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1. IOR/H/549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/549
Title:
Papers of Brigadier-General John Jacob (East India Company) Mainly Relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), and the Aftermath
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, memoranda and other papers relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and events following the Armistice signed in Paris, 4 March 1857, notably intelligence, military, administrative, diplomatic and financial matters. A large proportion of the letters are o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1856-Dec 1858
Extent:

1 volume (887 folios)

2. IOR/H/550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/550
Title:
Papers of Brigadier-General John Jacob (East India Company) Mainly Relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), and the Aftermath
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, reports, memoranda, petitions, registers and other papers relating chiefly to events following the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857) Armistice, signed in Paris 4 March 1857, notably the military withdrawal, diplomatic, political, logistical and security-related m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1856-Dec 1857
Extent:
1 volume (728 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C2
Title:
TREATY OF PEACE WITH PERSIA 1857
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Treaty of Paris (1857) concluded between Britain and Persia [Iran] following the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57). The treaty is signed by Earl Cowley, British Ambassador to France, and Ferookh Khan Ameen Oolmoolk [Farrukh Khān Ghaffārī Kāshānī], Persian Plenipotentiary, and is dated Pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Dec 1855-2 May 1857
Extent:

1 volume (32 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C248
Title:
Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B
Scope & Content:
This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906. The volume is divided into twelve chapters: Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16); Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1906
Extent:

1 volume (106 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/146
Title:
Political Department 1854/55 Bushire Residency Persia and Persian Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters mainly received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding Persia and the Persian coast of the Gulf, from the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay Castle. There are also two documents which become part of the file at a later stage, in 1856; they were both proclama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1854-Dec 1856
Extent:
1 file, 6 items (51 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/151
Title:
Vol 211 Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57, following Persia's attempts on Herat. The letters cover a period when the British had an expeditionary force camped outside Bushire while Persian troops were amassed at Borazjoon [Borazjan] and Mohammerah [Korramsha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
10 Jan 1857-2 May 1857
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/152
Title:
Vol 212 Secret Correspondence: Bahrain; Muscat and Bandar Abbas; Miscellaneous and Local
Scope & Content:
The volume contains secret correspondence (original correspondence received and copies of correspondence sent) within the following three separate categories: Bahrein [Bahrain]; Muscat and Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] (and local); and miscellaneous and local. The Resident in the Persian Gulf dur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1856-7 Feb 1857
Extent:
2 volumes (305 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/153
Title:
Vol 214 Persian Expeditionary Force: Cpt Felix Jones' Memorial and miscellaneous papers
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence written during and just after the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: James Felix Jones, Political Resident at Bushire; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay; Captain Dunsterville, Assistant Commissary-General to the Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1857-21 Apr 1859
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/154
Title:
Vol 215: Persia and Persian Coast; Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This volume consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Writing on behalf of the Residency are Commander (James) Felix Jones, Acting Resident (and later in the volume, Resident) in the Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1856-25 May 1857
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)