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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language French Name Shah of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979

1. IOR/L/PS/12/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/18
Title:
PZ 2143/31 'Persia: British Military Attaché, Tehran'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding a request from the Imperial Court ofPersia for the recall of Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Dodd as British MilitaryAttaché, due to a perceived slight by Dodd towards Reza Shah Pahlavi. The filealso covers an order from the Shah for Persian army officers to no ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Feb 1931-27 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/561
Title:
Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia (later referred to more frequently as Iran). Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office. Other prominent correspondents...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
26 Sep 1943-4 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (571 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1156
Title:
Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3404
Title:
Coll 28/9 ‘Persia; Internal affairs; Shah’s tours in Persia: general situation reports’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings collected from the British and Persian press, relating to the Shah of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi. Subjects covered include: The Shah’s tours and visits around Persia, including to the towns a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Feb 1931-27 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 volume (514 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3411
Title:
Coll 28/15 ‘Persia. Internal Affairs. Political and Administrative Changes.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to changes within the Persian Government: the appointment and dismissal of ministers by the Shah of Persia (Reza Shah Pahlavi); the resignation or death during duty of ministers; the reorganisation of governmental departments (both central and provincial) at the instigati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Jul 1931-30 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (141 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3430
Title:
Coll 28/33 ‘Persia., Internal. Probable happenings on the death of the Shah.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and notes relating to the law of succession in Persia [Iran], and possible events in Persia, in the event of the death of the Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi. The file includes: Correspondence from the British Embassy in Paris, dated 1 March 1930, informing Government of the death in Fran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Jan 1926-30 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3473

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3473
Title:
Coll 28/68 ‘Persia. Anglo Persian relations. British Press Articles on Persia and the Shah.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to articles published in the British newspaper press (and to a lesser extent, the British Indian press) about Persia [Iran] and the Shah of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi. The file includes cuttings of many of the newspaper articles referred to in the correspondence, most bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Dec 1933-21 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3477

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3477
Title:
Coll 28/73 ‘Persia. Relations with Turkey. Visit of the Shah to Angora.’
Scope & Content:
Reports from HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare, and the British Ambassador in Turkey, Percy Lyham Loraine, along with newspaper cuttings from The Times, The Near East and India and The Evening Standard, reporting on the Shah of Persia’s [Reza ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1934-4 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3495

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3495
Title:
Coll 28/89 ‘Persia. Reports regarding the education, etc., of the Crown Prince and proceedings of the Royal Family.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from the British Legation in Tehran, press cuttings, and copies of Persian Government announcements (in French) relating to the movements and activities of members of the Persian royal family, and in particular, the Crown Prince, Muḥammad Reza Pahlavi. The file covers: the Crown ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Sep 1931-18 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)