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4821. IOR/L/PS/18/B347

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B347
Title:
Mesopotamia. Appointment of Sir Percy Cox as High Commissioner: Instructions of His Majesty's Government
Scope & Content:
This printed report published by the India Office contains two sets of draft instructions approved by the Finance Committee of the Cabinet for Sir Percy Zachariah Cox's personal guidance as High Commissioner for Mesopotamia to give effect to the policy of His Majesty's Government. The first set ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

4822. IOR/L/PS/18/B351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B351
Title:
Mesopotamia. Jurisdiction over Foreigners
Scope & Content:
This is a printed report by Sir Edgar Bonham Carter, Judicial Secretary, Baghdad, concerning the legal jurisdiction over foreigners in Mesopotamia. The report includes details of various schemes, including: 'Scheme to vest in the ordinary Courts jurisdiction to hear all cases in which Foreigners...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4823. IOR/L/PS/18/B363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B363
Title:
Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.
Scope & Content:
This is a printed document, No. S.D./170A, issued by the Secretary to the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia and intended to be forwarded to all Officers of the British Civil Administration in Mesopotamia. The document is a record of the steps taken by the High Commissioner (Sir Percy Zachariah C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

4824. IOR/L/PS/18/B364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B364
Title:
‘Letter from Lt-Col Sir A.T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed copy of a letter, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the protection of the oil fields operated by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the Arab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

4825. IOR/L/PS/18/B421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B421
Title:
Situation of Persian Gulf Residency. Arguments for and against Kowiet and Bahrein as alternatives to Bushire
Scope & Content:
Memorandum on the potential of Kuwait (sometimes referred to as Koweit) and Bahrain (sometimes referred to as Bahrein) as the location for the Persian Gulf Residency should it be moved from Bushire. The document contains a short forward by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 10 Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1930
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

4826. IOR/L/PS/18/B450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B450
Title:
The Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum by the Political Department of the India Office, dated 25 June 1935, concerning the Persian Gulf. The memorandum is divided in nine numbered sections, which include: 'Procedure for dealing with Persian Gulf Questions', 'British Relations with Persian Gulf Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

4827. IOR/L/PS/18/B462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B462
Title:
Aden. Brief for Secretary of State
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a brief for the Secretary of State, Sir Samuel Hoare, concerning the transfer of administration of Aden from the control of the Government of India to the Home Government in light of impending constitutional changes in India. Sections include: History; Population; Rece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938?
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

4828. IOR/L/PS/20/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/60
Title:
FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN. COMPILED BY CAPTAIN E.J.E SWAYNE, 16TH BENGAL INFANTRY.
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of an intelligence document issued by the Government of India, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, which provides comprehensive descriptions of French possessions on the African coast of the Gulf of Aden, including the towns of Obok [Obock] and Jibouti ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895
Extent:

1 volume (36 folios)

4829. IOR/L/PS/20/C244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C244
Title:
Précis of Mekran Affairs
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is a précis of affairs relating to Makrān (spelt Mekran throughout) coast in the south of Sindh and Baluchistan. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1905 by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:

1 volume (67 folios)

4830. IOR/L/PS/20/CA3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/CA3
Title:
'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1863'
Scope & Content:
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1874. The letters are dated December 1862-December 1863. The abstracts each have one of the following titles: Abstracts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1862-Dec 1863
Extent:
1 volume (457 folios)

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