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1. IOR/L/PS/10/196/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/196/3
Title:
File 4327/1911 Part 3 'Turco-Italian War: Muslim representations'
Scope & Content:
Part 3 consists of correspondence relating to representations to the British Government by various Muslim groups and their supporters unhappy about Italian aggression during the Italo-Turkish War 1911-12. Many of the representations consisted of requests for intervention by the British against w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1911-May 1912
Extent:
1 item (75 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/466
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 6 ‘German War. Turkey. Jeddah. Food Supplies’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning the impact of war between Britain and Turkey upon shipping, food supplies and travellers on Hajj pilgrimage, along the Red Sea coast of Arabia (including the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Yemen), and the wider Arab region. Subjects covered include: Reports of food shortages in the Hedjaz ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Dec 1914-11 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 volume (226 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/524
Title:
File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1916
Extent:
1 volume (218 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/525
Title:
File 53/1915 Pt 3-4 'German War - The Caliphate'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1916
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/526
Title:
File 53/1915 Pt 5 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; the Petrograd negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the discussions (Petrograd negotiations) between Britain, France and Russia over the creation of an Arab Kingdom and associated zones of British, French and Russian influence in the event of the defeat o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:
1 volume (214 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/527
Title:
File 53/1915 Pt 6 'The War: Arab Kingdom; Italian claims'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Italian claims and policy in the Arabian Peninsula in the context of British policy in the Arabian Peninsula particularly in relation to the Hejaz, Asir and the Yemen. The discussion in the volume rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (176 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/623

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/623
Title:
File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the future of Constantinople [Instanbul]. It includes: India Office minute papers; copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir George Buchanan, HM Ambassador at Petrograd [St Petersburg], and other British diplomats; draft telegrams from the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Sep 1916-27 Mar 1919
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/72
Title:
PZ 2791/33 'Arabia: Wakf properties in Saudi-Arabia for the use of Indian pilgrims'
Scope & Content:
The discussion in the file relates to the use of wakf properties [waqf] (property donated by Islamic rulers for pious uses) in Jeddah and Mecca intended for Indian pilgrims. The British had information which led them to believe such properties were being used as private property but that they co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2111
Title:
Coll 6/44 'Hejaz and Indian Muslims. Desecration of tombs by Wahabis, etc.'
Scope & Content:
This file compiles copies of appeals made by representatives of Indian Muslims to the British Government (and in one case, to the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi]), regarding the desecration of various holy buildings and monuments by Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1930-18 Apr 1933
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2151
Title:
Coll 6/78 'Italian propaganda amongst the Arabs.'
Scope & Content:
This file documents steps considered and taken by the British to combat reported Italian anti-British propaganda and disseminate pro-British propaganda in the Middle East and beyond. The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Eric Drummond); the Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
2 Jul 1936-2 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)