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5991. IOR/L/PS/18/B234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B234
Title:
'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Note by the Under Secretary, India Office.'
Scope & Content:
Note written by Sir Thomas William Holderness, Under Secretary of State, India Office, in response to Sir Arthur Hirtzel's memorandum on the war with Turkey (IOR/L/PS/18/B233). The note describes the recommendations of the Inter-Department Committee on Asiatic Turkey, which Sir Thomas Holderne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

5992. IOR/L/PS/18/B235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B235
Title:
‘The Arab Revolt. Views of an Indian Moslem [Muslim].’
Scope & Content:
A secret memorandum containing an extract of a letter, received by Edward Ernest Long, former editor of the Indian Daily Telegraph, and written by an unnamed Indian Muslim. A copy of another letter, written by Long, dated 7 July 1916, precedes the main letter, in which Long describes the views o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1916
Extent:

2 folios

5993. IOR/L/PS/18/B236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B236
Title:
Statement [on the expedition to Mesopotamia] by Political Secretary, India Office
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, marked 'Secret' is a statement by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, Political Secretary, India Office, dated 30 August 1916, concerning the British campaign against Turkey in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the context of the First World War, in particular British intentions to advance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

5994. IOR/L/PS/18/B239

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B239
Title:
Territorial changes. Memorandum by the India Office
Scope & Content:
The document outlines territorial changes across Arabia and Africa, and details the main countries who hold influence in the regions, namely Britain, France, Italy, Russia and Portugal. Four appendices are attached to the main memorandum as follows: Appendix A: Telegram from Government of India ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

5995. IOR/L/PS/18/B240

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B240
Title:
The Economic Situation in the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamian Markets.
Scope & Content:
A report concerning the economic situation in the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamian markets written by Captain G. Lloyd MP. The report was commissioned by Percy Zachariah Cox in his position as Chief Political Officer of Indian Expeditionary Force "D" Basra. The report itself is preceded by an intr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1916
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios)

5996. IOR/L/PS/18/B240a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B240a
Title:
Supplementary Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf. Foreign Office, Jan 1912
Scope & Content:
This file contains a supplementary memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf. The memorandum consists of printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding four different topics: I. The Arms Traffic (folios 1-7); II. Quarantine (folios 7-14); III. Questio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1912
Extent:

1 volume (18 folios)

5997. IOR/L/PS/18/B241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B241
Title:
‘Germany, Turkey, England and Arabia. [extracts from ‘The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England’ by Dr Franz Stuhlmann]’
Scope & Content:
Confidential memorandum containing a list of chapters and translated extracts from the book Der Kampf um Arabien zwischen der Türkei und England [The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England] by Dr Franz Stuhlmann of the Hamburgischen Kolonialinstitut [Hamburg Colonial Institute], and publis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

5998. IOR/L/PS/18/B242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B242
Title:
Territorial re-adjustments. Extract from Secret Letter from the Government of India, No 85, dated 29 September 1916
Scope & Content:
This letter relates to the post-war disposal of captured territories such as Iraq and German East Africa. The Government of India presents its opinions regarding three main areas: the surrender or retention of captured territories relating to Indian interests; obsolete treaty rights and territor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

5999. IOR/L/PS/18/B245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B245
Title:
Extracts of Communications relating to the Permanent British Occupation of Basra
Scope & Content:
The item contains extracts from a letter, telegrams and a note, covering the period November 1914 to December 1916, and all relating to the permanent British Occupation of Basra: Extract from a letter from Sir Percy Zachariah Cox to Persian Gulf and other Chiefs, including the Sheikh of Mohamerr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1916
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

6000. IOR/L/PS/18/B246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B246
Title:
'FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF MESOPOTAMIA'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of: Extract from Lord Chelmsford (Frederick John Napier Thesiger)'s private letter of 18 October 1916: regarding the Government of India's existing responsibilities in relation to Mesopotamia; the likelihood of those responsibilities increasing; whether it might be possible to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

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