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41. IOR/L/PS/12/3446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3446
Title:
Coll 28/43 ‘Persia. Russia & Soviet Legation at Tehran.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the appointment of a Russian ambassador to Persia [Iran]. Letters from HM’s Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Sir Percy Loraine, record the British Government’s fierce resistance to the appointment of a Russian ambassador. Loraine’s concern ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1923-18 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/12/3499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3499
Title:
Coll 28/93 ‘Persia. Persian Legation in London.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran and the Foreign Office in London. The correspondence concerns appointments to the Persian Legation in London: in 1929, the appointment of the Governor of Khorassan [Khorāsān] Sayyed Hasan Taqizādeh (sp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1929-8 Feb 1944
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/12/3744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3744
Title:
Coll 30/30 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain and Koweit. Question of Persian, Iraqi and Nejdi representatives in.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning issues related to the representation of foreign countries in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. Issues discussed specifically include the reaction to Saudi Arabia's trade agent in Kuwait flying the flag of Saudi Arabia, rumours that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1924-30 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (262 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/12/3888

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3888
Title:
Coll 30/153 'Visit of Sheikh of Bahrain to Mecca.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the visit of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], to Mecca in order to undertake the Hajj (January 1938). The papers include: the decision to allow Shaikh Hamad to travel to Saudi Arabia aboard a Royal Navy ship (HMS Londonde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1937-29 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/12/4737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4737
Title:
Coll 52/10 ‘Pakistan’s Diplomatic Representatives in Persia & the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams relating to Pakistan’s diplomatic representatives in Iran. The correspondence covers the following diplomatic issues: The appointment of Mr Ghazanfar Ali Khan [Ghazanfar ‘Alī Khān] as Ambassador of Pakistan to Iran, followed by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1948-10 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/18/B16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B16
Title:
‘Jeddah Consulate.—Captain Beyts’
Scope & Content:
Memorandum dated 23 April 1877, prepared by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office. The memorandum was prepared in response to Government discussion over the merit of establishing a British consulate at Jeddah that was ‘free from a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1877
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/18/C137C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137C
Title:
Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines how circumstances in Southern Persia have led to the British reinforcing their consular guards at Bander Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bushire, Isphanan [Eşfahān], and Kerman. The focus is on reinforcement of the guard at Shiraz, and in particular, an attack on a British carav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
4 folios

48. IOR/L/PS/18/C139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C139
Title:
'Memorandum respecting Expenditure on British Consulates in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum examines the increases in expenditure — borne by both the Imperial and Indian Governments — on British consulates in Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1905
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

49. IOR/P/525 Dec 1874 nos 05-09

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Dec 1874 nos 05-09
Title:
Precautions taken due to apparent plague outbreak in Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 371-72. Government of India forward to the Government of the Punjab copy extracts from the Aden News Report, plus translated letter from Sheikh Esaw Ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrain, advising that as a precaution against plague transmission, pilgrims will be prevented from entering Mecca.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1874
Extent:
2 pages

50. IOR/P/525 Sep 1875 nos 71-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Sep 1875 nos 71-75
Title:
Measures to address the condition of poor pilgrims at Jeddah, and travelling to and from Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 521-23. Communication between Brigadier-General J Schneider, Political Resident at Aden, Captain G Beyts, Consul at Jeddah, and the Secretary of State for India, regarding the payment of passage for poor pilgrims by the wealthy without making provision for their subsistence at Jeddah and Mecca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1875-Jul 1875
Extent:
3 pages