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31. IOR/L/PS/18/B199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B199
Title:
'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Richard William Brant and Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, Apr 1913 regarding navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum is divided into four parts: Historical Memorandum respecting the navigation of the Mesopotamian rivers. The memorandum describes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1913
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/18/B215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B215
Title:
Sherif of Mecca.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a confidential printed report entitled 'Sherif of Mecca'. The report contains transcriptions of correspondence, a statement by a messenger (described below), and notes relating to Sherif Hosayn, the Sherif [Shereef] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī], particularly in terms of his re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/18/B233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B233
Title:
'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Memorandum by Political Department, India Office.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, dated 25 May 1916, examining the implications of war with Turkey on Great Britain particularly the importance to Germany of a Turco-Ottoman alliance and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and the corresponding importance of its dissolution to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1916
Extent:

4 folios

34. IOR/L/PS/18/B391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B391
Title:
‘British political relations with Koweit.’
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, prepared by John W Field of the Foreign Office and dated 29 March 1922, is an historical overview of relations between the British Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait during the period 1897 to 1921. The first paragraph of the memorandum suggests that it was compiled in response to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1922
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/18/B400

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B400
Title:
Muscat: 1908-1928
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the administration and history of Muscat from 1908-28. Covering: administration – Sultan of Oman succession history; treaty relations; internal administration by Council of Ministers; role of the Political Agent, Muscat; and the responsibility for expenditure; 1908 to 4 Octobe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/18/B402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B402
Title:
El Katr, 1908-1916
Scope & Content:
Memorandum covering: the status and governance of El Katr [Qatar], relations with His Majesty's Government, and treaties with and affecting El Katr during the period 1908-28. Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

37. IOR/L/PS/18/B403

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B403
Title:
The Trucial Chiefs, 1908-28
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the external developments which took place in the Trucial States, covering 1908-28, and how problems presented by the States stand at the time of writing. Covering: introduction – to the memorandum itself; Trucial Chiefs; administration; responsibility of pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/18/B404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B404
Title:
Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in Basidu
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with Basidu [Bāsa ‘īdū](on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]) in terms of status and rights from c 1820-1928. Covering: introduction to the location of Basidu and its strategic importance; extent of the British Concession; status of Basidu – c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/18/C107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C107
Title:
Persia - policy to be pursued towards. Minute by the Viceroy of 29 December 1871 with a note
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum and additional note by Lord Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, concerning British policy in Persia. It expresses Lord Mayo's opinion on Anglo-Indian foreign policy such as building relations of friendship, the maintenance of peace, and oppo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1871
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/18/C158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C158
Title:
Memorandum by the Chief of Imperial General Staff and a Minute by Edmund George Barrow and John Evelyn Shuckburgh, on the Situation in Southern Persia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns attacks made against the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles] by members of Persian tribes at Kazerun and Dashtistan [Dashtestan] (also spelled as 'Dasht-i-Arjun' and 'Dashtarjin' in the file), and the possibility of sending troops from Bushire. The file consists of a m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1916-27 Dec 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)