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11. IOR/L/PS/12/1329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1329
Title:
Pol Ext 16269/48 'Sheikh of Abu Dhabi's Boundary Claim'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding a search for India Office papers datingfrom 1895 that may be relevant to a disputed claim over the north-easternborder of Abu Dhabi. The primary correspondents are: Political Resident,Persian Gulf; Foreign Office; Commonwealth Relations Office; Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1948-31 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/2849

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2849
Title:
Coll 17/5 'Iraq. Relations with Turkey'
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following reports submitted by HM Ambassador to Turkey, Sir George Russell Clerk: Report on the visit of the Prime Minister of Iraq (General Nuri Pasha) to Turkey, to discuss frontier delimitation, the Mosul Oilfields, the Iraqi policy towards the Kurds, French attempts at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1930-24 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/2864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2864
Title:
Coll 17/11 'Iraq. Relations with Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf. Propaganda against Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding Iraq's relations with other Arab nations, predominantly with Kuwait. The papers dated 1932-1934 discuss British concerns over moves to institute closer relations between Iraq and Kuwait, as well as smuggling, Pan-Arabism in the Gulf, and Ibn Saud's conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1932-19 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (303 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/2878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2878
Title:
Coll 17/18(1) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to importation restrictions, customs appointments and effective front...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1932-15 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (673 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/2879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2879
Title:
Coll 17/18(2) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2878, and contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to the prevention of smuggl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1935-14 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (443 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 376
Title:
‘Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1. It shows the names and locations of key settlements and regions during the period of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. These are superimposed in red ink over a map of the eastern Ottoman Empire. Portrays hydrology, relief by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 map sheet

17. IOR/L/PS/20/C204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204
Title:
‘IRAQ COMMAND REPORT APRIL, 1924-NOVEMBER, 1926.’
Scope & Content:
This volume is a report submitted to the British Air Ministry by Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick Andrews Higgins. It consists of a chronological narrative of significant military events in Iraq during his time as Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq, from April 1924 until November 1926...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1924-Nov 1926
Extent:

1 volume (34 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/20/FO28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO28
Title:
PERSIA. 1911.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Treasury, Admiralty, the Board of Trade, the War Office, British administrative and diplomatic staff, the Persian [Iranian] Government, foreign governments and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1911-1912
Extent:
1 volume (729 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/6/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/18
Title:
'Political'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that discuss the possible annexation of Khor Fakhan, Kalba and Dibba by Oman from June-July 1886, as well as administration report and trade returns from 1885-86. The file also contains a discrete report on weights and measures employed in the pearl trade in the Gulf by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1885-4 Jun 1886
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/6/164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/164
Title:
File 6/28 Foreign Interests: Sa'udi Arabian Boundary
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding negotiations between Britain and Saudi Arabia in order to determine the Eastern and Southern borders of Saudi Arabia. Also discussed in detail are the broader political situation in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia's influence in the re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1934-27 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)