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1. IOR/L/MAR/C/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/586
Title:
Survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company's Cruiser Ternate
Scope & Content:
A survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company cruisers the Ternate and the Sylph (1810-1811). Folios 23-142 contain a report of proceedings on board the Ternate, 1 January-25 September 1811. The report contains: The daily entri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/37
Title:
Handbook of the Persian Army
Scope & Content:
This volume is a handbook of the Persian Army, produced by the General Staff Branch, India, for the use of Government of India officials. It was published in Delhi by the Government of India Press. The handbook aims to provide an overview of the construction and operation of the Persian Army, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/38
Title:
Glossary of Persian military terms, with Appendix I, containing ranks of the Persian Army; Appendix II, containing musketry terms
Scope & Content:
This volume is a glossary of Persian military terms and was published in Lucknow by the Newul Kishore Press. The terms are listed in alphabetical order in English and the Persian translation appears next to each term. There are two appendices at the end of the volume: the first contains a list ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/39
Title:
Notes on the Iranian Army
Scope & Content:
This volume was produced by the General Staff in India and was printed by the Government of India Press in Simla. The purpose of the volume was to provide Government of India officials with useful information about the Iranian Army. The information is arranged into subject chapters, the heading...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:

1 volume (68 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/39
Title:
File 1408/1904 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: telegraphs. Henjam-Bunder Abbas-cable’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises notes, memoranda, copies of correspondence and other papers, relating to an agreement reached between the British and Persian Governments for the construction of a telegraph cable line between the telegraph station at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1909
Extent:

1 volume (235 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/244
Title:
File 897/1912 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, telegrams, handwritten notes and other papers. They relate to negotiations between the British Government, the Government of India, and the Persian Government, over the status of British Indian post offices in south Persia, which took place before, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1920-1922
Extent:

1 volume (336 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/245
Title:
File 897/1912 Pt 4 ‘Persian Gulf: British post offices’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, agreements, notes and other papers relating to the closure of British Indian post offices in Persia, and the transfer of postal services from British Indian to Persian administration. The specific focus of the volume’s contents is a conference, taki...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1922-1925
Extent:

1 volume (229 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/473

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/473
Title:
File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between June and November 1915. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jun 1915-21 Nov 1915
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/474
Title:
File 3443/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Afghanistan and Persia; German agents; British troops in East Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between November 1915 and April 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afgha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Nov 1915-5 Jun 1916
Extent:
1 volume (167 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/475

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/475
Title:
File 3443/1914 Pt 4 'Persia: East Persia affairs; German agents'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between May and November 1916. The correspondence is particularly concerned with finding and capturing German, Ottoman and Austrian age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
9 Feb 1916-20 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)