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1. IOR/H/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551
Title:
Papers Relating to Construction of Telegraphic Communications Between India and England, Notably the Line through Sindh [Sind] and Along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] Coasts
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to construction, by the British Government, of electric telegraph communication between India and England, specifically the line through Sind [Sindh], along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] coasts and dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, December 1860-October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1859-Sep 1875
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

2. IOR/H/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/552
Title:
Papers Relating to John Jacob's Career in Sinde, to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and Events in Kelat
Scope & Content:
Papers mainly relating to Jacob’s career in Sinde [Sindh, also spelt Scinde and Sind in this volume], notably as Political Superintendent and Commandant on the Frontier of Upper Sinde before the Anglo-Persian War; terms of the Anglo-Persian peace treaty and post-war events 1857; political instab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1872
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

3. IOR/H/736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/736
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to India and Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to Malcolm during the periods 1796, 1801-02, 1807-15, and 1830-32, when Malcolm served in either a military or administrative capacity for the East India Company in India and on diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran] (1808 and 1810), and when he was in England ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1796-9 Nov 1832
Extent:
1 volume (458 folios)

4. IOR/H/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/737
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his diplomatic missions in Persia and to the country and history of Persia
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to British relations with and diplomatic missions to Persia [Iran], notably John Malcolm’s missions of 1799-1801, 1808 and 1810, Anglo-Persian relations 1812, and the geography and history of Persia as affecting Britain’s position in India. The contents of the three volumes a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1799-15 Jul 1812
Extent:

3 volumes in one slipcase (507 folios)

5. IOR/L/MAR/C/573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/573
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers preparations for the expedition, the sea journey fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1834-18 Jan 1836
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

6. IOR/L/MAR/C/574

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/574
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers: the overland journey from Sovedia [Samandağ] to Bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1834-23 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 volume (570 folios)

7. IOR/L/MAR/C/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/586
Title:
Survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company's Cruiser Ternate
Scope & Content:
A survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company cruisers the Ternate and the Sylph (1810-1811). Folios 23-142 contain a report of proceedings on board the Ternate, 1 January-25 September 1811. The report contains: The daily entri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

8. IOR/L/MAR/C/587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/587
Title:
'Papers relating to Seas, Rivers and Countries connected with Steam Navigation in Asia'
Scope & Content:
Volume containing journals and other descriptions of journeys in and around the Arabian Peninsula and India, particularly sea and river journeys. The volume contains: ‘Captain Wainwright's Remarks on the Navigation of the Persian Gulph 1809-1810’ (folios 3-28), containing a description of the n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1811-13 Mar 1834
Extent:
1 volume (539 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/6
Title:
Military Report on Persia. Volume IV
Scope & Content:
The file consists of one volume, Military Report on Persia. Volume IV, in two parts as follows: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/6/1: Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas. (Simla, Government Central Press, 1923); IOR/L/MIL/17/15/6/2: Military Report on Persia....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:

2 volumes (182 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7
Title:
‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
Scope & Content:
Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only. The report includes chapters on:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1931
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)