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1. IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 473-499

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 473-499
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 39 of 1846, dated 15 April 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in Qajar [Qājār] Persia [Iran]. Contents relate to: the deprivation of property and imp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1846
Extent:
1 item (27 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/24
Title:
File 664/1904 'Turkish Arabia: Status of British Protected Persons'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of British-protected persons (primarily from the native states of India) within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The topics discussed in the file include the consular representation of poor British Indian subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/50/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/50/1
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 6 'Koweit:- Status of Koweitis in Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the status of citizens of Koweit [Kuwait] in Persia, particularly in view of the fact that the British Government had not declared a formal protectorate over Kuwait, and that sovereignty over Kuwait was claimed by the Ottoman Empire. The principal correspondents are the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jun 1904-30 Aug 1905
Extent:

77 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/10/51/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/51/2
Title:
File 1855/1904 Pt 10 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikh's properties at Fao and Fadaghia'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern relations between Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Koweit [Kuwait] and the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]; particularly in regard to the purchase by the Shaikh of date gardens at Fao [Al Fāw] on the Shatt-al-Arab, and property at Fadaghia, near ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Jan 1908-18 Sep 1912
Extent:

199 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1149
Title:
File P 1477/1925 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Abolition of Capitulations. Personal Status Cases.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the future position of foreign nationals in Persia [Iran], both Muslims and non-Muslims [also spelled in the volume as Moslems], in relation to Persian religious law, after the abolition of capitulations in Persia. The main issues covered in the vo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Oct 1927-16 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 volume (447 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3795

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3795
Title:
Coll 30/78 'Bahrein Nationality Law. Bahrein Property Law: Registration of certain foreigners in Bahrein by the Agency. Ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrein (King's Reg. No. 1 of 1937).'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting and publication of nationality and property laws for Bahrein [Bahrain]. The relevant Order in Council and King's Regulations (copies of which are included) are as follows: The Bahrein (Amendment) Order in Council, 1937 The Bahrein Law regarding Ownership of Immova...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1933-10 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (446 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/C16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C16
Title:
Papers respecting the Protection to be granted to Persons of Persian Origin born in India
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of printed papers on the subject of whether persons of Persian origin born in India are entitled to protection as British subjects. The question arose from the fact that Persia did not recognise British nationality in persons of Persian descent. In particular, it referenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
May 1876
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/150
Title:
File 1/A/24 I Persian Subjects in Bahrain and Registration of Foreigners in Bahrain with proposals for institution of Bahrain Nationality and Property Laws.
Scope & Content:
The early papers in the file relate to complaints by the Iranian Government over the treatment of Persian citizens in Bahrain; but the file mostly concerns the enactment of the Bahrain nationality and property laws, and the preparation of the Bahrain (Amendment) Order in Council (1937). The cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 May 1933-17 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/332
Title:
‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. A. PASSPORTS. (1) Persian passports regulations effecting Muscat subjects.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the Iranian Government’s order known as the Tehran order, on treating people arriving at Persian ports from Bahrain, Muscat, Dubai and Oman as Persian subjects. The file also includes petitions raised by Muscat subjects whose passports were seized by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
14 Oct 1928-15 Jun 1929
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)