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1. IOR/L/PS/10/966

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/966
Title:
File 566/1921 ‘Persia: military Attaché’s intelligence summaries’
Scope & Content:
This volume is a compilation of intelligence summaries on Persia [Iran] between August 1920 and October 1923. The intelligence summaries are mostly divided into monthly or weekly reports, regarding different aspects of the social, economic and political situation in Persia. The intelligence summ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1920-28 Nov 1923
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/C30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C30
Title:
Notes on the Persian Army
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the size and composition of the Persian Army; this includes a list of the regiments currently in service. It also outlines the remuneration provided to both officers — of various ranks — and private soldiers. In addition, the armaments in use by both the infantry and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1880
Extent:
3 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C205
Title:
Military report on Arabistan (Area no 13)
Scope & Content:
Military report on Arabistan [Khuzestan] province, compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed in 1924 (Simla: Government of India Press). The report is organised into nine chapters (with subsections), each covering a different subject, plus appendices, as follows: Chapter I - History (Gen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1
Title:
'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917'
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1916) and contains geographical and political information of a general character concerning the Arabian Peninsula. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, from so...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (371 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C190
Title:
Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This volume is a confidential handbook on Mesopotamia prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, dated February 1919. There is a table of contents which includes the following chapters: I: 'Geography Physical and Political', including 'Position and Frontiers', ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1919
Extent:

1 volume (76 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/5
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON MESOPOTAMIA (IRAQ). Area 8 (WESTERN KURDISTAN). (Provisional.)’
Scope & Content:
A volume in a series of official publications entitled ‘Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq).’, compiled by the General Staff, British Forces in Iraq. This volume covers an area called in the volume ‘Area 8: Western Kurdistan’. This roughly spans between Birijik [Birecik], Hogena [Huknah], Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 267-276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 267-276
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 14 of 1854, dated 14 February 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 26 January-14 February 1854. A note in red ink indicates encl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1854
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 318-321

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 318-321
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 19 of 1854, dated 14 March 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 28 February-14 March 1854. A note in red ink indicates that enclos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1854
Extent:

1 item (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/243
Title:
Reports from the Caucasus
Scope & Content:
Translations of two letters from an informant of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 3 and 8 May 1802. The letters concern Russian activity in the Caucasus and Caspian Sea, reporting: movements of Russian troops and ships; embassies from Shaku [Shaki] and Shirvan [Sirvan] to Tehr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1802-8 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/274
Title:
Letters from Informants to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of two letters: 1. A letter from Mohammed Reza Khan [Muḥammad Rezā Khān], Persian representative in Kerbela [Karbala], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 14 August 1802. Mohammed Reza Khan reports that he is returning to Kerbela and forwards n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1802-14 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)