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1. IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/27, ff 4-514
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad, to Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers relating to the first years of the East India Company Residency in Bagdad [Baghdad, also spelled Bagdat in this volume]. The first section (folios 4-153) consists of letters from Sir Harford Jones, Resident at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Jul 1798-20 May 1801
Extent:
1 item (511 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/79
Title:
Account of the 1773 Plague in Bassora
Scope & Content:
An anonymous French account of the 1773 plague outbreak in Bassora [Basra]. The author describes: his confinement in the French Factory in Bassora; the illness and death of Claude Pyraut [Pirault], French Consul in Bassora, and other employees of the Factory; his own illness and recovery; the l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/184
Title:
File 3004/1910 'Tehran Sanitary Council'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing membership of the Tehran Sanitary Council, including concerns over German subjects in the nominal service of foreign governments (Norway, the Netherlands) and their tendency to promote German policy. The correspondence details the approaches to the Greek and Belgian gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/283
Title:
File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part 1 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse). It chiefly comprises copies of the proceedings (in French) of the 99th through to the 127th meetings of the Council, forwarded by the British Ambassad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Feb 1912-29 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/284
Title:
File 2612/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia. Tehran Sanitary Council’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part 2 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse), and is a direct chronological continuation of File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’ (IOR/L/PS/10/283). It chiefly comprises copies of the proc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1914-16 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (311 folios)

6. IOR/P/524 Feb 1871 nos 16-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/524 Feb 1871 nos 16-34
Title:
Sanitary and quarantine measures for ships sailing between Indian ports and those of the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
pp 63-92. Communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State regarding proposed precautionary measures to prevent contagion from cholera and other infectious diseases being conveyed on pilgrim and commercial vessels. Includes discussion of the Turkish Government proposals on th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Feb 1871
Extent:
30 pages

7. IOR/P/525 Jul 1875 nos 11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Jul 1875 nos 11-12
Title:
Baghdad placed in quarantine
Scope & Content:
pp 375-79. Colonel J P Nixon [John Pigott], Her Majesty's Consul General, Baghdad, forwards copy telegrams regarding the imposition of quarantine in Baghdad as a result of an outbreak of plague, and declaring Bussorah [Al-Basrah] to be infected. Telegrams received from: Syud Mahomed Redif, Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
May 1875-Jul 1875
Extent:
5 pages

8. IOR/P/1002 Jun 1876 nos 03-04

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1002 Jun 1876 nos 03-04
Title:
Proposed International Sanitary Convention
Scope & Content:
pp 239-57. Correspondence regarding the proposed International Sanitary Convention designed to give practical effect to the conclusions of the Vienna Sanitary Conference 1874, and the measures implemented following the Constantinople Sanitary Conference 1866. Discusses research into cholera; qua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1875
Extent:
19 pages

9. IOR/P/1003 Jun 1877 nos 04-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Jun 1877 nos 04-18
Title:
Outbreak of plague in Turkish Arabia and the quarantine arrangements which have been made for preventing the spread of the disease
Scope & Content:
pp 153-71. Copy communications forwarded to the Home Department regarding the outbreak of plague at Baghdad, Tehran, along the Euphrates and the Tigris, quarantine arrangements and other measures - disinfection, destruction of woollen goods - taken to prevent its spread. Includes reports and te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Mar 1876-Jun 1877
Extent:
19 pages

10. IOR/P/1203 Apr 1878 nos 12-13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1203 Apr 1878 nos 12-13
Title:
Quarantine arrangements for vessels arriving at Suez from ports affected with plague
Scope & Content:
pp 289-324. The Secretary of State forwards for the information of the Government of India correspondence and reports regarding: the outbreak of plague in Baghdad and Benghazi; the meetings of the Egyptian Board of Health and Special Commission to the [Constantinople] Superior Council of Health;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Oct 1876-Apr 1878
Extent:
36 pages