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4291. IOR/L/PS/12/1221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1221
Title:
Ext 2814/47 'O'Shea's book, The Sand Kings of Oman'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the publication and circulation of The Sand Kings of Oman, authored in 1947 by former RAF Officer Raymond O'Shea, and the content of which had drawn criticism. The main correspondents are the British Council, the Political Residency in Bahrain and Shai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1947-12 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

4292. IOR/L/PS/12/1222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1222
Title:
Ext 2919/47 'Request for General Staff maps of the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf (Kuwait, etc)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a request made by the Iraq Petroleum Company to the Commonwealth Relations Office for three maps of the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf. The Iraq Petroleum Company asks that the maps be sheets of the 1:500,000 series of maps issued by the General S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1947-5 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

4293. IOR/L/PS/12/1223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1223
Title:
Ext 5000/47/1 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to a constitutional crisis in Iran during 1947. The papers are mostly secret diplomatic reports on the fluid political situation in Tehran. The papers are mainly correspondence between the British ambassador to Tehran and the Foreign Office in London, but also ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1947-23 Jun 1948
Extent:

1 file (348 folios)

4294. IOR/L/PS/12/1224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1224
Title:
Ext 5000/47(2) 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that discuss Anglo-American perspectives on domestic Iranian politics during 1948, in the run-up to the Iranian Constituent Assembly election of 1949. The majority of the papers are secret diplomatic dispatches between various British diplomats based in Washington, Londo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1948-8 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

4295. IOR/L/PS/12/1225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1225
Title:
Ext 5000/47/3 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the domestic political situation in Iran during 1949, and its international repercussions. In particular the papers discuss Perso-Soviet relations and Anglo-American fears of Soviet involvement with the Tudeh party in Iran. The papers also discuss various oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1947-24 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

4296. IOR/L/PS/12/1235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1235
Title:
Ext 5803/47 'Grant of visa to Mr Subbaiah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a request by a Mr V Subbiah (various spellings throughout) for a British visa to go to France from Pondicherry. Related matters of discussion include the following: request and complaints from V Subbiah regarding his British visa application; an enquir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1947-20 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

4297. IOR/L/PS/12/1241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1241
Title:
Ext 6588/47 'Air action in Aden Protectorate: copy of Secretary of State for Colonies minute to PM, 9 May 1947: note by External Department on Bombing on North West Frontier'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and minutes regarding conflict in the Aden Protectorate and on the North West Frontier. The minutes cover the following: an attack on Ahwar-Habban in the western part of the Aden Protectorate; air actions and future policy; the Dhala incident and recommended act...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1947-19 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

4298. IOR/L/PS/12/1244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1244
Title:
Ext 6759/47 'Amendments to publication Great Britain and the Near East'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter addressed by an India Office official to the editor of the London-based publication, Great Britain and the Near East. The note states that the Nepalese Minister in London, General Shingha, has returned home, and that his successor is expected to arrive in London in Jun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1947-2 Jun 1947
Extent:
(2 folios)

4299. IOR/L/PS/12/1247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1247
Title:
Ext 7075/47 'Practical Introduction to Turki by Mr M C Gillett'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a grammar book written by Michael Cavanagh Gillett called Practical Introduction to Turki grammar. Gillett sends the book to the Government of India’s External Affairs Department, New Delhi, to ask permission to publish the book. Related matters of d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1947-29 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4300. IOR/L/PS/12/1248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1248
Title:
Ext 7265/47 'Major R F Pemberton (enquiry about Sir Denys Bray)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between R F Pemberton and J Ross, Secretary at the India Office in London, regarding the name of a British Political Officer. In a letter, R F Pemberton informs Ross that he is writing a short historical play regarding the evacuation of civilians from Kabul betw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1947-15 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

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