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1. IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 16-54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 16-54
Title:
Affairs in Bussorah
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 21 of 1846, dated 14 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to: the murder of an Arab villager of Bussorah [Basra] by a British seaman; assessment of the r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1846
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 354-375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 354-375
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 33 of 1846, dated 24 March 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence (in English and French) relating to affairs in Qajar [Qājār] Persia [Iran]. Contents relate to: protests fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Mar 1846
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 376-397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 376-397
Title:
Affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 34 of 1846, dated 24 March 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik]. Contents relate to: Ottoman ad valorem taxes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1846
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 135-146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 135-146
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 9 dated 16 January 1856. The enclosure is dated 22 December 1856. The item comprises a letter from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3367
Title:
Coll 27/7 ‘Passports. Pilgrims. Pilgrim passes for Indian pilgrims proceeding to Persia.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to pilgrim passes issued to Indian nationals proceeding to Persia [Iran] from India (via Iraq). The correspondence is largely between the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India and the following: the Government of Bengal, Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1930-28 Jul 1934
Extent:

1 file (20 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3466
Title:
Coll 28/60(1) ‘Persia. Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, and British Consular Representatives, etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the ill-treatment of foreigners (specifically British or British Indian subjects) in Persia [Iran] at the hand of the Persian authorities. The file’s principal correspondents are: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Robert H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jan 1931-12 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 volume (470 folios)