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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language French Name Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1320-1908

1. IOR/L/PS/9/67/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/131
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Meerza Sheffea, Prime Minister of Persia, to the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Meerza Sheffea [Mirzā Muhammad Shafī Māzandarānī], Prime Minister of Persia, to the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire [Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha], undated (in French). The letter congratulates the Grand Vizier on his appointment, expresses hope for stronger relations bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1809
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/70
Title:
Letters from Constantinople
Scope & Content:
This item contains two documents: 1. A letter from John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 10 April 1799. Spencer Smith forwards a packet of letters to Jones, including an Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Apr 1799-14 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381
Title:
Asiatic Turkey and Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a series of conventions, agreements, and declarations concerning navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Turco-Persian boundary, and the transportation of goods by railway in Asiatic Turkey. It is divided into four sections and contains five maps: IOR/W/LPS/18/B3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jul 1913-12 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)