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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Name Sinclair, Ronald, secret agent, 1889-1988

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3470A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3470A
Title:
Coll 28/62 ‘Persia. Soviet commercial penetration in:’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file (ff 52-75) contains correspondence dated 1932, exchanged between: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare; John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office; George William Rendel of the Foreign Office; Cecil Claude Farrer of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1932-21 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

2. Mss Eur C313

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313
Title:
Papers of Maj Ronald Sinclair (alias Reginald Teague Jones), Frontier Constabulary 1914-17, British agent in Transcaspia 1917-22
Scope & Content:
Sinclair Collection: papers and photographs of Maj Ronald Sinclair (alias Reginald Teague Jones) (1889-1988), Frontier Constabulary 1914-17, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1917-22, British Consul, New York 1941-53; relating to the policing of the North-West Frontier, the British Mission to Central A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1980
Extent:
98 items

3. Mss Eur C313/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(1)
Title:
The scene of a frontier tragedy Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'The cairn of stones marks the spot where a 'chigga' or pursuit party were waylaid and shot down in a 'chapao' or ambush by a raiding party of tribesmen. Such cairns are a very common sight in the nullahs of the Border hills, and serve as areminder that life is chea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur C313/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(2)
Title:
The Giddar Nullah, very typical of the numerous 'darrahs' which lead from the Damman (bordering plain) in to the Sherani Highlands. Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of stony ground leading to gorge: 'This is one of the favourite trails of the bands of raiding tribesmen and the scene of many a fatal ambush.' [Gelatin silver print, 103x60mm]. Subjects = Teague-Jones Collection Location = North-West Frontier Province; Pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur C313/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(3)
Title:
[Usterani tribesman of the North-West Frontier.] Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait of man holding jezail: 'He...with the ancient six feet jezail and long hair to match probably comes from the area bordering on Beluchistan, where long hair is traditionally a tribal fashion.' [Gelatin silver print, 60x107mm]. Subjects = ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur C313/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(4)
Title:
[Pewindah nomad, North-West Frontier.] Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of a Pewindah man, 'who, with flocks and camel herds spends much of his life migrating between his summer pastures in the Afghan highlands and winters in the milder climate and greener pastures of the Indian borderland.' [G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur C313/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(5)
Title:
[Usterani clansman, North-West Frontier.] Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length seated profile portrait: 'The man...with the long out-moded flintlock weapon is a good specimen of Usterani clansman.' [Gelatin silver print, 63x108mm]. Subjects = ethnic groups; Teague-Jones Collection; Usteranis Location = North-West Frontier...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur C313/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(6)
Title:
[Picquet of Suleiman Khal tribesmen covering the passage of their camels in the river below.] Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
Tribesmen crouching behind rocks, aiming their jezails. 'The Frontier tribesman's favourite form of attack is a surprise based on an ambush, a form of strategy to which the stony ground of the North West Frontier is particularly adaptable.' [Gelatin silver print, 103x62mm]. Subjects = arms an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur C313/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(7)
Title:
[Picquet of Suleiman Khal tribesmen covering the passage of their camels in the river below.] Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
'Where protective colouration is of great importance, and where a red shirt would be fatal. Here the light dirty grey shirts and darker turbans of the tribesmen blend perfectly with their natural surroundings.' [Gelatin silver prints, 105x61mm]. Subjects = arms and armour; jezails; Teague-Jon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur C313/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313/1(8)
Title:
Zarkanni Post. Photographer: Teague-Jones, Reginald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of fort. 'A typical frontier outpost. In most cases the walls are constructed of mud or sun-dried brick, solidly built and plastered over. In the corners there are generally one or more towers of stone. A vigilant look-out is constantly maintained a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:
1 item

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