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31. IOR/L/PS/12/3804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3804
Title:
Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/3861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3861
Title:
Coll 30/127 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Relations between Ibn Saud and the Sheikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Residency and the Political Agency in Kuwait, concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The correspondence in the file focuses on a visit made to Kuwait by the King of Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al'-Azi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1936-8 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/12/3884

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3884
Title:
Coll 30/149 'Bahrain: Saudi Relations with Bahrain. Proposed visit of Emir Saud to Bahrain.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns visits to Bahrain by members of the royal family of Saudi Arabia; in particular the visit of Emir Saud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], son of Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], in December 1937; and the visit of Ibn Saud himself in March 1939. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1937-2 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/18/C18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C18
Title:
Memorandum on the Attrek, or Northern, Frontier of Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns Persia's northern frontier with Russian Turkestan along the Attrek [Atrek] River valley. It outlines Russian activities in the region (e.g. troop movements, fort construction, and meetings with local chieftains), along with British and Persian diplomatic responses to thes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Sep 1877
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/18/C27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C27
Title:
'From Captain the Honourable G. C. Napier, on Special Duty in Persia, to the Political Secretary, India Office, Westminster, dated London, 30th July 1879'
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report by Captain George Campbell Napier on his journey to the Turkoman [Turcoman] frontier of Persia in 1878. It outlines his attempts to facilitate the submission of the Merve [Mary] and the Akhal [Ahal] Turkomans to Persia, as an alternative to their annexation by Russia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1879
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/18/C77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C77
Title:
'Memo by Capt O St John R. E. on the Persian Frontier East of the Caspian of 15 May 1874'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum — dated 15 May 1874 — describes the Persian frontier east of the Caspian Sea; this includes the upper valley of the River Atrak [Atrek], the districts of Derehgaz [Dargaz], and Kalet-i-Nadiri [Kalāt-e Nāderī]. The author is Captain Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John, and the memora...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 June 1873-15 May 1874
Extent:

1 file (22 folios)