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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Foreign policy

21. IOR/L/PS/12/2157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2157
Title:
Coll 6/84 'Yemen: Attitude of Yemeni Govt. towards the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. Policy of H.M.G. in event of Italian occupation of Yemeni territory.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to Italian activities in the Middle East, particularly in the Yemen. The correspondence includes discussion of the following: British policy in the event of the Italians occupying Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], or any other part of the Yemen. The Yemen's position in the Italo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1934-1 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (348 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/2158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2158
Title:
Coll 6/85 'Arabia. Boundaries in: Interpretation of Rome Understanding of 1927.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula. The file begins with a Foreign Office memorandum (and an enclosed map) dated 30 April 1934, which provides a brief recent history of disputes and agreements regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of modern-day Saudi Arabia. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1934-27 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/2162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2162
Title:
Coll 6/90 'Syria: Anglo-French relations in the Near East. French policy in Syria.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Anglo-French relations in the near East, particularly relating to French policy in Syria. Much of the correspondence relates to British efforts to obtain information from the French Government regarding the latter's future policy in Syria. The correspondence includes discuss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1939-29 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/2163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2163
Title:
Coll 6/91 'Saudi Arabia. Policy of H.M.G. Qn. of credits and guarantee of assistance to Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns British policy towards Saudi Arabia during the Second World War (the abbreviation 'Qn' in the title stands for 'Question'). The correspondence discusses the question of providing financial or material assistance to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1939-1 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (338 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/2881B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2881B
Title:
Coll 17/20(2) 'Iraq. Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1948.'
Scope & Content:
The file mainly contains papers relating to the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty [the Treaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and Iraq] of 1948, which were mostly sent to the Commonwealth Relations Office by the Foreign Office. These papers include: a copy of a speech by the Secretary of State for Forei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1948-19 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/3896A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3896A
Title:
Coll 30/160(S) 'C.I.D. Sub Committee for questions concerning Middle East: Measures to influence minor powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of value in time of war.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions concerning the Middle East. The Sub-Committee had been charged by the Committee of Imperial Defence to 'investigate and report on the measures which might be taken, either b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1938-18 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (338 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/3898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3898
Title:
Coll 30/160(3) 'Measures to influence Persia in time of war. Question of supply of railway material to Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply by the Government of India of railway material to the Government of Iran. The supply of such material was seen by the British Government as a means of influencing certain minor powers in the Middle East in favour of the British on the outbreak of war [the Second Worl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1939-10 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/3909

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3909
Title:
Coll 30/172 'Attitude of Ibn Saud (Saudi Arabia) towards Arab rulers in Persian Gulf and P. Gulf affairs.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from British officials concerning the attitude of the Government of Saudi Arabia (specifically that of its king, Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]) toward the rulers of other Gulf states. The correspondents include HM Minister, Jedda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1938-2 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/18/B126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B126
Title:
'TURKISH JURISDICTION IN THE ISLANDS AND WATERS OF THE PERSIAN GULF, AND ON THE ARAB LITTORAL'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum written by Trevor John Chicheley Plowden, Under Secretary to the Foreign Department, Government of India, 21 Mar 1879, and published 25 March 1879 in Lahore by the Punjab Government. The memorandum addresses the question of Turkish jurisdiction in the islands and waters of the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1879
Extent:

1 file (14 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/18/B133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B133
Title:
Memorandum respecting Koweit
Scope & Content:
This is a confidential memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office on 30 October 1901, and authored by Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt, dated 29 Oct 1901. The memorandum primarily focuses on the position of Koweit [Kuwait] in regards to Turkey (Ottoman Empire) from 1871 onwards. In the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1901
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)