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1. IOR/L/PS/12/3390-3550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3390-3550
Title:
Political (External) Collection 28: Persia (Iran)
Scope & Content:
The sub-series ‘Collection 28: Persia (Iran)’ covers a wide range of topics affecting British interests in Persia [Iran], as reported by the HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Ambassador from 1944) in Tehran, and other officials at Tehran (the Counsellor, and Military, Press an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1903-1949
Extent:
166 files (31,828 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060
Title:
Political (External) Collection 5: Aircraft and Aviation
Scope & Content:
This collection contains departmental correspondence and papers regarding aircraft and aviation policy in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, Arabia and Central Asia. This includes the development of civil aviation routes, the provision of military facilities, and assistance with the development ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1921-1950
Extent:
112 files and 2 volumes (18,919 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3549
Title:
Coll 28/133 ‘Persia. Resht; Monthly Diaries’
Scope & Content:
Monthly diaries covering the period January to November 1947, submitted by the British Consul at Resht [Rasht] in Persia [Iran]. The diaries are arranged under numerous different subheadings which vary from one report to the next, but broadly cover the following topics: local politics and local ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
3 Jan 1947-16 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3416
Title:
Coll 28/20 ‘Persia Judicial. Civil, Commercial + Penal Code, and various laws.’
Scope & Content:
Copies of laws, codes, regulations and decrees issued by the Government of Persia [Iran]. The materials are either original copies in printed booklet and typewritten form, chiefly in French, or typewritten copies which have been translated into English by British officials. The volume includes: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
5 May 1927-5 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 volume (741 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3485, f 41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3485, f 41
Title:
‘Carte concernant l’exploitation des pètroles du Nord, Est et de l’Est confordément au projet présenté à la Chambre’
Scope & Content:
Map of Iran and its neighbours, indicating the extent of an oil concession granted to the Amiranian Oil Company. The map, with accompanying key, indicates: the Iranian frontier, the Amiranian Oil Company’s concession line; the names of countries and major settlements, given in French and Persian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French and Persian
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

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/12/3540

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3540
Title:
Coll 28/127(1) ‘Persia. Indian Interest in Cultural & Technical Development.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to a trip made by an Iranian mission to India, at the invitation of the Government of India, to promote closer cultural relations between the two countries. The file includes: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, Reader William Bullard...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
9 Feb 1944-20 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

9. 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)

10. 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)