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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language English Name Secretary of State for India and Burma, United Kingdom, 1935-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/10/974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/974
Title:
File 1595/1921 'Arms traffic: Muscat and Persian Gulf. Monthly Returns of Shipments. (1921- '
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the monthly returns of arms shipments in Muscat and the Persian Gulf, 1921 to November 1930. Included in the volume are copies of the returns, which consist of tables with the title, for example: 'RETU...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1930
Extent:
1 volume (480 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/25
Title:
PZ 3162/31 'Persian Gulf: Political Resident's Interview with Secty of State'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains papers regarding a meeting between Lieutenant-Colonel HughVincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and William WedgwoodBenn, Secretary of State for India. The meeting was at the Resident’s requestand took place in London in June 1931. The main topics of conversatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/122
Title:
PZ 7769/1934 'Supply of maps to the political resident in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes, supply notes, and an air consignment note, relating to the supply of maps to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes correspondence between Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and John Gilbert Laithwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-9 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/311
Title:
Persia: supply of dynamite, etc to the Persian Government
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a request from the Persian Government for supplies of dynamite. The request is passed from the Iranian Consul-General to the Government of India, Department of Supply, who refer the matter to the Foreign Office out of concern for what they feel is an '...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1939-2 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/313
Title:
Complaint regarding repetition of "Most Secret" Foreign Office telegram
Scope & Content:
The main focus of the file is a deciphered telegram (folio 5), sent from the Government of India External Affairs Department to the Secretary of State for India, which contains intelligence relating to a potential threat to British interests in Asia from Germany and Russia. The next letter, from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1939-17 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/380A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/380A
Title:
PZ 287/40 'Deportation from Persia into British Indian territory'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the deportation of three Polish men (Oligierd Stolyho, Adam Backer and Josef Bekerman), one Lithuanian man (Bronistew Bogussewier), one Ukrainian man (Iwan Basileffsk) and one Russian woman (Tatiana Chinnova) from the Persian Border to British Indian te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1940-30 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/380B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/380B
Title:
PZ 2885/40 'Proposed trade mission to Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a decipher telegram from the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Secretary of State for India regarding trade opportunities and the desirability of a war trade agreement with Iran. The telegram also refers to concerns over Iranian exports to Germany, and tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/424
Title:
PZ 5697/40 'Persian Gulf: Disposal of Consular Bags'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the dispatch of consular bags. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1940-12 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/548

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/548
Title:
Ext 4840/41 'Afghanistan and Persian. Possible employment of Polish engineers.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the possible employment of Polish engineers in Persia and Afghanistan. The correspondence discusses the various types of engineer which could be required (mining, oil, hydro-electrical, railway), and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1941-7 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/552
Title:
Ext 5000/41(2) 'Persia: general affairs, situation, etc, after the Allied occupation'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the occupation of Iran following the British-Soviet invasion 25 August 1941. The discussion in the volume includes: consideration given to a restoration of the Qajar dynasty and possible candidates for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1941-22 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 volume (297 folios)