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481. IOR/L/PS/18/B307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B307
Title:
The Supposed Spiritual Authority of the Caliph
Scope & Content:
This printed report consists primarily of a Note by Dr Thomas Walker Arnold concerning the spiritual authority of the Caliph (khalīfah) in relation to contemporary events. It is prefaced by extracts from a correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir Reginald Wingate, dated 3 and 17 Decembe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

482. IOR/L/PS/18/B404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B404
Title:
Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in Basidu
Scope & Content:
Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with Basidu [Bāsa ‘īdū](on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]) in terms of status and rights from c 1820-1928. Covering: introduction to the location of Basidu and its strategic importance; extent of the British Concession; status of Basidu – c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

483. IOR/L/PS/18/B272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B272
Title:
Middle East Committee. Note prepared for meeting of 12th January 1918. Sir M. Sykes's memorandum on the Palestine and West Arabian situation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note, dated 10 January 1918, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh (Political Department, India Office) on a memorandum written by Sir Mark Sykes on the Palestine and West Arabian situation. The note was prepared for a meeting of the Middle East Committee. Shuckburgh comments o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1918
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

484. IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2
Title:
Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)
Scope & Content:
A memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 1 September 1879. The document is a continuation of 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1) and broadly addresses...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Sep 1879
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

485. IOR/L/PS/18/B98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B98
Title:
Memorandum on the proposed Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, 8 January 1878, with later amendments up to 12 April 1882, regarding the proposal for a Turkish telegraph line from Taiz [Ta‘izz] to Aden. The memorandum discusses British policy towards the tribes surrounding Aden, and attempts by Turkish offici...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1882
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

486. IOR/L/PS/18/B251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B251
Title:
Relations with Ibn Sa'ud: note prepared by Arab Bureau, Irak Section
Scope & Content:
This note was written by the Arab Bureau, Iraq Section, in Basra in January 1917. It reviews the rise of Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], his fight against Ibn Rashid and the role of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent, Kuwait, in this confli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

487. IOR/L/PS/18/B232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B232
Title:
'[Letter] from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla'
Scope & Content:
This note on the effects of the Arab rising on Aden and its hinterland, with special reference to the possible action of the Turks, was forwarded from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident in Aden, William C Walton, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Depart...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

488. IOR/L/PS/18/B437

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B437
Title:
Historical Memorandum on the Relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934
Scope & Content:
The file contains a historical memorandum written in response to claims advanced by Ibn Saud to ancestral rights on the eastern boundary of the Saudi Kingdom, and to suggestions put forward by him that at some period in the past arrangements were entered into with his ancestors, the Wahabi Amirs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1934
Extent:

1 file (32 folios)

489. IOR/L/PS/18/B358

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B358
Title:
"Situation in Middle East" (Note by Major Bray, Political Intelligence Officer, attached to India Office)
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Political Intelligence Officer attached to the India Office, on Soviet activities and influence in the Middle East and the implications for British interests in the region. The document was prepared as a departmental minute. It discusses s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

490. IOR/L/PS/18/B286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B286
Title:
'Ibn Sa'ud. Notes by Colonel Hamilton, Political Agent, Koweit, based on conversations at Riyadh in November 1917'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report by Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton, Political Agent at Kuwait, received through the Arab Bureau, Iraq Section, concerning ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd. The report, based on conversations the author had in Riyadh in November 1917, is split...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1918
Extent:

3 folios

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