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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/5/434, ff 459-484

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 459-484
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
Enclosure no. 2 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 14 December 1844. The enclosure contains copies of correspondence relating Persia [Iran], including: A promise from the Prime Minister of Persia [Iran] to prohibit the planned construction of a tall...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 item (44 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 376-448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 376-448
Title:
Despatches from HM's Envoy in Persia
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 9 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 10-20 January 1852. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran], including: The removal of Meerxa Tekkee Khan [Mīrz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item (73 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/781/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/781/2
Title:
File 36/1919 Pt 2 ‘Kurdistan: Policy & Future of’
Scope & Content:
This part primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the political and social situation in Kurdistan between 1918 and 1920. The part includes and covers the following: Administration of occupied territory in Mosul Vilayet Conversations regarding the Franco-Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1918-24 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 item (292 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/1094

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1094
Title:
File 4011/1923 Pt 1 'PERSIAN GULF NEGOTIATIONS 1928-33. BASIDU.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the British occupation of Basidu, situated on Kishm [Qeshm] Island in the Gulf, close to the south coast of Persia [Iran], and occupied by the British since the early 1820s. It is stated in the correspondence that the site had been used mainly as a coal depot for British n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Oct 1923-29 Nov 1933
Extent:

1 volume (649 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/1267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1267
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Tamb. (and Abu Musa)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the ownership and sovereignty of the islands of Tamb and Abu Musa (and Little Tamb and Sirri) in the Persian Gulf, and negotiations for a general treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran]. The papers mainly consist of correspondence and India Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Jul 1928-29 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (535 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2089

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2089
Title:
Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.'
Scope & Content:
This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns relations between France and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd]. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following: T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Mar 1930-9 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B485
Title:
Memorandum on Bahrein
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, produced by the Foreign Office, dated 13 Jan 1947, deals with the history of Bahrein [Bahrain] from the point of view of the political status of the islands at various periods and dates since 1783, and contains copies of related correspondence and discussions. The princi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1947
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/273
Title:
14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS
Scope & Content:
This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between the India Office, London; the Foreign Office, London; Political Resident Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Jul 1914-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)