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311. IOR/L/PS/18/B248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B248
Title:
A ruler of the desert
Scope & Content:
This document was written by Gertrude Bell, Liasion Officer and Correspondent to Cairo, and briefly details the visit of 'Abd al-' Aziz ibn Sa‘ūd to Basrah on November 27 1916 as part of the Mesopotamian campaign. Bell also describes the following: how Ibn Sa‘ūd came to power and his influence i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

312. IOR/L/PS/18/B428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B428
Title:
Status of Basidu
Scope & Content:
This is a printed confidential memorandum by Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 18 Oct 1933 and revised 30 October 1933. It concerns details and relevant facts since 1720 with regards to the status of the British concession at Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] on the Island of Kishm in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1933
Extent:

1 file (46 folios)

313. IOR/L/PS/18/B233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B233
Title:
'THE WAR WITH TURKEY. Memorandum by Political Department, India Office.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, dated 25 May 1916, examining the implications of war with Turkey on Great Britain particularly the importance to Germany of a Turco-Ottoman alliance and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and the corresponding importance of its dissolution to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1916
Extent:

4 folios

314. 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

315. 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)

316. IOR/L/PS/18/B363

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B363
Title:
Mesopotamia. Establishment of Council of State for 'Iraq.
Scope & Content:
This is a printed document, No. S.D./170A, issued by the Secretary to the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia and intended to be forwarded to all Officers of the British Civil Administration in Mesopotamia. The document is a record of the steps taken by the High Commissioner (Sir Percy Zachariah C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

317. 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)

318. IOR/L/PS/18/B323

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B323
Title:
Note on future arrangements for the disposal of official business relating to Egypt, Aden, Cyprus, Palestine, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This printed report is a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Civil Commissioner at Baghdad, dated 30 March 1919, and circulated by Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India on 14 April 1919. It consists of four possible options for future arrangements for the disposal in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1919
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

319. IOR/L/PS/18/B84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B84
Title:
Further Papers respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to monitor and prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa. The correspondence dates from March 1869 to October 1869. Of particular interest are the following folios: Folio 71 - French Government boat r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Oct 1869
Extent:

1 volume (25 folios)

320. IOR/L/PS/18/B440

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B440
Title:
‘Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft for the Territory of Bahrein, and Conditions governing the use of the Aerodrome at Muharraq approved by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin ’Isa Al Khalifah, C.S.I., Ruler of Bahrein.’
Scope & Content:
Two copies of air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for Bahrain [spelt Bahrein throughout], with conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Muharraq, as approved by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah. The air navigation regulations cover: authorisation for air...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1934
Extent:

4 folios

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