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036-000562855 Subject Boundary disputes

1. IOR/L/PS/18/C201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C201
Title:
Persia: Affairs of Arabistan
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, addressed to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla. It is reporting on a recent tour made by Sir Arnold ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/C219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C219
Title:
The Seistan Mission 1872.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of one handwritten and one typescript copy of a memorandum written in the India Office Political Department, in which the author describes the resolution, through British arbitration, of a dispute between the Governments of Persia and Afghanistan relating to the allocation of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C67
Title:
Seistan and Mekran arbitration
Scope & Content:
This document opens by outlining the history of the boundaries between Persia and Seistan [Sīstān] and Persia and Mekran [Makran]. It goes on to discuss the involvement of the British with the dispute during the middle of the nineteenth century, and particularly focuses on the process of British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1875
Extent:

5 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B136
Title:
Note by Sir William Lee-Warner on the Aden Demarcation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note concerning the Aden demarcation by William Lee-Warner, India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department. It discusses the following: the difficulties which have arisen in carrying out the demarcation on the Amiri frontier, the history of past agreements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1902
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/C83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C83
Title:
Memorandum on the Special Mission to Seistan and Mekran.
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief overview of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, on the subject of the boundary commissions for Seistan and Mekran [Makran] in 1872; headed by Frederic John Goldsmid. It is noted that the Foreign Office's refusal to pay a share of the co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1874
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/C215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C215
Title:
'No. 1. Memorandum: Relations between Persia and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is concerned with a recent deterioration in diplomatic relations between Iraq and Persia; particular focus is given to the following issues: Persia's refusal to officially recognise Iraq; Persia's desire for judicial privileges for its subjects within Iraq; border disputes between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B155
Title:
Relations of the British Government with the Tribes of the Aden Hinterland
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum detailing the relations of the British Government with the tribes of the Aden hinterland by Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie, India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department. It discusses the following: boundary lines, difficulties with the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1906
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B140
Title:
Aden Boundary
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum on the Aden boundary delimitation prepared by Colin George Campbell for the India Office, with telegram excerpts from the Secretary of State for India, the Political Resident at Aden, and the Viceroy of India. It includes an update on developments with regard t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1903
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C56
Title:
Perso-Afghan Frontier. MEMORANDUM BY SIR WEST RIDGEWAY.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum written by Sir West Ridgeway, in which the author records his opinion that it is not the fault of the British Government that the Perso-Afghan boundary dispute at Hashtadan remains unsettled. The author goes on to suggest that the dispute be allowed to continue...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1887
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/C61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C61
Title:
Hashtadun dispute. Notes of Brigadier-General MacLean's interview with the Shah at Brighton.
Scope & Content:
This document describes an interview between Brigadier-General MacLean and the Shah of Persia [Iran] at Brighton in 1889. The discussion centres on whether Hashtadun [Hashtadan] belongs to Persia or Afghanistan. The division of old water canals between the countries is suggested as a compromise ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1889
Extent:

1 folio