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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2764

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2764
Title:
Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, letters, correspondence, memoranda, notes and Parliamentary questions relating to the 1937 Montreux Conference on the abolition of capitulations in Egypt. These capitulations had created extra-territorial jurisdiction for many foreign powers in Egypt, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1936-18 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 volume (606 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2765
Title:
Coll 15/3(1) (A) 'Actes de la Conférence des Capitulations Montreux, 12 Avril-8 Mai 1937: Compte Rendu des Séances plénières de la Conference et Procès Verbal des Débats de la Commission Générale et de la Commission du Règlement d'organisation judiciaries'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a printed publication in French, published in May 1937. By a letter, dated 16 January 1937, the Royal Egyptian Government invited countries to participate in a conference taking place in Montreux, to discuss the abolition of the capitulations in Egypt. Following a list of me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Apr 1937-31 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (145 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2766
Title:
Coll 15/3(2) 'Abolition of Capitulations in - Montreux Conference, 1937.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to reform of the Egyptian prison system and treatment of European prisoners in Egyptian prisons. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1937-18 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

4. Or 12862

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12862
Title:
[A List of the Ulema of the Ottoman Empire]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a list of the ulema of the Ottoman Empire beginning with the Şeyh-ül-İslâm, Mekki Efendizade Mustafa Asım (died 1262 AH/1845-46 CE). The compiler includes himself in the Sadaret-i Rumeli, but does not reveal his name. The date of appointment and, when deceased, the date of d...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 text, 163 ff