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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/L/PS/10/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/101
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officers, reporting on the arms traffic along the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. Their correspondence contains numerous reports, such as that discussing the illicit traffic of arms. Correspondents include Sir Harold Arthur D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/102
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the arms traffic on the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. The volume includes reports on the importation of arms from Muscat and measures taken by the British to curtail the trade. The reports were authored by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/113
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence regarding the decision by British authorities to establish a naval blockade along the Mekran coast in 1909, with the aim of suppressing arms trafficking in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the cost of a naval blockade, the availability of naval ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1909-1 Dec 1911
Extent:
1 volume (378 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/C68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C68
Title:
Memorandum by the Rev. G. P. Badger on the Pretensions of Persia in Beloochistan and Mekran, drawn up with especial reference to her Claim to Gwadur and Charbar
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum by George Percy Badger (scholar and missionary) concerning Persian claims in Beloochistan [Baluchistan] and Mekran [Makran], particularly Gwadel or Gwadur [Gwādar] and Charbar [Chābahār]. It contains the following: a history of Persian encroachments in Beloochi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1863
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/C156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C156
Title:
'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C208
Title:
Persian Baluchistan (including the Sarhad and Persian Mekran) The Quetta-Nushki extension railway
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is concerned with Persian Baluchistan, specifically focusing on Mekran [Makran] and Sarhad, which are regarded as being of particular geopolitical interest to Britain's Indian Empire. It includes a brief description of these regions, outlines local British activities during the Fi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1922
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/20/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/249
Title:
A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/C246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C246
Title:
Précis on slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, 1873-1905 (With a Retrospect into previous history from 1852) By J A Saldanha BA, LL B
Scope & Content:
This volume is a summary of events, treaties and correspondence about the suppression of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, curated by Jerome Anthony Saldanha, and printed in Simla in June 1906. The volume is marked as secret and divided into chapters: Measur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 volume (63 folios)