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1. IOR/G/29/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/15
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas, also written as Gomroon] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Marathi
Date Range:
18 Feb 1703-25 Oct 1727
Extent:
2 volumes (270 folios)

2. IOR/G/29/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/29/16
Title:
Letters and Enclosures etc., Received from Gombroon
Scope & Content:
Two volumes in one slipcase containing a collection of letters and enclosures dispatched from Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] Factory to ‘the Court of Directors for affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies’. Almost every letter includes the date it was received...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1728-20 Jun 1744
Extent:

2 volumes (291 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/23
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, AUG-DEC 1873', Vol 23
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 August-27 December 1873, forwarding copies of his despatches to the Secretary to the Government of India, For...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Aug 1873-27 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 volume (510 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/856
Title:
File 5015/1919 Pt 1-3 'PERSIA:- REVISION OF CUSTOMS TARIFF'
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to the revision of the Anglo-Persian Customs Tariff. It comprises three parts as follows: IOR/L/PS/10/856: Part 1, ‘Persia: Appointment of Financial Adviser’ (ff 249-295) IOR/L/PS/10/856: Part 2, ‘Persia: Appointment of Experts for Revision of Tariff’ (ff 159-248) IOR/L/PS/10/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Aug 1919-16 Jun 1923
Extent:
1 volume (296 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1972
Title:
Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional referen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1984

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1984
Title:
Coll 5/33 ‘Air-route to India: Landing ground at Gwadur; Muscat Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes and correspondence related to the use of the Gwadur Aerodrome by Imperial Airways and the Royal Air Force. It also therefore covers the negotiations surrounding the Muscat Civil Air Agreement (1934), and subsequent amendments to modify the level of rent paid to the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1933-5 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2851
Title:
Coll 17/7(1) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, reports and minutes regarding road and rail transport through Iraq, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Palestine, Syria and Iran. The following topics are discussed in detail: The proposed construction of a Baghdad-Haifa rail route. The file also includes records regardin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1929-23 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 volume (524 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3428
Title:
Coll 28/31 ‘Persia. Judicial; Law relating to entry & residence of foreigners’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Persian Government’s introduction of new legislation, under which foreigners entering or resident in Persia [Iran] had to notify their presence in the country with the Persian authorities. Included in the file are copies and extracts of the new leg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Urdu
Date Range:
30 May 1931-13 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)