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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2006

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2006
Title:
Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the employment of British nationals by the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. Thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2027

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2027
Title:
Coll 5/65 ‘Loan of services of airmen of R.A.F. in India to Afghan Govt’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the secondment of Royal Air Force personnel as instructors to the Afghan Air Force. It covers matters such as terms and conditions of employment, travel expenses (including accompanying family members), the recruitment of replacement personnel, and req...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
24 Jan 1939-11 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (346 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3442
Title:
Coll 28/39 ‘Persia: Printed Correspondence 1929-1936’
Scope & Content:
Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department) relating to Persia [Iran]. The original correspondence was exchanged between British representatives in Persia (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran), t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
10 Mar 1930-1 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 volume (583 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3467
Title:
Coll 28/60(2) ‘Persia; Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, British Consular Representatives, etc.,’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers concerning the ill-treatment of British subjects in Persia [Iran] by the Persian authorities. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/60(1) ‘Persia. Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, and British Consular Representat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
5 Jan 1938-14 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3488
Title:
Coll 28/84 ‘Iran. Changes in Iranian place names.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to the Persian Government’s decision in 1935 to change the name of the country from Persia to Iran, and of the changes throughout the 1930s to the names of numerous provinces, towns and cities across the country. The papers include: translated copies of memoran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
12 Feb 1931-22 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3801
Title:
Coll 30/84 'PASSPORTS & VISAS: INCLUDING PERSIAN REFUSAL TO VISA BRITISH PASSPORTS ENDORSED FOR KOWEIT AND BAHRAIN.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the refusal of the Government of Persia (later referrred to as Iran) to issue visas for travel to Persia to holders of British passports bearing endorsements for Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrain. The issue arose because of Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. This refusal by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
23 Aug 1933-19 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file, in two parts (255 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/388
Title:
File 26/185 V (F 96) Shaikh of Mohammerah
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence pertaining to the relatives of the late Shaikh of Khuzestan, Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī. The correspondents include the Political Resident at Bahrain, Political Agent at Kuwait, Government of India, Foreign Office, India Office, British Ambassador in Tehran, British Amba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
17 Nov 1939-16 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)