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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language French Name Government of India, Foreign Secretary, 1843-1937

1. IOR/L/PS/10/78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/78
Title:
File 1311/1905 ‘Persian Gulf: - Post Offices. (Parcel Post Convention)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials, about their negotiations in the lead up to the Parcel Post Agreement of 1910 with Persia. The main correspondents are the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department at Calcutta and the British Chargé d'Affaires...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Dec 1902-23 Feb 1911
Extent:
1 volume (212 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/110
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic :- Muscat Warehouse. Negotiations with France 1907-1911.'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the arms trade at Muscat and attempts by the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat to prohibit it; also included are reports and discussions from the Conference on Arms Traffic which was being held in Brussels in 1909 at the same time as the discussions in the volume. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1906-25 Aug 1911
Extent:

1 volume (488 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/112
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the work of British political and naval authorities in the Persian Gulf in suppressing the trafficking arms and ammunition, particularly from Muscat to Koweit [Kuwait]. Included are reports of searches undertaken on vessels suspected of trafficking of arms, including invento...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Apr 1900-15 Jun 1914
Extent:
1 volume (358 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115
Title:
File 619/1907 Pts 6-9 'Arms traffic:- Trucial Chief's. Debai Incident. French Dhows. Military Operations.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises parts 6, 7, 8 and 9 of subject 619 Arms Traffic. The parts discuss actions taken in the Persian Gulf to suppress the illegal movement of arms and ammunition: Part 6: Searching of vessels in territorial waters of Trucial Chiefs; Position of Katr [Qatar]; Part 7: Debai [Dubai]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Sep 1910-15 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/299
Title:
File 352/1912 'Persia: travel in South; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; Russian commercial competition in South Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'South Persia'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/1 is entitled 'Persia Trade in South: Conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz Road; Russian Commercial Competition in South Persia'. It includes correspondence discussing trends in trade between the southern region ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912-1919
Extent:
1 volume (324 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/366
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 1-2 ‘Persian Gulf: German Competition’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with growing German competition to British trade in the Persian Gulf, and discussions around possible responses from the British authorities to protect Britain's trade and geopolitical interests. In particular, it is concerned with the joint workings of the Hamburg-America ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 May 1912-1 Jun 1916
Extent:
1 volume (334 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/385
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 2 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa]. Included in the volume are the following: an account of a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Nov 1913-22 Nov 1916
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/484

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/484
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 7 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the Persian Gendarmerie in southern Persia (Fars), and the pro-German feelings of the Swedish officers who were part of it. The volume covers: Accusations against Swedish officers employed by the Persian Gendarmerie in Fars, suggesting that they have been abandoning their ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Mar 1915-3 Dec 1915
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/493

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/493
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 18 'German War: Persia; general situation - 1916'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the Persian protests against violation of their country's neutrality, British and Russian responses to Persian nationalism, and their attempts to influence the Shah and the Majlis deputies during the events...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Nov 1915-18 Feb 1916
Extent:
1 volume (176 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/1037

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1037
Title:
File 464/1922 Pt 4 'PERSIA:- AMERICAN FINANCIAL MISSION'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to the Financial Mission of the United States to Qajar Persia [Iran] and a scheme to create an agricultural bank. The bulk of the correspondence documents the financial crisis within Persia and the impact on its neighbours in British Iraq and India, their comm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
25 May 1926-23 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 volume (437 folios)