This series comprises fourteen collections of historical British government documents pertaining to various countries in Asia and the Middle East on which intelligence was gathered, such as India, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Persia/Iran. The original documents are part of the Oriental & India Office Collections (OIOC, now part of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections), British Library, London.
Anthony J. Farrington (†) was Deputy Director, Oriental & India Office Collections (OIOC, now part of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections), The British Library.
Penelope Tuson is a former Curator of Middle East Archives, Oriental & India Office Collections (OIOC, now part of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections), British Library.
Academic fields: Modern History, Middle East Studies, Asian Studies, International Relations, Geopolitical Studies, Intelligence Studies, Empire Studies, Border Studies.
Keywords: British Empire, British Raj, Imperialism, Independence Movements, Tribal Insurgency, History of War & Conflict, State Formation, Oil Exploration.
The collection is of interest to both researchers and students.
British Intelligence and Policy on Persia (Iran), c. 1900–1949
British Intelligence Files on the Chinese in Tibet (c. 1900–1950)
British Intelligence on Afghanistan and Its Frontiers, c. 1888–1946
British Intelligence on Russia in Central Asia, c. 1865–1949
British Intelligence on Siam (Thailand) and Mainland Southeast Asia, c. 1887–1948
British Intelligence on the Gulf Arab States, c. 1914–1948
British Intelligence on The North-West Frontier, 1901–1949
British Intelligence on Yemen, c. 1880–1967
British Military Intelligence on China and the Boxer Rising, c. 1880–1930
Delineating British Burma, c. 1826–1949
Indian Political Intelligence Files, 1912–1950
The Creation of Modern Iraq, c. 1914–1921
The Creation of Modern Saudi Arabia, c. 1914–1939
The Rise of Modern Turkey, c. 1906–1939