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1. IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 407-545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 407-545
Title:
Afghanistan and Persia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Kurnaul [Karnal]) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 11 of 1838, dated 22 May 1838. The enclosures are dated 18 January-22 May 1838. The item comprises despatches betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1838
Extent:
1 item (139 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142
Title:
Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan (First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842)
Scope & Content:
Copies of intelligence despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat [Kalat, also spelled Khelat in this volume], to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at Shah Shoojah’s Camp [Shah Shuja ul-Mulk], (copied to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1839-20 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 217-322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 217-322
Title:
Colonel Henry Pottinger’s Arrangements in Sinde [Sindh] Regarding the Advance of the Army of the Indus
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence, minutes and other documents chiefly relating to logistical and financial arrangements made by Colonel Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde and Sind in this volume], in connection with the Army of the Indus arriving and marching through Sinde (a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (105 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 532-568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 532-568
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1844, dated 30 March 1844. The enclosures are dated 22 January-30 March 1844. The enclosures chiefly comprise correspondence between: Captain St...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item (37 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/51
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 17 December 1798. Jones reports a meeting with the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], who criticises the Porte’s [Government of the Ottoma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/561
Title:
File 3086/1915 Pt 5 'Arabia: Red Sea – Trade during German War'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the blockade of trade in the Red Sea during the First World War. The discussion in the volume relates to: Export of grain to Eritrea: removal of limit on Sudanese exports Restriction on navigators of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 5 1915-18 Sept 1919
Extent:
1 volume (475 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/562

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/562
Title:
File 3086/1915 Pt 6-7 'ARABIA: RED SEA ISLANDS – AFFAIRS 1915-19'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two parts: IOR/L/PS/10/562/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/562/2. IOR/L/PS/10/562/1 consists of correspondence relating to the political and military situation on the Red Sea littoral in the period 1915-18. The correspondence discusses the Treaty with the Idrisi Saiyid, reported overtures...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1919
Extent:
1 volume (311 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/563

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/563
Title:
File 3086/1915 Pt 8-9 'ARABIA:- ARMS FOR SAYYID IDRISSI'
Scope & Content:
IOR/L/PS/10/563 comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the British policy of supporting Idrisi Saiyid [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī] involving the supply of munitions to assist the Idrisi in conflict with the Ottoman Empire. The volume is compos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1925
Extent:
1 volume (472 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/584
Title:
File 475/1916 'PERSIA: POLICY - 1916. The proposed Treaty of Alliance'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed papers in 1916 relating to the development of British policy towards Persia as well as the British relationship with Russia vis-à-vis its position and interests in Persia. The discussion in the v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/683

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/683
Title:
File 2006/1917 'ARABIA: ARAB CONFEDERACY'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning the support given by Britain to the tribes of South Arabia [present-day Yemen] in 1917, chiefly in relation to Britain’s principal wartime aim of ousting the Turks [Ottoman Empire] from the regi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917-Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)