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1. IOR/L/PS/12/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/303
Title:
PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf for dissemination. It largely consists of weekly telegrams from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Government of India and others. The telegrams contain Ministry of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
10 Aug 1939-27 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (357 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/575
Title:
Ext 5626/41 'Internment of Axis (German and Italian) nationals in Iran. Question of their disposal.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the internment and proposed transfer of civilian Axis nationals (mainly Germans and Italians but also Bulgarians, Hungarians and Romanians) who have been handed over to the British authorities in Persia [Iran]. The file features the following principal correspondents: His ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Aug 1941-24 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/722

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/722
Title:
Ext 3265/42 Egypt: position of Allied armed forces, question of removal or repatriation after the war
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Government of India, External Department, the Foreign Office, the Comite National Francais in London, the Ministère des Affaires étrangères de Belgique, the British Embassy in Belgium, the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherland Forei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
08 Jun 1942-30 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2166
Title:
Coll 6/93 'Syria – Situation in after the capitulation of France 1940: Allied operations against :–'
Scope & Content:
This file documents British policy and Allied operations regarding Syria and Lebanon, following the defeat of France in June 1940. It documents preparations for a British-Free French military campaign in Syria [Operation Exporter] and concludes with correspondence regarding armistice terms, foll...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jun 1940-28 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (500 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2168
Title:
Coll 6/93(2) 'SYRIA: Situation in – after capitulation of France, 1940. Incl. Proclamation of Independence.'
Scope & Content:
Following on from an earlier file (IOR/L/PS/12/2166), this file concerns British policy relating to Syria, following the success of the British-Free French military campaign in Syria [Operation Exporter]. (The abbreviation 'Incl.' in the title stands for 'Including'). The date range of this fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Jul 1941-12 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3417

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3417
Title:
Coll 28/21 ‘Persia; Azerbaijan; Persia-Russian & Persia-Turkish Frontier.’
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning affairs on the northeast frontiers of Persia [Iran], with a focus on Iranian Azerbaijan, sent to and from British Government officials based in Persia, including those at the British Consulate at Tabriz and the British Embassy in Tehran, and the Foreign Office in London. The c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Jul 1930-3 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (421 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3434
Title:
Coll 28/38 ‘Persia. Trade. Trade Tables 1929/30 to’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence sent by the British Legation at Tehran (including Commercial Secretary F A G Gray, and Envoys Extraordinary & Ministers Plenipotentiary, Horace James Seymour, Reader William Bullard), distributing and providing comment on Persian [Iranian] foreign trade statistics, g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Mar 1931-7 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3459
Title:
Coll 28/54 ‘Persia. Perso-Polish and Perso-Japanese Relations.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to diplomatic and commercial relations between Persia [Iran] and Poland, and Persia and Japan. The file includes: a copy (in French) of a Treaty of Friendship and Commercial Convention, signed between Persia and Poland in 1927; correspondence (some in Fre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Mar 1927-22 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3471

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3471
Title:
Coll 28/65 ‘Persia. Perso-Soviet Commercial Relations.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, treaties and other papers, reporting on commercial relations between Persia [Iran] and Russia. The papers cover: a deterioration in relations between Persia and Russia in 1932-33, culminating in the ban on Russian imports into Persia; the Persian Government’s ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Russian
Date Range:
23 Mar 1933-30 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3489

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3489
Title:
Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning diplomatic relations between the British and Persian Governments over the concession and operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (from 1935, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited), referred to as APOC hereafter. The file includes: correspondence dated 1933 to 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Dec 1934-21 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)