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1. IOR/L/PS/10/366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/366
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 1-2 ‘Persian Gulf: German Competition’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with growing German competition to British trade in the Persian Gulf, and discussions around possible responses from the British authorities to protect Britain's trade and geopolitical interests. In particular, it is concerned with the joint workings of the Hamburg-America ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 May 1912-1 Jun 1916
Extent:
1 volume (334 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/367
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Trade Commercial Mission’
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with commercial possibilities within Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf for British trade. Of particular concern for British officials is ensuring that British firms are placed in the best possible position to counter expected competition from Germany and Japan following th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jul 1916-12 Dec 1919
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1072/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1072/1
Title:
File 2853/1922 Pt 1 'Persia: German Trade Activity. Influx of German industrialists etc, Growth of Russian competition.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to German and Soviet trade activity in Persia [Iran]. Topics discussed include: An influx of German industrialists into Persia An attempt by Captain Detlef Schmude to establish an agricultural colony with a group of Germans in the north of Persia The growth of A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1922-20 Jun 1928
Extent:
1 item (289 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3789

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3789
Title:
Coll 30/72 'Foreign Shipping in: Inauguration of regular steamship service from Italy by the Lloyd Triestino Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the introduction of a 'subsidised' shipping service into the Persian Gulf by the Italian shipping company Lloyd Triestino. The Foreign Office viewed the development with concern, at a time of increasing international interest in the Persian Gulf. The papers cover: summary of f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1933-31 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3790
Title:
Coll 30/73 'German activities in the Gulf (inc Hansa line)'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns various German activities in the Persian Gulf, principally the presence in the Gulf of German shipping, which was operated by the Hansa Line. The Foreign Office wished 'to discourage, as far as possible, German penetration in the Persian Gulf' (folio 65). The papers cover: lis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1934-26 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)