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1. IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 28-532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 28-532
Title:
Affairs in the Punjab and the Countries Beyond the Indus, notably Afghanistan and Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Meerut) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 1 of 1838, dated 8 February 1838. The enclosures are dated 18 September 1837-7 February 1838. The primary correspondents are:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Feb 1838
Extent:
1 item (505 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 31 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
20 Jul 1839-31 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (53 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 1093-1244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 1093-1244
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 56 of 1840, dated 22 August 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-45 and are dated 6 April to 22 August 1840. The enclosures mostly consist of cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1840
Extent:
1 item (151 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 204-231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 204-231
Title:
‘Affairs of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-14 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 24 January 1845. The enclosures are dated 22 November 1844-21 January 1845. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including: the provision of coal to a F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Jan 1845
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 161-202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 161-202
Title:
Persia and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 34 of 1856, dated 10 May 1856. The enclosures are dated 8 March-29 April 1856. The enclosures chiefly comprise copies of despatches, with enclosures, to the Sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1856
Extent:
1 item (43 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/467
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning Britain’s declaration of Egypt as a British Protectorate in November 1914. The volume includes: Correspondence relating to Britain’s annexation of Cyprus in November 1914, and the status of Cypriots and Egyptians in Cyprus as British subjects (ff 120-125). Papers concerning the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Nov 1914-30 Mar 1918
Extent:

1 volume (124 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/472
Title:
File 3443/1914 Pt 1 'German War: Turkish and German intrigues in India'
Scope & Content:
Thevolume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities ofPan-Islamic activists in India, Afghanistan and North Africa during the firstyear of the First World War. The correspondence is particularly concerned withpossible German and Ottoman support for the activists in carrying ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jun 1914-3 Jul 1915
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3430
Title:
Coll 28/33 ‘Persia., Internal. Probable happenings on the death of the Shah.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and notes relating to the law of succession in Persia [Iran], and possible events in Persia, in the event of the death of the Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi. The file includes: Correspondence from the British Embassy in Paris, dated 1 March 1930, informing Government of the death in Fran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Jan 1926-30 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3432
Title:
Coll 28/36 ‘Army & Air Force: Condition of; Manoeuvres; Foreign Advisers; Conscription Law.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers reporting on non-combat activities of the Persian [Iranian] army and air force in Persia: Detailed reports of military manoeuvres and reviews, including troop numbers, their organisation and presentation, with lists of equipment and vehicles. The appointment of Swedish ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 Dec 1931-10 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/C188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C188
Title:
Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the geography, political history and economic conditions of Persia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919. It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'(folios 4-8); 'Political History'(folios 9-32); 'Social a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)