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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language English Name Shāh of Persia, Qājār dynasty, 1794-1925

1. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 2-3
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 2 (Not included in the Volume)
Scope & Content:
The enclosures (not included in the volume) cover the following: return of Sir Henry Bethune to Persia with the rank of Major General, and the recall of Lieutenant Colonel William Passmore; the appointment of Captain Benjamin Shee to replace Colonel Passmore as commander of the British detachment...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1836
Extent:
2 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 4 (Not included in the Volume)
Scope & Content:
The enclosures (not included in the volume) cover the following: demand by Maharaja Ranjit Singh for tribute from the Amirs of Hyderabad, Mirpur and Khairpur in Sindh; the confirmation of the capture, by the troops of Ranjit Singh, of Mir Bahram Khan Mazari’s capital Rojhan; the three kharitas fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1836
Extent:
11 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 207-208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 207-208
Title:
The Enclosure to Secret Letter No. 5
Scope & Content:
The enclosure covers the credentials provided by the Governor General to John McNeill as the new British Envoy and Resident Minister at the Court of Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1836
Extent:
2 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The three hundred and four folios in the collection begin with an abstract of the contents of Secret Letter No. 3. The enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3 themselves are primarily concerned with the following subjects: The arrival of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1837
Extent:
304 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 9
Scope & Content:
The assurances of the Maharaja of the Punjab Ranjit Singh that his forces would not invade Sindh without prior coordination between the governments, and his acceptance of British mediation in disputes with the Amirs of Sindh if pursued as discretely as possible, following discussions with the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1837
Extent:
343 folios

6. IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 349-744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 349-744
Title:
‘Negotiations with the Ex-King of Cabool and the Maha Rajah Runjeet Singh’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-102 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 13 August 1838. The enclosures are dated 16 May-11 August 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a plan to overthrow Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy] as Emi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1838
Extent:
1 item (396 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/133, ff 3-379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/133, ff 3-379
Title:
Contemplated operations to the Westward of the Indus
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-113 to dispatch no. 23 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 24 September 1838. The enclosures are dated 3 July-24 September 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to preparations for the East India Company’s invasion of Afghanistan in ord...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1838
Extent:
1 item (377 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/134, ff 406-603

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/134, ff 406-603
Title:
Events and transactions connected with the affairs of our North Western Frontier
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-66 to dispatch no. 4 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 20 February 1839. The enclosures are dated 4 November 1837-16 May 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Afghanistan, the Sikh Empire and Sindh. Much of the correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1839
Extent:
1 item (198 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/228, ff 12-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/228, ff 12-14
Title:
Charles Murray's Views on the Causes of Persia's Attack on Herat
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1856, dated 17 July 1856. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 8 May 1856. The enclosure consists of a copy of a letter from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 203-209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 203-209
Title:
Persian Naval Force
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 43 of 1870, dated 29 July 1870, containingenclosures dated 24-26 May 1870. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relatingto a desire by the Shah of Persia [Shāh of Iran] to establish...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1870
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)