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1. IOR/L/PS/5/401, ff 5-313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/401, ff 5-313
Title:
Affairs of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Enclosures nos. 2-106 to dispatch no. 107 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 31 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 9 March-31 December 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, including: A proposed extension to a Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Dec 1841
Extent:
1 item (309 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/23
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, AUG-DEC 1873', Vol 23
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 August-27 December 1873, forwarding copies of his despatches to the Secretary to the Government of India, For...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Aug 1873-27 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 volume (510 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/353

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/353
Title:
File 747/1913 Pt 1 ‘Loans to Persia’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to the advance of loans to Persia. Two different loans are discussed: a loan of £100,000, made by the British Government in May 1913 to the Governor-General of Fars (half of which was to be payable by the Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Apr 1903-5 Feb 1914
Extent:

1 volume (236 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/856
Title:
File 5015/1919 Pt 1-3 'PERSIA:- REVISION OF CUSTOMS TARIFF'
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to the revision of the Anglo-Persian Customs Tariff. It comprises three parts as follows: IOR/L/PS/10/856: Part 1, ‘Persia: Appointment of Financial Adviser’ (ff 249-295) IOR/L/PS/10/856: Part 2, ‘Persia: Appointment of Experts for Revision of Tariff’ (ff 159-248) IOR/L/PS/10/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Aug 1919-16 Jun 1923
Extent:
1 volume (296 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2851
Title:
Coll 17/7(1) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, reports and minutes regarding road and rail transport through Iraq, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Palestine, Syria and Iran. The following topics are discussed in detail: The proposed construction of a Baghdad-Haifa rail route. The file also includes records regardin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1929-23 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 volume (524 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3428
Title:
Coll 28/31 ‘Persia. Judicial; Law relating to entry & residence of foreigners’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Persian Government’s introduction of new legislation, under which foreigners entering or resident in Persia [Iran] had to notify their presence in the country with the Persian authorities. Included in the file are copies and extracts of the new leg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Urdu
Date Range:
30 May 1931-13 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3475

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3475
Title:
Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the importation of stores and equipment for wireless stations in the Persian Gulf (at Bushire, Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Jask, and Charbar [Chabahar]) operated by Imperial and International Communications Limited (I&ICL), amid the handover of the stations to the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Aug 1932-1 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (232 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/1/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/568
Title:
File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/571
Title:
File 61/11 VIII (D 148) Nejd-Hejaz: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence is made up of regular reports sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to the Foreign Office in London. The remaining correspondence is between the two aforementioned p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1936-26 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)