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1. IOR/H/735

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/735
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his term as MP for Launceston, Indian affairs, patronage and personal matters
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises copies of letters from Malcolm relating to the period when he returned to England in 1831 and later that year became Tory Member of Parliament for the ‘rotten borough’ of Launceston, supporting his friend the Duke of Wellington in opposition to the (Whig) Reform Bill...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1831-13 Dec 1832
Extent:
1 volume (188 folios)

2. IOR/H/552, f 402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/552, f 402
Title:
Sketch showing the localities of tribes on the frontier of Upper Sind [Sindh]
Scope & Content:
The map covers Kelat [Kalat] Territory and British territory in Sind [Sindh] and Punjab. It is labelled with the localities of various inhabitants west of the River Indus: Brahooees [Brahui], Mugzees [Magsi], Murrees [Mari], Keytranees [Khetran], Boogtees [Bugti], Chandias [Chandio], Goorchanees...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1854
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. IOR/H/551, f 256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551, f 256
Title:
'Mekran Coast from Kurrachee to Guadur'. Part of 'Report on a visit to Kej and route through Mekran from Gwader to Kurrachee' by Lieutenant Edward Charles Ross, Assistant to the Political Agents at Kelat and Muscat, November 1865.
Scope & Content:
Printed map showing Lieutenant Edward Charles Ross's route along the Mekran [Makran] coast from [Kurrachee] Karachi to Gwader [Gwadar]. The map was compiled to illustrate his report on a journey through Kej and along the coast where the telegraph runs, describing the terrain, places, inhabitants...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865-Nov 1865
Extent:
1 map sheet

4. IOR/H/733

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/733
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to Persia and central India
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to Malcolm’s diplomatic Mission in Persia [Iran] 1810 and relations with Sir Harford Jones, HM Ambassador to Persia (folios 7-148). The remainder of the volume relates to Malcolm’s activities in Central India as Political Agent to the Governor-General of India, following the Pi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1808-26 Feb 1819
Extent:
1 volume (240 folios)

5. IOR/H/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/734
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his term as Governor of Bombay, 1827-1830
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of letters from Malcolm during the period when he was Governor of Bombay (his appointment was from 1 November 1827–1 December 1830). Malcolm arrived in Bombay around 26 December 1827. Much of his time was spent outside Bombay, touring the territories under his jurisdi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1827-4 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 volume (492 folios)

6. IOR/H/736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/736
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to Malcolm during the periods 1796, 1801-02, 1807-15, and 1830-32, when Malcolm served in either a military or administrative capacity for the East India Company in India and on diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran] (1808 and 1810), and when he was in England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1796-9 Nov 1832
Extent:
1 volume (458 folios)

7. IOR/H/549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/549
Title:
Papers of Brigadier-General John Jacob (East India Company) Mainly Relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), and the Aftermath
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, memoranda and other papers relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and events following the Armistice signed in Paris, 4 March 1857, notably intelligence, military, administrative, diplomatic and financial matters. A large proportion of the letters are o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1856-Dec 1858
Extent:

1 volume (887 folios)

8. IOR/H/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/737
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his diplomatic missions in Persia and to the country and history of Persia
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to British relations with and diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran], notably John Malcolm’s missions of 1799-1801, 1808 and 1810, Anglo-Persian relations 1812, and the geography and history of Persia as affecting Britain’s position in India. The contents of the three volumes a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1799-15 Jul 1812
Extent:

3 volumes in one slipcase (507 folios)

9. IOR/H/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/552
Title:
Papers Relating to John Jacob's Career in Sinde, to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and Events in Kelat
Scope & Content:
Papers mainly relating to Jacob’s career in Sinde [Sindh, also spelt Scinde and Sind in this volume], notably as Political Superintendent and Commandant on the Frontier of Upper Sinde before the Anglo-Persian War; terms of the Anglo-Persian peace treaty and post-war events 1857; political instab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1872
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

10. IOR/H/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551
Title:
Papers Relating to Construction of Telegraphic Communications Between India and England, Notably the Line through Sindh [Sind] and Along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] Coasts
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to construction, by the British Government, of electric telegraph communication between India and England, specifically the line through Sind [Sindh], along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] coasts and dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, December 1860-October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1859-Sep 1875
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)