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1. IOR/L/PS/10/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/480
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Persian neutrality; German money for Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns German remittances to Persia, and the Foreign Office's efforts to stop and prevent these. The volume covers: Transmission of money from Amsterdam to Tehran, to be used for German propaganda during the First World War, via Imperial Bank of Persia. Various German attempts to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Dec 1914-2 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (349 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/565

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/565
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 2 ‘German War: conquered territory: status: question of trading; looting, etc., of goods by Turks’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning trade in those parts of Mesopotamia [Iraq] under British military administration during the First World War. Subjects covered include: the resumption of trade between Britain and traders at Basra; claims by British firms for the losses of goods looted or dest...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Mar 1915-30 May 1918
Extent:

1 volume (241 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/566

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/566
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to trade between Baghdad and Basra in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Great Britain, in the wake of Britain’s military invasion and occupation of Mesopotamia during the First World War. Subjects covered include: the resumption of trade between Britain and Baghdad; enquiries made to the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Mar 1917-31 Dec 1917
Extent:

1 volume (187 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/567
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with Baghdad & Export of wool’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning the export of wool from Baghdad in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of the country in the First World War. Subjects covered include: enquiries from commercial firms seeking to export wool from Mesopotamia; shipping arrangements for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Dec 1916-10 Aug 1918
Extent:

1 volume (243 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1037

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1037
Title:
File 464/1922 Pt 4 'PERSIA:- AMERICAN FINANCIAL MISSION'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to the Financial Mission of the United States to Qajar Persia [Iran] and a scheme to create an agricultural bank. The bulk of the correspondence documents the financial crisis within Persia and the impact on its neighbours in British Iraq and India, their comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
25 May 1926-23 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 volume (437 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3717

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3717
Title:
Coll 30/7 'Persian Gulf, Russia: Russian Trade Activities'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the trading activities of the U.S.S.R. in the Persian Gulf, primarily in Iraq, Persia, Kuwait and Bahrain. These officials are from the Department of Overseas Trade; the Political Residency in Bushire; the British Consulates...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Oct 1927-7 May 1936
Extent:
1 file (280 folios)