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

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/805

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/805
Title:
'South Persian Rifles and Southern Persia Vol II'
Scope & Content:
This file contains material relating to the South Persia Rifles, southern Persia [Iran], the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyari] Tribe and the oil fields developed by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). It includes: A table showing the disposition of troops in southern Persia in December 1917 The capture of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1917-Aug 1919
Extent:
1 file (403 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30
Title:
REPORTS ON MINOR OPERATONS IN SOUTH PERSIA UNDER Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E, C.M.G., from May to July 1918. GENERAL STAFF INDIA
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of reports on minor military operations in 'South Persia' contained in a despatch from the Inspector General, South Persia Rifles (Percy Molesworth Sykes) to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla. The reports recount operations against Labu Muhammadis, Cheh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 volume (87 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/152
Title:
File 2800/1908 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Shiraz Situation'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises two parts that contain correspondence pertaining to two related topics. Part one (folios 80-398) contains correspondence between British officials related to the worsening security situation in Shiraz (including an attack on the British Vice-Consul in Shiraz, Walter Smart...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1913
Extent:
1 file (400 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/163
Title:
File 948/1909 'Persia: Situation in the South; Condition of the Roads. Attack on Mr Bill. Road Guard Scheme.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the security situation in south Persia, 1909-1911. The discussion in the volume relates to the deteriorating security situation for travellers and trade in south Persia (which was held to be a British s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)

5. 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)

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/10/316

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)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/336

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/336
Title:
File 364/1913 'Persia: situation in Fars (attack on 39th Central India Horse)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and reports relating to an attack by Bakhtiari tribesmen on a party of the 39th Central India Horse regiment and the killing of a British officer. The discussion in the volume relates to the implications for the Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1913
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/404
Title:
File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Shiraz (Major Frederick O'Connor), the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding the Bushire-Shir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1913-23 Feb 1915
Extent:
1 volume (162 folios)