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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Second World War (1939-1945) Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/13
Title:
‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
Scope & Content:
The volume details motor transport (‘M.T.’) routes in Persia [Iran]. The volume, which is numbered I, covers the main routes in Persia, and was produced by the General Staff, India. It was printed by M Abdul Hameed Khan, Manager of the Feroz Printing Works, Lahore, in 1942. An introduction (foli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:

1 volume (245 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/87
Title:
PZ 7629/33 'Persia: Persian armaments'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding actual and attempted purchases of armaments and military equipment by Persia. The primary correspondents are: War Office; India Office; Foreign Office; British Legation, Tehran; Export Credits Guarantee Department. Folios 91-177 cover War Office reports of arm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1933-6 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/90
Title:
PZ 815/34/1 'Foreign policy of HMG and general European situation'
Scope & Content:
This file is divided into two volumes. It consists primarily of diplomatic correspondence from the Foreign Office in London to the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa. The content of the correspondence is primarily concerned with Germany's annexation of Austria in earl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1934-29 Apr 1938
Extent:

1 file (282 folios) divided into two bound slipcases.

4. IOR/L/PS/12/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/300
Title:
PZ 5277/1939 'War - Offers of service in the event of -'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to individuals offering their services, mainly to the India Office or the Foreign Office, in the event of war, and for war work after the outbreak of the Second World War. The individuals concerned were offering their services in regions including: Tibet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1939-5 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/303
Title:
PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf for dissemination. It largely consists of weekly telegrams from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Government of India and others. The telegrams contain Ministry of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
10 Aug 1939-27 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (357 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/304
Title:
PZ 5749/1939(2) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf for dissemination. It largely consists of fortnightly telegrams from the Public Relations Officer/Publicity Officer, Bahrein [Bahrain], to the Secretary of State for India, reportin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1942-2 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/320
Title:
PZ 7715/39 'Middle East Intelligence Centre: Anglo Egyptian Censorship; information summaries'
Scope & Content:
This summary, compiled by the Middle East Intelligence Centre, uses information received through Anglo-Egyptian censorship to provide a picture of various subjects relating to Nazi Germany including: Germany. Internal Conditions; conditions in neutral territories; military information; economic ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1939-11 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/341
Title:
PZ 1072/40 'Consular: List of Salaried Consular Officers and List of Consular Officers permitted to trade 1939-1946 annually'
Scope & Content:
This file contains the British Government's published lists of career and non-career consular officers from 1939 to 1946. The file is primarily composed of annually published pamphlets listing consular staff, their rank, titular office, acting officers, and date of appointment.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1940-20 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/343
Title:
PZ 1125/40 'German propaganda in the Near East'
Scope & Content:
This document, written by Basil Cochrane Newton (the British Ambassador at Baghdad), outlines concerns that Shakib Arslan is assisting the German Government in planning and organising uprisings in Syria, Iraq, Transjordan and Palestine, and that he is in correspondence with the Grand Mufti of Je...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1940-28 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/368
Title:
PZ 2123/40 'Wartime censorship: intercepted letters'
Scope & Content:
This file contains various excerpts from, and full translations of, letters sent during the Second World War and intercepted by the Government of India. The file includes: a letter from a member of staff from LM Ericsson relating to the sale and shipping of fuses to the Royal Ministry of Posts, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1940-5 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)