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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject International relations

101. IOR/L/PS/18/B431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B431
Title:
Relations between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Sheikh of Koweit
Scope & Content:
This secret memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office, contains a record of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 5 October 1933 to discuss relations between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait], Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, particularly in regards to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

102. IOR/L/PS/18/B438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B438
Title:
'Muscat. Question whether a naval station could be established for use by His Majesty's ships at Khor Quwai or elsewhere in Muscat territory compatibly with the existing international agreements of His Majesty's Government'.
Scope & Content:
This printed India Office report was written by John Gilbert Laithwaite and published in November 1934. It aims 'to examine, with particular reference to the proposal which has been put forward to establish a station at Khor Quwai [Khawr Quway] in the Musandim Peninsula, the history of the Decla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1934
Extent:

6 folios

103. 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)

104. IOR/L/PS/18/B481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B481
Title:
Right of H.M.G. to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in International Agreements
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a typescript confidential document entitled 'Right of H.M.G. [His Majesty's Government] to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf in International Agreements': note by External Department, India Office, dated April 1946. The note discusses ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1946
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

105. IOR/L/PS/18/B485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B485
Title:
Memorandum on Bahrein
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, produced by the Foreign Office, dated 13 Jan 1947, deals with the history of Bahrein [Bahrain] from the point of view of the political status of the islands at various periods and dates since 1783, and contains copies of related correspondence and discussions. The princi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1947
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

106. IOR/L/PS/18/C63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C63
Title:
Boundary between Persia and North-West Baluchistan
Scope & Content:
Two documents exist within these folios, one of which was written by Hermann Anderson Haines, Assistant, Public Works Department, on 19 September 1893, and the next by Captain Frederick Weston Peile MacDonald on 15 August 1893. The first document by Haines explains the history leading up to the b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1893 - 19 Sep 1893
Extent:

9 folios

107. IOR/L/PS/18/C64a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C64a
Title:
Memorandum by Sir M Durand on the situation in Persia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was created on the 27 September 1895 by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister Plenipotentiary to Tehran, and printed for the use of the Foreign Office in December 1895. It outlines the current situation in Persia [Iran] and the steps which should be taken to improve the position of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1895
Extent:

21 folios

108. IOR/L/PS/18/C99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C99
Title:
British Policy in Persia. Minute by Sir A. C. Lyall
Scope & Content:
The file consists of the Viceroy's Minute by Alfred Comyn Lyall, member of the Council of Secretary of State for India, pertaining to a letter from the Government of India dated 21 September 1899 (IOR/L/PS/7/116: 927/99) regarding British policy in Persia. It comments on the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1899
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

109. IOR/L/PS/18/C100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C100
Title:
British Policy in Persia. Minute by Sir D. M. Stewart
Scope & Content:
The file consists of the Viceroy's Minute by Donald Martin Stewart, member of the Viceroy's Council, pertaining to a letter from the Government of India dated 21 September 1899 (IOR/L/PS/7/116: 927/99) and a Minute by Alfred Comyn Lyall dated 3 November 1899 (IOR/L/PS/18/C99) regarding British p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1899
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

110. IOR/L/PS/18/C105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C105
Title:
Minute by His Excellency the Viceroy on Russian Ambitions in Eastern Persia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a Minute by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council regarding Russian ambitions in Eastern Persia. These include: the absorption of Persia, the connection of Russian territories by railway with the Indian Ocean, and the acquisition of a fort...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1901
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)