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5961. IOR/L/PS/18/B188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B188
Title:
Bagdad [Baghdad] - Basra Railway
Scope & Content:
This file is a report written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel of the Political Department of the India Office, regarding the Bagdad [Baghdad]-Basra railway scheme. The report asseses the political and commerical implications of the contruction of the Gulf section of the railway scheme and wheth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1912
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

5962. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

5963. IOR/L/PS/18/B196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B196
Title:
Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file is a report concerning arms traffic in the Persian Gulf written by Sir David Taylor Monteath. The report discusses the British Government's efforts to enforce a prohibition in the trade of arms in the Gulf region. The report is divided up as follows: Chapter I. (i.) Events in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1913
Extent:

1 volume (39 folios)

5964. IOR/L/PS/18/B197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B197
Title:
Bagdad Railway and Persian Gulf. The Negotiations with Hakki Pasha [Ibrahim Hakki Pasha]
Scope & Content:
A report concerning a series of meetings held at the Foreign Office in April/May 1913 between Ottoman diplomat Hakki Pasha [Ibrahim Hakki Pasha] and two British officials, Sir Louis du Pan Mallet and Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel. The negotiations concerned the construction of the Gulf section o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 May 1913
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

5965. IOR/L/PS/18/B199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B199
Title:
'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Richard William Brant and Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, Apr 1913 regarding navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum is divided into four parts: Historical Memorandum respecting the navigation of the Mesopotamian rivers. The memorandum describes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1913
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

5966. IOR/L/PS/18/B200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B200
Title:
‘Memorandum by Mr Parkes on British Policy of Non-Interference in the Affairs of Nejd [Najd].’
Scope & Content:
The printed memorandum, written by Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, is headed ‘A. Asiatic Turkey and Arabia. Confidential. [July 3] Section 6.’ It summarises past correspondence (dated from February 1904 to May 1907) between Government officials on Britain’s policy of confining their influen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1913
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

5967. IOR/L/PS/18/B205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B205
Title:
‘Trade of United Kingdom and India with Persian Gulf ports.’
Scope & Content:
The papers constitute a report, prepared by Henry John Tozer of the Revenue and Statistics Department of the India Office in April 1909, of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the ports of the Persian Gulf. The contents of the report are as follows: A summary with tabulated figures (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

5968. IOR/L/PS/18/B208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B208
Title:
Note by the Aga Khan and M. A. Ali Baig on the situation in Egypt
Scope & Content:
The file contains the views of the Aga Khan (Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah), and M A Ali Baig on the political situation in Egypt, based on a series of interviews held during a visit to Ismailia [Al Ismā'īlīyah], Suez, Port Said [Būr Saʻīd], Tanta, Alexandria, and the camps of the Indian troops, from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1915
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

5969. IOR/L/PS/18/B209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B209
Title:
Abstract of Correspondence and Memorandum respecting the Yemen
Scope & Content:
The file contains an account given on the control and occupation of Yemen from June 1832 onwards. It covers the rebellion of Toorche Bilmer; the acquisition of Mocha by Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt; the intentions of Mehemet Ali towards Aden, Muscat, and Baghdad; relations with the British Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1873
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)

5970. IOR/L/PS/18/B211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B211
Title:
‘The Sherif [Shereef] of Mecca.’
Scope & Content:
Printed copy of a secret memorandum, subtitled ‘(Communicated by Sir Reginald Wingate G.C.V.O., &c., &c.)’, written on 19 July 1915 at Erkowit in Sudan, by Captain George Stewart Symes, then Private Secretary to the Governor General. The memorandum is a statement, given by an anonymous s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1915
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

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