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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Persian Army, 1794-1925 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/MIL/7/12449

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/12449
Title:
Collection 269/193 'Miscellaneous Questions. Anglo-Persian Agreement: Report of Military Commission. Loan of Officers.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between officials at the War Office and the India Office. It concerns a request for the loan of British Indian Army officers to the Persian [Iranian] Army, and the conditions of service offered to these officers. The file also contains a copy of the ‘Report of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1920-14 Sept 1920
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C28
Title:
Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided into the following chapter headings: 'General Status of Persia', ff 2r-12; 'Persia and Herat', ff 12v-24r; 'Persia and Seistan [Sīstān]', ff 24r-31v; 'Persia and Kohuk', ff 31v-35; 'Persia and the Navigation of the Karun [Kārūn] River', ff 35v-39r; 'Persia and her integ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1879
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C30
Title:
Notes on the Persian Army
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the size and composition of the Persian Army; this includes a list of the regiments currently in service. It also outlines the remuneration provided to both officers — of various ranks — and private soldiers. In addition, the armaments in use by both the infantry and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1880
Extent:
3 folios

5. Mss Eur F111/694

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/694
Title:
Report on the Persian Army compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant J.A. Douglas 2nd Bengal Lancers
Scope & Content:
This file is a report on the structure of the Persian Army. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant James Archibald Douglas, the report gives the British perspective of the strength and weaknesses of the Persian Army. The report is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)