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211. IOR/R/15/2/717

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/717
Title:
‘File 28/27 Disturbances in Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, letters and other papers responding to the military operations carried out by British forces against Iraqi forces in Iraq between 2 and 31 May 1941, as part of the campaign widely referred to as the Anglo-Iraqi War, and the political aftermath of the War, concluding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1941-9 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

212. IOR/R/15/2/722

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/722
Title:
‘File 28/30 War. Hostilities in Iran’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers produced in response to Britain’s involvement in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, which began on 25 August 1941. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1941-29 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

213. IOR/R/15/2/732

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/732
Title:
‘File 28/38 Troop movements’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, instructions and other papers relating to: troop numbers in Bahrain; troop movements through the Gulf into and out of Bahrain; military movements and military transportation in the wider region; Ministry of War Transport operations at Bahrain. Principal correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1942-24 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

214. IOR/R/15/5/398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/398
Title:
Correspondence Relating to Ibn Saud Circulated to Kuwait by Other Gulf Posts
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also written as Bin Saud in the file], Amir of Nejd [Emir of Najd], forwarded to the Political Agency, Kuwait, by other British officials in the Gulf region. The correspondence primarily c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1919-14 Sep 1922
Extent:
1 file (202 folios)

215. IOR/R/15/6/206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/206
Title:
File 8/21 II MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: DEPENDENCIES – SUR (OPERATIONS).
Scope & Content:
This file follows on from the previous file [IOR/R/15/6/205] in subject matter. It documents actions taken and considered by the Government of Muscat and Oman (with military assistance from the British Government) in order to assert its authority over the coastal town of Sur and the surrounding ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1932-11 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (264 folios)

216. IOR/R/15/6/238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/238
Title:
File 8/60 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSSANNAH AND YAL SA'AD.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the Yal Sa`ad [Yāl Sa‘d], a tribe based on the Batinah coast. The correspondence discusses the reported resistance of Yal Sa`ad tribesmen to the establishment of customs houses in the area. It also discusses reported smuggling and slave trafficking by the tribe, and the grou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1920-8 Sep 1925
Extent:
1 file (131 folios)

217. Mss Eur F111/69

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/69
Title:
Foreign Office Papers: Persia
Scope & Content:
This file comprises printed Foreign Office correspondence on Persia [Iran]. It consists of two volumes: Mss Eur F111/69A: Despatches dated 18 December 1891-30 June 1897 (ff 1-203) Mss Eur F111/69B: Despatches dated 7 July 1897-22 September 1898 (ff 204-414).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1891-22 Sep 1898
Extent:

2 volumes (422 folios)

218. Mss Eur F111/162

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/162
Title:
1903. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SECRETARY OF STATE, Mr. BALFOUR, LORD LANSDOWNE, SIR A. GODLEY, &c.
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises printed copies of correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1903, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, principally with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lord ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904?
Extent:

1 volume (429 folios)

219. Mss Eur F111/169

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/169
Title:
‘1899. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.’
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1899, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India. The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900?
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios)

220. Mss Eur F111/170

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/170
Title:
‘1900. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.’
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January to 31 December 1900, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India. The start of the volume contains a detailed index of names, pl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901?
Extent:

1 volume (168 folios)