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Place Abadan, Iran Level [40] File

1. EAP001/19/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP001/19/1
Title:
Oil Exploration at Abadan, 1910-c1925 "Oil Exploration at Abadan, 1910-c1925"
Scope & Content:
Six digital images of photographs taken for the Anglo Persian Oil Company: 1. Inside the derrick at Well B.102, Persia, c. 1925. 2. Persian workmen extending an old pipe, c. 1925. 3. Members of the Company staff being entertained at luncheon by the Kashgali Khans at their winter camp, undated...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
6 JPEG images

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24
Title:
Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area
Scope & Content:
Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940. The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:

1 volume (69 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/793
Title:
Persia: Railway Construction; Negotiations between the Persian Govt. and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co; Acquisition of Gulf Islands
Scope & Content:
This volume is about the construction of railways in Persia [Iran] and negotiations between the Persian Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) over the acquisition of islands in the Persian Gulf. It contains material relating to: The Persian Government’s interest in attracting Americ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1919-1 Dec 1921
Extent:
1 volume (311 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1282
Title:
File 6391/1928 'Persia and the Persian Gulf: method of counteracting Soviet activities on Persia and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains the subject 'Method of Counteracting Soviet Activities in Persia and the Persian Gulf'. The papers cover Russian propaganda in Persia, Soviet commercial activities in southern Persia and in the Persian Gulf, and Bolshevik activities in Abadan and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1925-29 Aug 1929
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/391
Title:
PZ 3220/40 'Detention by Persian authorities of Mirza Barkatali Ahmadi, British Indian subject'
Scope & Content:
This file contains documents relating to the detention of Mirza Barkatali Ali Ahmadi, a British Indian subject from the SS Varsova, for his alleged failure to settle a debt with Yusuf Ali, a naturalised Persian subject and merchant in Abadan, Iran. The charges against Mirza Barkatali Ali Ahmadi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
18 May 1940-22 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/731
Title:
Ext 3485/42 'Destruction at Abadan of SS Suisang'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from the British Consulate in Khorramshar, transmitted to the India Office by the British Legation at Tehran, on the subject of the SS Suisang, a British India Steam Navigation Company's ship which caught fire at Abadan whilst loading aviation petrol, and was sunk. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 May 1942-03 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/939
Title:
Ext 3849/44 'Persian Gulf: Rationing and clothing systems of Anglo Iranian Oil Co at Abadan'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi to Office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Camp Shiraz concerning statistics on the wartime rationing and clothing system of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company at Abadan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1944-27 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1156
Title:
Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2896
Title:
Coll 17/34 ‘Iraq. Tour in the Persian Gulf of H.M. Ambassador in Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to a tour by Sir Basil Newton, HM Ambassador to Iraq, to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, visiting Sharja [Sharjah], Muscat, Bahrain, Basra, Fao [Al-Faw], and Abadan. The file mostly consists of the following: Correspondence between the India Office (Rol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1940-28 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3453
Title:
Coll 28/48 'Persia. Anglo-Persian Oil Company; Relations with Persian Govt.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, and other papers, concerning relations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Persian Government, and between the British and Persian governments over APOC operations in Persia [Iran]. The file covers: reports of attacks on APOC drilling operations at Bik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Sep 1923-22 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 volume (272 folios)