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61. IOR/L/PS/18/B214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B214
Title:
‘Report of the Mesopotamian Railways Committee.’
Scope & Content:
Foreign Office report, marked Secret and dated 24 July 1909, authored by R P Maxwell, R Ritchie, George J Stanley, W Tyrrell, Percy Ashley and R C Lindsay of the Mesopotamia Railways Committee. The report concerns the options being considered by Government for the concession of the Bagdad [Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1909
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

62. 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)

63. IOR/L/PS/18/B348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B348
Title:
Mesopotamia. Preliminary Report on Causes of Unrest
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, marked ’Very Secret', is the first part a preliminary report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Special Intelligence Officer attached to the Political Department, India Office, dated 14 September 1920, concerning the causes of the Iraqi revolt against the British in 192...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1920
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

64. IOR/L/PS/18/B460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B460
Title:
AGREEMENT relating to the Sharjah Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The file consists of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, consisting of eleven clauses which lay down conditions relating to the Sharjah Oil Concession.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1937
Extent:

2 folios

65. IOR/L/PS/18/B486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B486
Title:
Agreement relating to the Kuwait-Zubair Mail Service
Scope & Content:
Typescript agreement (simply entitled 'Agreement') between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company, dated 29 March 1947, setting out the terms for the operation by the company on a contractor basis of the Kuwait-Zubair mail service. The agreement relates to the de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1947
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

66. IOR/L/PS/18/B136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B136
Title:
Note by Sir William Lee-Warner on the Aden Demarcation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note concerning the Aden demarcation by William Lee-Warner, India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department. It discusses the following: the difficulties which have arisen in carrying out the demarcation on the Amiri frontier, the history of past agreements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1902
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

67. IOR/L/PS/18/B412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B412
Title:
Persian Coasting Trade (Communicated by the Board of Trade)
Scope & Content:
Memorandum concerning treaty rights of British ships in Persia. It covers the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1920 and its repercussions on the coasting trade; it highlights how other powers that have treaties with Great Britain have the right to partake in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

68. IOR/L/PS/18/B430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B430
Title:
The Southern Boundary of Qatar and the Connected Problems
Scope & Content:
A report concerning the demarcation of Qatar's southern boundary written by India Office representative, John Gilbert Laithwaite. The report (folios 1-4) is divided up into the following short sections: The Boundary on the South-East; The Boundary on the South-West; The Position Prior to the Ang...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

69. IOR/L/PS/18/B77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B77
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Conveyance of English Mails on the River Tigris
Scope & Content:
This file is a short memorandum that summarises the legal situation regarding the right of English mail ships to sail on the Tigris River. The memorandum was written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. On folio 106 the file contains an extract from a letter (from an Ottoman Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

70. IOR/L/PS/18/B314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B314
Title:
Railway Policy in relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed report by the General Staff, War Office, concerns Great Britain's railway policy in relation to general military policy in the Middle East, covering projects in Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Syria and Palestine. There are also details concerning the question of track gauge and general ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

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