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1. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/455, ff 212-258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/455, ff 212-258
Title:
‘Affairs of Persia’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 19 June 1848. The enclosures are dated 15 January-15 April 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] including: The arrival at Tehran of a French Envoy t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Jun 1848
Extent:
1 item (47 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647
Title:
Affairs in Persia and Herat
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1853, dated 31 March 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 12 February 1853. The enclosure is a letter from HM Envoy E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item (95 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/89
Title:
Report from Herat
Scope & Content:
A report from Herat by an anonymous French author in the service of Shah Zeman [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghanistan], dated 3 September 1799. The report describes the campaign of Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] in eastern Persia [Iran], including the capture of Nichabour ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/68
Title:
File 57/1905 ‘Arabia: - Situation in Yemen (1905-11). Arab revolt against Turks. Imam of Sanaa’s letter to the King. Fighting in Yemen 1911. Agreement between the Turks & the Imam’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officials, reporting on the political situation in Yemen between 1905 and 1911. Their correspondence contains numerous military reports about Turkish troop and transport movements, the progress of the conflict between Turkis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1905-1912
Extent:
1 volume (342 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/657
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (616 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/781/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/781/1
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 1 ‘Kurdistan: Situation.’
Scope & Content:
This part primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the political and social situation of Kurdistan between 1918 and 1920. Included are the following: A general description of Kurdistan by the Political Department, India Office Observations and opinions from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 Nov 1918-4 Feb 1920
Extent:
1 item (257 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2125
Title:
Coll 6/58 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Most of the correspondence is focussed on British policy in response to the Saudi-Yemeni conflict. Related matters that feature in the correspondence include the following: Reports in March 1934 that peace negotiations between Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1914-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (449 folios)