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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/G/29/31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/31
Title:
Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (Envoy to Persia) to Mr Dundas (President of the India Board), Dated 11th January 1809 to 28th July 1810, Vol: 3.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of correspondence, firmans, and other documents relating to Sir Harford Jones's diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], 1807-1811. Much of the volume consists of updates from Jones sent from Schyras [Shiraz, also written Sheerauz in this volume], Tahran [Tehran], and Tau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
11 Jan 1809-28 Jul 1810
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38
Title:
Glossary of Persian military terms, with Appendix I, containing ranks of the Persian Army; Appendix II, containing musketry terms
Scope & Content:
This volume is a glossary of Persian military terms and was published in Lucknow by the Newul Kishore Press. The terms are listed in alphabetical order in English and the Persian translation appears next to each term. There are two appendices at the end of the volume: the first contains a list ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 45-165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 45-165
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 23 January 1845. The enclosures are dated 1 August 1844-23 January 1845, and contain for reference material dated 1 March 1825-17 February 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Jan 1845
Extent:
1 item (121 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/67/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/118
Title:
Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 4 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
Scope & Content:
Enclosures in Letter No. 4 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809. These consist of copies of letters and enclosures from General Claude-Mathieu Gardane, French Envoy to Persia, to the King [Shah] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1809
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/108
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm and letter from Rahmat Ullah Khan to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of two letters and enclosures: 1. A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bussora [Basra] and dated 3 March 1800. Jones offers assistance to Malcolm in his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
24 Jan 1800-3 Mar 1800
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/1036

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1036
Title:
File 464/1922 Pt 3 'Persia:- Financial Situation. Quarterly Reports of the American Advisers.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the financial situation in Qajar [Qājār] Persia [Iran]. It includes quarterly reports prepared by financial advisers from the United States of America under the supervision of the Persian Minister of Finance. These were submitted to the Political Department, India Office, b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
23 Dec 1923-5 Dec 1925
Extent:
1 volume (649 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3420
Title:
Coll 28/23 ‘Relations with H.M.G: Negotiations 1928–31 Withdrawal of I.E.T Dept.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the drafting of an agreement between the Governments of Britain and Persia [Iran], concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, and the subsequent taking over of cables and equipment in Persia by the Persian Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
29 May 1931-12 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 volume (407 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3425
Title:
Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers relating to the establishment of a precise position of the frontier between Persia [Iran], British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], and Afghanistan, arising in response to the proposed transfer to Persian ownership of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
14 Apr 1924-20 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 volume (323 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3433

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3433
Title:
Coll 28/37 ‘Persia. Position of British Subjects & British Protected persons under Persian Nationality Law.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the status of British Indian subjects and British-protected persons in Persia [Iran], in the wake of the ratification of the Persian Law of Nationality in 1929. Correspondence is chiefly exchanged between representatives of the British Legation at Tehr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
14 Jul 1924-23 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (553 folios)