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1. IOR/L/PS/10/332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/332
Title:
File 240/1913 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains memoranda, correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding railway constructions in Persia, focussing on the line planned between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad, Iran]. The subjects covered are: the leasi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
27 Nov 1912-14 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/482
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in southern Persia and in the territories of the Shatt al-Arab, during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of oilfields. The volume covers: The Arab movement in Mesopotamia. Possible despatch of troops to the Kārun river and to Ahwaz [A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jan 1915-26 Jul 1916
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1091

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1091
Title:
File 3151/1923 ‘Persia: -Affairs Printed correspondence (1923-5)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains printed communications in the form of memoranda, telegrams, and minute papers relating to the evolving political situation in Persia [Iran]. The papers notably cover the following: The relations between the Sheikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī, Shaikh of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 May 1923-7 Dec 1925
Extent:
1 volume (372 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C242
Title:
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Persian Arabistan affairs.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Persian Arabistan affairs. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1903 by the Government of India Fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903
Extent:

1 volume (65 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/FO27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO27
Title:
‘PERSIA. 1910.’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Admiralty, the Treasury, British administrative and diplomatic staff, foreign governments and their staff, and private companies and individuals. It was printed fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1909-1910
Extent:
1 volume (739 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/384-388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/384-388
Title:
File 26: Arabistan and Luristan
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain correspondence, reports, maps, and memoranda relating to British interests in the Arabistan [Khūzestān] and Luristan [Lorestān] provinces of south west Persia following their political and commercial penetration of the region in the late nineteenth-century. The documents cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1905-1946
Extent:

5 volumes (1073 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/613
Title:
File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/614
Title:
File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, and maps relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, the status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf matters. The correspondence is between Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
3 Aug 1913-30 Nov 1913
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

9. Mss Eur F111/69B

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/69B
Title:
Foreign Office Papers: Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises printed Foreign Office correspondence relating to Persia [Iran], covering geopolitical, political, economic, social and cultural matters. The despatches are dated 7 July 1897-22 September 1898. The first page of each despatch includes the heading ‘ASIA. CONFIDENTIAL.’ on the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Jul 1897-22 Sep 1898
Extent:
1 volume (215 folios)