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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language Persian Name Shāh of Persia, Qājār dynasty, 1794-1925

1. IOR/L/PS/9/68/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/139
Title:
Firman from the Shah of Persia, Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Scope & Content:
Firman [order] from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The firman expresses the Shah’s gratitude and amity to the Court of Directors for the provision of a present of a large number of China porcelain pieces to the Shah. The firm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/69/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/115
Title:
Letter of thanks from the Shah of Persia to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A letter from Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār, Shah of Persia [Iran], to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, expressing thanks for the gifts delivered by Edward James Matthews. The letter was delivered by Matthews in June 1823.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1822
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/70/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/130
Title:
Letter from the Shah of Persia, Futteh Ali Shah, to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Letter
Scope & Content:
Letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Futteh Ali Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, written in the month of Sufr [Safar] AH 1242 [c September 1826] (IOR/L/PS/9/70/130 (1)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/130 (2)). In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
c Sep 1826
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/70/191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/191
Title:
Letter from the Shah of Persia to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a Translation of the Letter
Scope & Content:
A letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/70/191(1)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/191(2)). In the letter, the Shah petitions on behalf of Captain Isaac Hart, who has been in Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/606

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/606
Title:
File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf, 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1916-1928
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C2
Title:
TREATY OF PEACE WITH PERSIA 1857
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Treaty of Paris (1857) concluded between Britain and Persia [Iran] following the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57). The treaty is signed by Earl Cowley, British Ambassador to France, and Ferookh Khan Ameen Oolmoolk [Farrukh Khān Ghaffārī Kāshānī], Persian Plenipotentiary, and is dated Pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Dec 1855-2 May 1857
Extent:

1 volume (32 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/20/FO26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO26
Title:
PERSIA. 1909.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Admiralty, the Treasury, British administrative and diplomatic staff, foreign governments and their staff, and private companies and individuals. It was printed fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 volume (806 folios)