British government records generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices. Countries discussed in the records include Levant and the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Sudan. Beginning with the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the 1830s, the documents trace the events of the following 150 years, including the Middle East Conference of 1921, the mandates for Palestine and Mesopotamia, the partition of Palestine, the 1956 Suez Crisis and post-Suez Western foreign policy, and the Arab-Israeli conflict
Continued by Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981
Original physical collections are held by the British National Archives
Explores the history of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947.
This collection is largely comprised of documents originally offered on microfilm. An index created for those reels is available from the vendor. The microfilm version is also held by the Vassar College Libraries. The call number is Microfilm 1044.
Original physical materials are held by the National Library of Scotland.