8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B8
Title:
Memorandum on the Turkish claim to sovereignty over the eastern shores of the Red Sea and the whole of Arabia; and on the Egyptian claim to the whole of the western shore of the same sea, including the African coast from Suez to Cape Guardafui.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum prepared by Edward Hertlset, Foreign Office Librarian, on 5 March 1874 (printed by the Foreign Office 10 March 1874). The document gives a historical overview (from 1517 to 1874) of claims on the Red Sea coast, with particular focus on those of the Ottoman Turks and the Egyptians. It ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Mar 1874
Extent:

35 folios

62. IOR/L/PS/18/B45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B45
Title:
Restrictions on the trade in arms, &c., on the Red Sea and on the Somali Coasts
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum by Edmund Neel, Assistant Secretary Political and Secret Department, India Office, it describes proposals made to the French Government for restricting the trade in arms on the Red Sea and on the Somali Coast, and subsequent arrangements to effect them between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1887
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

63. IOR/L/PS/18/B51a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B51a
Title:
Proposed Transfers of Aden and Somali Coast to Imperial Government; and of Persian Legation to India
Scope & Content:
This secret and confidential memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office Press in June 1890, concerns the issue of the proposed transfer of Aden, the Somali Coast and everything connected with the Red Sea from the Government of India, and leaving British representation in Persia entirely in the han...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1890
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

64. IOR/L/PS/20/E77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E77
Title:
'RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN PILOT SIXTH EDITION, 1909.'
Scope & Content:
The sixth edition of an official publication entitled Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, produced by the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty and dated 1909. At the front of the volume are: A ‘Notice to Mariners’, containing instructions for sailors on approaching British and British Imperial port...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

1 volume (331 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/2/639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/639
Title:
‘File 25/3 Agreement between UK and Italy’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed copy of a booklet containing two agreements: I. Agreement between the United Kingdom and Italy, consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; and II. Bon Voisinage Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between the United Kingdom and Italy, agreed in Rome on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

66. IOR/R/19/22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/22
Title:
Letters Received by the Agent in Egypt
Scope & Content:
This volume contains records of the expenses incurred and payments received by British agents and the Packet Agency at Cairo from 22 January 1838 to 8 November 1859. It includes the dates of the transactions, details of the transactions themselves, and the amounts of money given in piastres. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1838-8 Nov1859
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

67. IOR/R/19/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/23
Title:
Egypt & Red Sea 38, 1838-59
Scope & Content:
This volume contains records of the expenses incurred and payments received by British agents and the Packet Agency at Cairo from 13 January 1838 to 30 September 1859. It includes the dates of the transactions, details of the transactions themselves, and the amounts of money given in Piastres. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1838-30 Sep 1859
Extent:
1 volume (661 folios)

68. IOR/R/19/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/24
Title:
Cairo Packet Agency A/C Current and Mail Charges, 1838-1859
Scope & Content:
This file is divided into two sections, titled 'Cairo Packet Agency, A/C Current' and 'Cairo Packet Agency, Mail Charges', and contains the accounts current and mail charges of the Cairo Packet Agency, from January 1838 through September and March 1859 respectively. The accounts current and mail...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1838- Sep 1859
Extent:
1 file (533 folios)

69. IOR/X/3630/9/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/9/1-2
Title:
‘Chart of the Red Sea, Comprising the part above Jiddah, on Mercator’s Projection, Compiled from a Stasimetric Survey, Executed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 in the Hon.ble Comp.y's Ship Palinurus by Com.der R. Moresby, and Lieu.t T.G. Carless, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless, Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Suez to Jiddah [Jeddah] compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers sh...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1836
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

70. IOR/X/3630/9/3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/9/3-4
Title:
‘Chart of the Red Sea, from Jiddah, to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, Surveyed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 By Capt.n T. Elvon and Lieu.t H.N. Pinching, and completed in 1833 and 34 by Com.der R. Moresby, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless Lieu.t and Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures with some mountain ranges shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Jiddah [Jeddah] to Bab-el-Mandeb Strait compiled fro...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1836
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets