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1. EAP833/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP833/1
Title:
Lazic Family Archive [1854–1926]
Scope & Content:
This collection is very valuable because it is composed of unique materials which do not exist in other archives or libraries and their preservation is of utmost importance for researchers in the field of humanities and social sciences. Most of publications are printed in the middle of the Great...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, German, and Serbian
Date Range:
1854-1926
Extent:
50055 TIFF images

2. EAP1104/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/11
Title:
Private Collection of Royal family of Cussimbazar (Roy)
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Around 1700 AD Ajodhya Ram Roy of Pirojpur village near Bhagabangola and the river Padma (who traced his descent from Patrasayer of Burdwan District) came with his family to settle down in Cossimbazar, a renowned port city of Bengal closed to Murshidabad, the capital of the Na...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century-1st half of the 20th century
Extent:
2818 TIFF images

3. 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

4. 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

5. IOR/L/PS/10/451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/451
Title:
File 1187/1914 Pt 2-3 'Persia. Bakhtiari Road'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers concerning British interests and Russian policy in the South of Persia [Iran]. Part 3 relates specifically to the Bakhtiari Lynch road between Ispahan and Ahwaz.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1914-13 Mar 1919
Extent:
1 volume (276 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3426
Title:
Coll 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers collected in response to an influx of refugees arriving in the northern provinces of Persia [Iran] from Soviet Russia, reaching a peak during 1932 and 1933, as a result of a chronic famine affecting parts of southern Russia. Extracts from consular diaries and intelligen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Aug 1931-17 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/C105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C105
Title:
Minute by His Excellency the Viceroy on Russian Ambitions in Eastern Persia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a Minute by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council regarding Russian ambitions in Eastern Persia. These include: the absorption of Persia, the connection of Russian territories by railway with the Indian Ocean, and the acquisition of a fort...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1901
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43
Title:
'MAP SHOWING PROPOSED BAGHDAD RAILWAY'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region encompassing parts of Russia, Persia, Arabia and the Ottoman Empire, indicating the routes of proposed and existing railway lines. The map also shows hydrology, topography and major cities and towns. The map is Plate 2 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 map

9. IOR/L/PS/20/G43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/G43
Title:
The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence
Scope & Content:
The volume, written by Valentine Chirol and printed in London by John Murray in 1903, is based on a series of letters written by Chirol during a journey through Persia and the Persian Guf, that appeared in The Times in 1902 and 1903. The main topics are: the concept of 'Middle East'; the Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 volume (306 folios )

10. IOR/R/15/1/704

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/704
Title:
'Russo-Persian Relations, 1854-1875'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains records of correspondence (abstracts, lists, copies and originals) concerning relations between Russia and Persia during the period 1837-1875. The papers are as follows: Papers relating to Russian proceedings on the island of Ashoorada [Ashuradeh] covering the years 1837-185...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1860-1910
Extent:
1 volume (173 folios)