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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1
Title:
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
Scope & Content:
The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in Apri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 volume (336 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7
Title:
‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
Scope & Content:
Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only. The report includes chapters on:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1931
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/8
Title:
‘Military Report on Southern Persia’
Scope & Content:
Confidential military report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Department of the Quarter Master General of India, by Captain George Samuel Frederick Napier, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Staff Captain. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Central Printing Office, 190...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9
Title:
‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’
Scope & Content:
Report marked strictly confidential, prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department in India, by the Assistant Quarter Master General, Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Royal Engineers. The volume was published by the Government Central Branch P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 volume (231 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/21
Title:
Report on Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
Confidential report compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press, 1911. The report is divided into three parts (I-III), as follows: Part I: Geographical and Commercial Notes (folios 6-39) with sections on the province of Kurdistan (includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:

1 volume (106 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/23
Title:
Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)
Scope & Content:
Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922. The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is div...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:

1 volume (301 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/23
Title:
File 351/1904 'Persian Gulf:- Erection of British flagstaffs at Musandam’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the erection (and subsequent abandonment) of flagstaffs at the head of the Persian Gulf, on the Maklab [Maqlab] Isthmus at Musandam (Musandam spelt with numerous variations throughout the file), Telegraph Island [Jazīrat al Maqlab]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1908
Extent:

1 volume (221 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/38
Title:
File 1408/1904 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Henjam affairs. Status of Henjam (Persian sovereignty). Persian Customs post. Henjam Telegraph Station dispute’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, papers and maps relating to the British Government’s telegraph station and the Persian Government’s customs house on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], questions of Persian sovereignty over the island, and the status of the island’s Arab inhabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1906
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/162
Title:
File 757/1909 'Persian Gulf:- Turkey and Turkish aggression (Occupation of Zakhnuniyeh Island. Attitude in piracy cases. Mudirs at Zubara, Odaid and Wakra) British Relations with Turkey in Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Turkish occupation of Zakhnuniyah Island, the Ottoman attitude towards piracy cases, and the appointment of officials in Zubara, Odeid and Wakra. The discussion in the volume relates to the Turkish...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)