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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Fars, Asia, Persia Level [40] File

1. IOR/G/29/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/11
Title:
Diary and Consultations of Mr Alexander Douglas, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 August 1757 and ending 31 July 1758
Scope & Content:
The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Alexander Douglas, and occasionally, the Factory's Council members Thomas Mostyn and Gascoyne Holmes headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1757-31 Jul 1758
Extent:
1 volume (70 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1
Title:
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
Scope & Content:
The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in Apri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 volume (336 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/18
Title:
‘A Report on the Tribes of Fars’
Scope & Content:
Confidential report on the tribes of the Fars region of Persia [Iran], produced by Captain A J Christian of the General Staff, Shiraz, 1918. The report was printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla [Shimla], 1919. The report covers a number of tribal groupings: the Khamseh, Qashgai [Qashq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (89 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/197
Title:
File 6/1912 Parts 1-2 Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz. A lack of central authority in the region had led to lawlessness along many of the roads, including that between Bushire and Shiraz. The papers cover the British respon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 volume (489 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/316
Title:
File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire. The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1916
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/353

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/353
Title:
File 747/1913 Pt 1 ‘Loans to Persia’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to the advance of loans to Persia. Two different loans are discussed: a loan of £100,000, made by the British Government in May 1913 to the Governor-General of Fars (half of which was to be payable by the Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Apr 1903-5 Feb 1914
Extent:

1 volume (236 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/357

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/357
Title:
File 795/1913 'Persia Situation in Fars'
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with the Persian Province of Fars; in particular the maintenance of the order and the authority of the Governor-General. The main focus of discussion is the Gendarmerie (under the command of Swedish officers) and a new local Persian force proposed by the Governor-General....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1912-18 Jun 1913
Extent:
1 volume (191 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/10/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/613
Title:
File 3360/1916 Pt 2 'Persian correspondence. (1917-18)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1917-18. Topics discussed include: A statement (ff 96-97) of South Persia Rifles policy for Southern Persia by the Inspector General...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1918
Extent:
1 volume (335 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/651
Title:
File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the situation in the Bushire [Bushehr] hinterland, including Shiraz, in Southern Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to: The rebellion in Tangistan. Proposed improvements to Bushire roads. The deportation to Bushire of the Europeans and Indians arres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1916-28 Apr 1918
Extent:

1 volume (295 folios)