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1. IOR/L/PS/10/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/620
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this file] in the period from November 1918 to January 1920. It covers such topics as proclamations and notific...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1918-7 Jan 1920
Extent:
1 volume (663 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/621
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (1)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period from September 1919 to July 1920. It covers such topics as political developments in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1919-9 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (493 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/622
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (2)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period of June-August 1920. Topics covered include political developments in specific regio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1920 - 22 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 volume (872 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/897A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/897A
Title:
File 4330/1920 Revenue Secretariat Baghdad ‘Monthly Reports of Political Officers of the Occupied Territories. January 1920’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly consists of monthly reports (also titled political diaries) by political officers in the territories of Iraq under British occupation, for the month of January 1920. It includes: Reports from divisional political officers for the following divisions: Arbil [Erbil] and Rawandu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1920-2 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (189 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/897B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/897B
Title:
File 4330/1920 ‘Revenue Secretariat, Baghdad. MONTHY REPORTS OF POLITICAL OFFICERS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF IRAQ. for the month of February, 1920.’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly consists of monthly reports (also titled political diaries) by political officers in the territories of Iraq under British occupation, for the month of February 1920, forwarded by the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia [Iraq], to the Under-Secretary of State for India. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1920-2 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (189 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/897C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/897C
Title:
File 4330/1920 Revenue Secretariat Baghdad ‘Monthly Reports of Political Officers of the Occupied Territories. March 1920’
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly consists of monthly reports (also titled political diaries) by political officers in the territories of Iraq under British occupation, for the month of March 1920, forwarded by the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, to the Under-Secretary of State for India. It includes: Reports fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1920-2 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 volume (119 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/1094

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1094
Title:
File 4011/1923 Pt 1 'PERSIAN GULF NEGOTIATIONS 1928-33. BASIDU.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the British occupation of Basidu, situated on Kishm [Qeshm] Island in the Gulf, close to the south coast of Persia [Iran], and occupied by the British since the early 1820s. It is stated in the correspondence that the site had been used mainly as a coal depot for British n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Oct 1923-29 Nov 1933
Extent:

1 volume (649 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/182
Title:
PZ 7102/35 'Ownership of land by foreign subjects in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the ownership of land by foreign subjects in Persia. It consists of: correspondence from Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, British Minister in Tehran to Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; a circular issued by the General Registration Department to the Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1935-Oct 1935
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2854
Title:
Coll 17/8(2) 'Shaikh of Koweit's Estates: Date gardens of the Shaikh in Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2853. It consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding date garden properties in Iraq owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, changes to their tax-exempt status, and lawsuits regarding their ownership. Properties owned by the Shaikh of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1934-22 May 1936
Extent:
1 volume (619 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2856
Title:
Coll 17/8(4) 'Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens: litigation in Iraq Courts regarding the Faddaghiyah estate'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2855. It contains papers regarding legal cases brought against the heirs of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the Shaikh of Kuwait) by Abdullah bin Issa Pasha Al Zuhair, concerning the ownership of the date garden properties known as the Faddaghiyeh, the Bashiye...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1937-14 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (591 folios)