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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2061-2170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2061-2170
Title:
Political (External) Collection 6: Arabia
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 6: Arabia sub-series concerns British policy across the Arabian Peninsula. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, specifically between the Foreign Office and British representatives based in various protectorates, mandated territories,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Swedish
Date Range:
Jan 1906-28 Feb 1950
Extent:
108 files (20,934 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3304-3341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3304-3341
Title:
Political (External) Collection 25: HM Orders in Council
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 25: HM Orders in Council sub-series concerns the legislative machinery required for the British to exercise extra-territorial jurisdiction over British and foreign subjects in parts of the British Indian Empire. It largely consists of copies, drafts, and origi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1950
Extent:
39 files (6781 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3390-3550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3390-3550
Title:
Political (External) Collection 28: Persia (Iran)
Scope & Content:
The sub-series ‘Collection 28: Persia (Iran)’ covers a wide range of topics affecting British interests in Persia [Iran], as reported by the HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Ambassador from 1944) in Tehran, and other officials at Tehran (the Counsellor, and Military, Press an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1903-1949
Extent:
166 files (31,828 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060
Title:
Political (External) Collection 5: Aircraft and Aviation
Scope & Content:
This collection contains departmental correspondence and papers regarding aircraft and aviation policy in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, Arabia and Central Asia. This includes the development of civil aviation routes, the provision of military facilities, and assistance with the development ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1921-1950
Extent:
112 files and 2 volumes (18,919 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67
Title:
Letters from Persia
Scope & Content:
Letters and enclosures received by the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company concerning the relations of the United Kingdom and the Government of Bengal with Qājār Persia [Iran] between 1799 and 1812. The file focusses on the three missions of John Malcolm to Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1799-1812
Extent:
5 boxes, 138 items

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2845-2902

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2845-2902
Title:
Political (External) Collection 17: Iraq
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files mainly relating to the administration of Iraq, relations between Iraq and the United Kingdom, and relations between Iraq and neighbouring states and other nations, during the period of the British Mandate (1921-1932), independence (1932-1941), and the subsequent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1921-1948
Extent:

46 files and 12 volumes (15,176 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221
Title:
Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files relating to the administration and control of arms, ammunition and arms traffic in India and the Gulf region. The materials were created and accumulated by the India Office Political Department, and largely consist of correspondence with the Foreign Office, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1912-1949
Extent:

48 files, 2 volumes (7468 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1097
Title:
File 4282/1923 ‘Persia: Annual Reports’
Scope & Content:
Annual administration reports regarding Persia [Iran]. The reports provide a summary record of the main events and developments in Persia during the financial years of 1910 (ff 324-346), 1922 (ff 290-322), 1923 (ff 253-287), 1926 (ff 214-245), 1927 (ff 178-213), 1928 (ff 136-177), 1929 (ff 98-132...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Feb 1911-5 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (350 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/128
Title:
ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of Enclosures to Despatches to the East India Company Secret Committee, dated 9 September-27 December 1837. The Despatches themselves are not included in the volume. The main subjects covered by the enclosures include: negotiations over a modified treaty with the new King of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Apr 1837-22 May 1838
Extent:
1 volume (772 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/450
Title:
File 1187/1914 Pt 1 'Persia - Policy Anglo-Russian relations'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to Russian policy, British policy, and Anglo-Russian relations, in Persia [Iran] in 1914. The papers mostly consist of copies of correspondence between Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Sir Walter Beaupre Townley, British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jan 1914-2 Oct 1914
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)