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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3229
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 7. (From 1st to 28th February 1915).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D between 1 February and 28 February 1915. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, repor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1915-28 Feb 1915
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24
Title:
Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area
Scope & Content:
Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940. The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:

1 volume (69 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/107
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 4 'Persia: Arabistan telegraphs; Mohammerah-Ahwaz-Borasjun line'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence, 1905-1911, between officials in the Foreign Office and the Government of India discussing policy options concerning the maintenance and control of telegraph lines in the Arabistan province of Persia. Correspondence discusses the acquisition of control of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1910
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/242
Title:
File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also in Turkish Arabia]’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of printed correspondence, typewritten correspondence, handwritten notes and other papers. These papers relate to the operation of British and Turkish post offices in Turkish Arabia (Iraq), and British and Persian post offices in Persia and the ports and towns of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1911-1914
Extent:
1 volume (227 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/243
Title:
File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of printed correspondence, handwritten correspondence, notes and other papers. This relates to the operation of British Indian post offices in Persia, and in particular in the region known as Arabistan [Ahvāz] by British officials. The file is a direct chronological c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1919
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/299
Title:
File 352/1912 'Persia: travel in South; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; Russian commercial competition in South Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'South Persia'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/1 is entitled 'Persia Trade in South: Conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz Road; Russian Commercial Competition in South Persia'. It includes correspondence discussing trends in trade between the southern region ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912-1919
Extent:
1 volume (324 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/304
Title:
File 3893/1912 'Persia: Bakhtiari Khans and the Lynch Road; Bakhtiari-Mohammerah relations'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda and notes relating to the security on the Ahwaz to Isfahan Road (this road was also known as the Lynch Road). It also contains correspondence concerning the relations between the Bakhtiari clans and the Shaikh of Mohammerah ov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1913
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/481
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 4 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Jan 1915-13 May 1915
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/482
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in southern Persia and in the territories of the Shatt al-Arab, during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of oilfields. The volume covers: The Arab movement in Mesopotamia. Possible despatch of troops to the Kārun river and to Ahwaz [A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jan 1915-26 Jul 1916
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/529
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Banks at Basra +c. - the Eastern Bank'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence and other papers mostly related to the Eastern Bank being invited by the Secretary of State for India to open a branch at Basra and to conduct the banking business of the Government of India at Basra. It also includes papers relating to: the Eastern Bank offer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1915-23 Jan 1918
Extent:

1 volume (212 folios)