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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/H Subject Surveys

1. IOR/H/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551
Title:
Papers Relating to Construction of Telegraphic Communications Between India and England, Notably the Line through Sindh [Sind] and Along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] Coasts
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to construction, by the British Government, of electric telegraph communication between India and England, specifically the line through Sind [Sindh], along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] coasts and dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, December 1860-October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1859-Sep 1875
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

2. IOR/H/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/552
Title:
Papers Relating to John Jacob's Career in Sinde, to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and Events in Kelat
Scope & Content:
Papers mainly relating to Jacob’s career in Sinde [Sindh, also spelt Scinde and Sind in this volume], notably as Political Superintendent and Commandant on the Frontier of Upper Sinde before the Anglo-Persian War; terms of the Anglo-Persian peace treaty and post-war events 1857; political instab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1872
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

3. IOR/H/736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/736
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to Malcolm during the periods 1796, 1801-02, 1807-15, and 1830-32, when Malcolm served in either a military or administrative capacity for the East India Company in India and on diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran] (1808 and 1810), and when he was in England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1796-9 Nov 1832
Extent:
1 volume (458 folios)

4. IOR/H/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/737
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his diplomatic missions in Persia and to the country and history of Persia
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to British relations with and diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran], notably John Malcolm’s missions of 1799-1801, 1808 and 1810, Anglo-Persian relations 1812, and the geography and history of Persia as affecting Britain’s position in India. The contents of the three volumes a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1799-15 Jul 1812
Extent:

3 volumes in one slipcase (507 folios)